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Day Thirteen (Year Four)

Today was a looooooong day.

Left for Sioux City around 1.  Got home around twenty minutes to midnight.

Really glad we went in when we did, though, because none of the CDs I had called and put on hold at B&N were actually on hold.  Picked up all three of them (Hugh Laurie, Civil Wars, KT Tunstall) and the latest issue of Acoustic Guitar.  Listened to absolutely none of it on the way home.  Tomorrow will be a listening and playing (and probably packing) sort of day, I imagine.

Even with being gone for eleven hours today, I still managed to power through and get a guitar track laid down for song #3 of the Start Experiment.  Not sure it will end up a keeper, if only because it was a listen for a bit, then give it a go type run through when I was completely exhausted at the end of the day.  That being said, I still got it recorded, which means that, heading into the last day of the Experiment, all three songs are in the same place, music-wise.  And with one more day to crush it, I should be able to get a little bit of work done on all three of my songs and Buddy Holly.

Also, I feel compelled to mention that there will be a second round of Start stuff, and that all of us who were in the first round are grandfathered into the second round!  I know what my risk will be already, but I'm going to hold off on sharing that bit of information until the first round is officially completed.

All told, a great day, a long day, and a day that will lead into a more productive day tomorrow.

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