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Day Sixteen (Year Six)

So, we finally finished our week of dog-sitting.  I had such great intentions at the start of the week, and just never quite got to where I wanted to these last seven days.  It's only day sixteen of the new blogging year, and I already feel like I'm running behind.  Then again, I've felt behind schedule almost the entire calendar year, so why should this be any different?

That said, it felt good to get moved back into the studio tonight.  It's somewhat futile, especially since we're leaving for NW Iowa at the end of the week, but getting moved back in was really my only goal for the night tonight.

That said, the trip to NW Iowa will be the biggest break I've had (Leaving Friday night/Saturday morning, getting home Wednesday) since the Chicago trip in March.  I would really love for it to be 5 days of progress, so I'm thinking I really need to step things up this week.  If I can build on successes consistently all week long, by the time we hit the weekend, I should be ready to really let loose.  With that in mind, this week I'd like to:

1) Finally finish off blocking out the songs I've started for the EP.  If I could head into the weekend knowing what was missing on that project, I'd really be feeling great.

2) "Red House."  This one should be obvious.  I haven't gotten in a lot of time on the Hendrix in what feels like an eternity.  That desperately needs to be a priority this week.

3) GW columns/Vai Workouts, etc.  I really need to get back to this stuff.  I felt like I was making more solid progress when there was some aspect of this involved in my routine.

Anything more than three goals for the week seems like too much.  I'll leave it at that and see where I am by the time we leave.  It's going to be a good week.

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