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Day Sixty One (Year Four)

I know we were really only out of town for about thirty six hours over the weekend, but it felt so much longer than that.  Therefore, today wound up being a day for catching up with where I was at the end of last week, and plotting at least a little bit of the path going forward into this week.

I spent a few minutes reconnecting with "Yellow Ledbetter" tonight, and a few minutes messing around with a couple of the songs from that Brandi Carlile songbook I picked up recently.  Both of those experiences went well, and they both have a definite place in this week's plan.

One of the other, somewhat random, things I'd like to get done this week (preferably tomorrow) is to find some labels for my magazine files.  I think that thought first sprouted in last Friday's post, but since then I have discovered that the Mrs. has some "Hello, My Name Is" tags upstairs in the office that she isn't using, and to me those feel like the perfect mix of practical and silly, so in all likelihood I will abscond with them tomorrow afternoon to use for my labeling purposes.

One of the other things I need to start doing is utilizing that Guitar Aerobics book I found not too long ago. However, because of the way the book is organized (1 lick/day for 365 days), I think I will hold off on incorporating that until next Monday.  It didn't dawn on me that I could've also started in on it tonight until right now, and sleep is starting to get the best of me.

On a much lighter note: in unpacking a bit of stuff we had delivered to us from Cherokee this weekend, I discovered yet another pile of CDs.  Cracks me up how that just keeps happening.

Can't wait to dive into the studio tomorrow afternoon with a bit more drive behind me.  
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