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Day Two Hundred (Year Four)

Today was definitely a mixed bag for me when it comes to music.  I had such high hopes of being able to spend a lot of time in the studio today, and that time never quite materialized.  Today was the first day out of the last 10 where life got in the way of the album-in-a-month challenge.

And yet, there is good news.  It won't matter as much to those following as it does to me, but here's both the good news, and the reason why life got in the way today:

The Mrs. got back from a trip to NW Iowa to help her Mom move from the house she has been living in to a new place across town.  What that means for us is that we got some new (to us) furniture to incorporate into the house.  It also means that I finally get my much-needed extra bookshelf for the studio.  With the way the bookshelf is set up, it means that I'll be able to move out the space-hog that has been the card table.  My initial intentions were to use that as a work table of sorts, but it turns out that I do most of my reading/studying/writing on the floor, making the table itself unnecessary.  Now, with the bookshelf in there, everything that I've been working on will still have a place to be when I'm not using it, and I'll get the added bonus of a bit more floor space.

All of this also means that I'm assured to get into the studio a lot tomorrow, initially because of the need to move some furniture around, and then after that's been done, I'll get to sit for a while and work on the record, which by that point I think I'll need quite badly.  So, as frustrating as it was to not get in there for music today, by the end of the day tomorrow, all will be well.
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