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Day Thirty Five (Year Four)

Well, I promised a better day and a longer post today, so here goes:

The vinyl is finally here, and in the studio.  Although, in a twisted bit of irony, the turntable is one of the few things that is still back at the old house in Northwest Iowa.  That little problem will be remedied this coming weekend, though, so that will be cool.

Moved everything from the WI trip into the studio today, too.  A small step toward having everything organized, but a step just the same.

Also of note: I found the first two people that might want to take lessons in Dubuque today.  Ironic, considering that I had been looking forward to doing my own thing for a bit before diving back into teaching. Still, I have no doubt that I'll take them up on it.

Got some of the CDs put away in the studio today.  Starting at the end of the alphabet and working my way backward.  I'm in the middle of alphabetizing "S," and tomorrow's a mostly open day for me, which will translate into getting what I hope will be the rest of the CDs put away, so that I can start in on the closet that is currently jammed full of magazines and other resources.  The sooner I can get to (and through) that process, the sooner I can get the table set up and start actually working on music stuff again!

Good day today.  Another good day on tap for tomorrow.
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