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Day Forty Four (Year Seven)

I was up somewhat early this morning.  Enough to do a small bit of playing before we headed out to do some family stuff in DSM. 

In and around all of that, my brother-in-law and I were able to sneak away to Jay's CD & Hobby to hit up their Labor Day Sale, where all CDs were 50% off.  Walking in there today was like walking into a CD Warehouse fifteen years ago.  I wasn't sure how much I'd bring home with me, in fact, I went in with low expectations on the music side of things.  It ended up being a rather productive trip.  I brought home a lot of music.  Almost too much to highlight tonight.  There was some Ben Lee, the classical pieces Billy Joel came out with a few years ago, an Ednaswap record, and a bunch of other stuff.

Maybe tomorrow night I'll sit down and write out the whole list.  That, along with a good studio session, should make for a productive tomorrow.

The playing side of things was hard today, because we spent a lot of time in the car.  Tomorrow after work will be a good one.
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