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Day Ninety Nine (Year Three)

Finally took a few minutes to just sit and play today.  It was long overdue.  I didn't even work on anything in particular, just sat and played for a while.

Tomorrow night I'm really hoping to have some time to dedicate to the Vai Workout and the DGC, because the little bit of work I got in on the workout last night just didn't cut it for me.  I've been craving that longer chunk of time that never really seems to materialize.

Also, we perform for the praise team in a week, and I still don't have the list of songs we'll be doing for either next Wednesday or next Sunday.  I understand that I was gone for a week, but I've been back for almost two and a half weeks now, and the fact that nobody has made any effort whatsoever to set up a practice time is starting to get on my nerves.  What really gets me is that I emailed them my concerns on the 4th of October, and other than a basic acknowledgement of my email, none of them have been addressed in the slightest.  As much as it frustrates me to write it, I'm prepared to sit out yet again if they don't make some sort of effort to put things together a bit quicker than a half an hour beforehand.

Okay, time for a list of things that I'd like to get done tomorrow.

1) Dave Grohl Challenge time
2) Vai Workout time
3) Finally importing some of the stuff from Exclusive

There's more, including sorting through six discs of Counting Crows rarities, but I don't want to put too much on my list, so we'll start with those 3 things and see how it goes.  As always, better tomorrow.

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