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Day Three Hundred Fifty Five (Year Six)

I did something small and silly today, but it was something that very much feels like it was piggy-backing on yesterday.

During my studio time yesterday, while I was burning the rough edits of the EP tracks (that I promptly forgot to bring along with me in the car for listening purposes while I did my running), it dawned on me that I was, ostensibly, out of both blank CDs and CD cases.  A few months ago, or even a few weeks ago to be honest, I would have filed that fact away, and maybe remembered to pick up some new ones the next time we were out and about.  This time, I didn't wait.  Something about the prospect of writing and recording has me psyched up right now.  Enough to feel like having the media to burn onto was an immediate need.

Truth be told, I've been getting that itch for about a week now, and have been trying to ignore it to test if it's a real feeling, or just something I'm imagining.  Every so often, the songs I hear that are already written and released lose a bit of their shine.  The music is still great, and it still grabs my soul, but it dims a little bit.  It's in those moments that I know I could go on a writing jag if I so desired. 

Getting my ducks in a row yesterday on one project helped that feeling.  Ensuring that I'll be able to keep doing that for other projects helped that feeling today.  I'm pretty sure that I've got the whole day open tomorrow.  My plan is to get down to the studio early.  We'll see what happens, but it could be a big day tomorrow.
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