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Day One Hundred Seven (Year Seven)

Well, I was able to find my way into the studio today to get a little bit of transcribing done.  I'm making progress, it's just not as fast as I would like it to be.  I'm also not spending as much time on it as I'd like to right now, so I'm assuming that is most of my issue.

I'm getting a lot of other things done... just not the stuff I really ought to be working on.  Either way, as long as I can get it finished in enough time to have sorted it all through and ready to be worked on starting in the middle of next month, I should be all right.  I'm not too worried about that particular timeline right now, though.

I'm really hoping for a productive week coming up.  I need to do better with my weekend days, though.  I've been less focused than I ought to be, and I know it.  This weekend looks like it might be good for having time, though.  The Mrs. has a work thing on Saturday, so if I can be smart with my time then, I should have a good chunk of the day free to really dive in.

Today was sort of a disappointment music-wise, but I'm glad I was able to salvage a bit of it tonight.

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