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Day Forty Five (Year Four)

I tell you what... this whole process of setting up the studio has had so many small hiccups.  Tonight, I switched out one DVD player for another when the right cables were tough to find, so that for sure is functional now.

And then I got 99% done hooking up the turntable, only to discover that the power cable for my preamp is (for some unknown reason) not with the rest of my stereo stuff, so now that remains unfinished until I can locate the power cable.  It's been the last step in each thing that has tripped me up of late, it seems.

Of course, in the process of getting all of that done, there's now a mess of crates and other things strewn all over the rest of the floor.  I really, really want to get the rest of it squared away tomorrow, which means putting together the big bookshelf for the library that can then be swapped out for the 4 shelf case that will fit into the closet in the studio.  I've put off assembling the bookshelf all weekend, because it seems tedious and will take a good chunk of time, but if I can find a way to get the bookshelves swapped tomorrow, I'll get perilously close to done, and after the way the last couple of days has gone, that would be a major win.

Picked up the new Neko Case record tonight.  First thing by her I've ever owned.  She's one of those that everyone has always raved about, and I've just never made the time.  NPR has spent the last year chronicling the making of this new record, though, and I've followed some of that, so it'll be cool to hear the final product.

Need to get some sleep.  Gotta be rested for the big final push tomorrow.  Wish me luck!

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