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Day Seventy Nine (Year Four)

Got a fun piece of news from the Mrs. today when she got home from work.  She announced that, since she got a computer with this year's tax refund, and we aren't financially set enough to each get each other amazing anniversary presents (we celebrate on Monday), that she thinks I ought to get a ukelele.  That feels like a rather roundabout way of getting that out there, but still, I'm fairly certain that I'm getting a ukelele tomorrow afternoon.  I've already got a sheet with basic chords on it, having picked that up at MidBell over the summer.  I'm torn on getting a baritone uke (which shares the tuning of the guitar's 4 highest strings), or getting one that uses the standard ukelele tuning of G-C-E-A.  Updates will follow tomorrow.
 
I'm pretty sure I teach tomorrow, too, although I haven't gotten any official confirmation of that this week.

Got through the next lick of the day (#5 of week 2), and I'm finding that, as long as I take it slow, it's getting easier.  Friday's lick was the one that gave me trouble last week.

Found the latest issue of Guitar World tonight too.  We had to stop at Target to pick up a few things, and they had it there.  Saved me a trip to the bookstore on Tuesday.  I had a bit of fun with a transcription from it tonight, too.  Everclear's "Santa Monica."  It's a song that I knew how to play, but being able to learn the little things about the song has been, and will continue to be, fun.

All told, a day that could have been better, musically.  Here's hoping that tomorrow will be awesome.  I could use it.
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