Finished!

The sketch of the string quartet is finished. I am very happy with it. I made a photocopy of the sketch and sent it to my parents in case of a fire here. I have never been that careful before. Deep down I have this feeling that it is maybe the best piece I have ever written. I will spend the next couple of weeks doing the full score on the computer. No holidays for me. But all the main celebrations fall on weekends this year: this weekend my daughter Melanie's 17th birthday, next weekend Christmas and the following weekend New Year. I'll keep plodding along Monday to Friday.