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Day Twenty Eight (Year Three)

So, we were supposed to get the internet hooked up at the house today.  They had promised me that it would be done, and of course it wasn't.  Allegedly they're coming sometime tomorrow.

Once again, SL's mom is being kind and allowing me use of her internet for blogging purposes.  Perhaps tomorrow will bring the first posting from the new house.

Picked up the guitar for a little bit this afternoon.  Felt good to crank up the amp for the second day in a row.

Trying to get all of the tab books in an organized place.  Haven't been entirely successful yet, but I'm getting closer.  They're out of boxes, at least, and stacked behind the vinyl.  At some point (hopefully tonight), I'll make it all the way through the living room and have it organized to the point of usefulness.

Tomorrow's project (while waiting for the internet yahoos) is looking like it's going to be organizing the CD collection.  That should take all day, at the very least.  Then they'll show up in the middle of the process, of course, but if I can get the music organized tomorrow, I'll feel like I'm in good shape.

Once the web is up and running at the house, the musical progress updates will start coming faster.  It's going to be a good thing, I know it.

As usual, I'll do better tomorrow.

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