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Day Three Hundred Thirty Five (Year Two)

I'm importing everything I picked up on my trip home as I write this.

At work today, I discovered that we have a book on teaching guitar to kids in stock.  I had every intention of looking at it and maybe picking it up after work, and then I spaced out and raced out when my shift was over.  I'll grab it off the shelf tomorrow afternoon before my shift, glance at it on my breaks, and see if it's going to work well for what I'm going to need.

Y'know, it's strange, since I've gotten back, I keep expecting to glance at the electric and want to crank it up loud.  It hasn't really happened that way.  Instead, it's been the acoustic that has been catching my eye the last couple days.  Part of that, I think, is that things have been feeling stressful since I got back (today was the first day that felt normal to me). 

Don't get me wrong, I know that sometime Tuesday and Wednesday I'll crank up the Marshall and work on the band stuff for a good chunk of time, but I'll also be sitting with the acoustic for part of that time as well.

What I'm both excited to get started on, and at the same time needing to get started on (good combination, don't you think?) is the teaching stuff.  I'm really hoping that book works out, and that I can spend a good chunk of time getting that back in order as well.

Should be an interesting couple of days.

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