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Day One Hundred Fifty One (Year Four)

Got into the studio a couple of different times today.

Did some playing, and some sorting of CDs today.  I found a decent number of discs for the empty cases that have piled up underneath the work table.  There's another container full of empty cases (I think) over by the rest of the music, so I'll try and wade through those tomorrow night, to see if I can't match up a few more discs.  I'm starting to see the progress in the studio.  When we moved in, I was more concerned about getting things squared away enough that the room was useable.  Now that we've been here a while, I'm thinking not only about getting a few of those glossed over areas cleaned up for when family comes over the holidays, but also for the ability to start the year off with a clean slate in the studio.

Other stuff that happened today included:

1) Finding a few more songs on the "100 Riffs" list in the process of sorting CDs.
2) A bit of listening.
3) Some time with the electric in between the listening and sorting.

I'm feeling really good about the week.  We're off Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday for the Christmas holidays, I'm off Thursday because family is in town, and I've got the weekend off as well.  Really looking forward to having my brother in town, and being able to discuss all things music face to face, as opposed to over Skype.

Did I get as much done this weekend as I hoped to?  No.  But then again, I never do.  I'm happy with what I got done, and I know that I can finish the rest of it by the time family gets here on the 25th.
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