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Day One Hundred Seven (Year Six)

So, the weekend didn't go anywhere near the way that I hoped it would on Friday night, but I find myself in an interesting spot as I head back into the work week.  Here's why:

I finally got back into the studio tonight, after the floors dried out enough on the main floor of the house to let me back in.  In all of the shifting of furniture, we freed up an end table that was no longer needed in the living room.  Not that I needed another piece of furniture in my studio, but that's where it got moved to for carpet cleaning, and that's where it stayed after I found a spot for it against the wall by the window.  That let me get a few things up off of the floor, and as soon as I get it emptied out, the end table will offer more room for storage in the studio, which is great, because on some level, I need it.  There will need to be a bit of shifting things around, but that can happen tomorrow night after work, when the Mrs. is at a meeting.

I did a bit of playing tonight, too, but it wasn't too much to write home about.

I had this big list of things I was hoping to get done this weekend, and I got to about one of them.  The one was finishing a chapter on the Jerry Lee Lewis bio. 

The good news is this: We've got Wednesday off for Veteran's Day, and somehow I lucked into having Thursday off as well.  Then I go back for Friday before a three day weekend.  So, the lesson is this: if I can manage to just push forward for the next couple of days (and push out my list through the week), I'm going to hit a pretty good stretch of time to actually get some work done from the middle of the week up through next Monday.   

In order to get to everything I've got my heart set on, I'm really going to have to maximize both my time and my efforts this week.  Should be an adventure.
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