An amazing amount of Admin!

After all the excitment of winning the commission, I've now come down to earth after hearing the amount of admin I have to do before it all goes ahead! Spent ages yesterday phoning/emailing schools in Ireland, trying to fix dates for the composition workshops that Bobby Chen and I are going to do, signing lots of forms, finding out whether I'm insured for personal liability insurance whilst I'm in Ireland (in case I get hit by a flying cymbal in one of the Greystones Orchestra rehearsals?), finding out about bank charges (I'm wishing the UK had the Euro at the moment!), and a myriad other things!