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Day One Hundred Nine (Year Six)

Tonight was a good start on what I'm hoping to get done in the next few days.

I got into the studio on the late side tonight, but I got to the things that I had hoped to get to yesterday.  I:

1.  Started cleaning out that new table that I brought in last weekend.  I've got it mostly taken care of, there are just a couple of things still left inside it that I need to find places for in the rest of the house, and then I can figure out what its best purpose is in my studio.

2.  I'm up over page 100 in the Jerry Lee Lewis bio.  That continues to be a very cool read.

3.  In an odd quirk of timing, the Mrs. wanted to go to the bookstore tonight.  While we were there, I discovered that yesterday had been the last day for the old issue of Guitar Techniques, and that there was a new issue there today.  So I picked it up, and now have even more awesomeness to go through during my playing the next few days.

4.  Got an invite to a jam session on campus tomorrow night.  This time I can actually go.  Should be fun.

5.  Did both a bit of listening and a bit of practicing tonight as well.  There will be a lot more of both happening over the next couple of days, and therefore will be better updates on both fronts.

Good day today.  Can't wait for tomorrow.
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