Busy busy busy
I have the canoe--with a deadline around the end of June because that's when Jake and Dad are coming to visit. And I have the album, with no deadline exactly except that if I put it off too long I won't do it, I know this about myself.
So I'm trying to spend some time every day practicing and arranging (I think I'm going to aim for an hour a day with permission to go over, which sometimes I do, extravagantly, when I get inspired) and learning the ins and outs of my recording gear. I am getting better at playing with the metronome and a little better with not making silly mistakes with the Zoom. My fingers are definitely getting tougher. I am pretty sure I can sing longer.
*And* I'm trying to stick to a schedule with the canoe (planking done by end of first week of April, four weeks to fair and fiberglass the outside, four weeks to fair and fiberglass the inside, and a month to do the trim--gunwales, decks, thwarts, through-holes and seat. Not to mention that we are in that brief halcyon period of spring when it's actually pleasant to be in the workshop and I want to take full advantage of it while I can. I have 12 strips on now and I'm going to put a few on tonight when Steve gets here. I just don't want to go to 9:30 like we did last night because I was so excited about the canoe after that I didn't actually get to sleep until after midnight.
With the upshot being that I feel like I'm constantly late for something, trying to fit laundry and dishes and shopping in around everything else.
I shouldn't complain--this is mostly stuff I'm doing because I want to, and how many people are that fortunate? But it has been a while since I've been so busy.
Oh, and my ankle is doing better. I took half my usual walk today and will probably do three quarters tomorrow.
So I'm trying to spend some time every day practicing and arranging (I think I'm going to aim for an hour a day with permission to go over, which sometimes I do, extravagantly, when I get inspired) and learning the ins and outs of my recording gear. I am getting better at playing with the metronome and a little better with not making silly mistakes with the Zoom. My fingers are definitely getting tougher. I am pretty sure I can sing longer.
*And* I'm trying to stick to a schedule with the canoe (planking done by end of first week of April, four weeks to fair and fiberglass the outside, four weeks to fair and fiberglass the inside, and a month to do the trim--gunwales, decks, thwarts, through-holes and seat. Not to mention that we are in that brief halcyon period of spring when it's actually pleasant to be in the workshop and I want to take full advantage of it while I can. I have 12 strips on now and I'm going to put a few on tonight when Steve gets here. I just don't want to go to 9:30 like we did last night because I was so excited about the canoe after that I didn't actually get to sleep until after midnight.
With the upshot being that I feel like I'm constantly late for something, trying to fit laundry and dishes and shopping in around everything else.
I shouldn't complain--this is mostly stuff I'm doing because I want to, and how many people are that fortunate? But it has been a while since I've been so busy.
Oh, and my ankle is doing better. I took half my usual walk today and will probably do three quarters tomorrow.