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Day One Hundred One (Year Three)

How some things end up where they do, I'll never know. 

I found my "Stairway" tab, buried at the bottom of the last pile of magazines I sorted through.  It was right next to about three or four other things that I'd been searching for on and off since I moved in August.  What puzzles me is that I know I had set that stuff aside in a spot where it wouldn't get mixed in with a bunch of other stuff.  Oh well... I found it, and that's what's really important.  Now I can spend some of my Saturday off working on that solo.

I'm thinking that the magazines I've got here need to be sorted by year, and that there needs to be a list that says what transcriptions are in it, and what the major lessons are from each issue.  If I'm going to be able to find things, both for use in my teaching and my own personal use, that's one of the little things that is going to make this easier on me.  I'll work on that tomorrow, too.  Then, once that's done, I can take a look at what other resources I've got and find a way to organize those in a way that's easily accessible.  Learning, and setting ones' self up for success is so much easier when organization and structure are involved.

A few quick hits on some things:

I've had the Dan Andriano record in the car again all week, and as much as I'm enjoying it, I think it's time for something else.  Maybe the new Wallflowers record (which I haven't really listened to since the wedding weekend) will be next week's car music.

The other thing I need to do tomorrow?  Sync the ipod!  Feels like it's been forever since that's happened.  Life's been so blasted busy lately that the only real time I've had for listening has been the drive to and from work.  That's going to need to change here pretty soon, or I'm going to start bugging out a bit.

Tomorrow is setting up to be an awesome day.  Let's hope that it follows through.  Wish me luck.

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