USA schedule is up! and it's making me nervous!

The schedule for USA is now up! (The jury list has been up for a while, also.) It looks like all the stages are crammed together this year, not spaced out with days of rest between stages like in 2007. It makes me nervous just to look at the schedule! That's probably good, since it is good motivation to practice... I spent an hour working on the memory of the Renie pieces on the piano today, which was a really good use of time. I've spent pretty much all of my harp practice time today on L'Hirondelle, which I think is sounding really solid at this point. I can play it memorized on the piano, slowly on the harp, up to tempo on the harp, and mentally (this means thinking through/listening to the imaginary music in my head without looking at the score). I'm very proud of that piece. I can't wait to get Le Coucou and Tic-Toc-Choc to that level of preparation! I have Le Coucou basically memorized now, but it needs lots of review. Tic-Toc-Choc needs the most work, since it's only about half-memorized. I have to go to church rehearsal now, but after it's over I'm going to (I hope) finish the memory of the Parish Alvars and play through it and L'Hirondelle for Abe. Exciting stuff!