One Guitar

Posted Sun Apr 1, 2007 in Music

It’s been an interesting day. Sundays I usually use to catch up on some work. I worked through my entire email backlog this morning. It took me about two hours to get it done. I worked my way the the first draft of a thesis too. That took some time, but it’s really a pretty good document and we’ll get through it pretty quickly, I think. Most of what needs to be there is there.

I cooked myself an omelet for a mid-afternoon lunch. I haven’t cooked much since I came here. I’m tiring of what I can buy and microwave. I had a cheese omelet with a few slices of bacon, an English muffin, and a Diet Dr. Pepper. I talked to Wife while I was cooking.

Also, while I was cooking, I chatted with Wife while washing a couple of AK magazines in the dishwasher. I read that the dishwasher does a good job of cleaning out the remaining cosmoline and the heat dries the magazines well. In fact, a number of collectors use the dishwasher to clean collectible weapons when they first come from storage. The magazines are almost through the dry cycle so I’ll be reassembling them in a few minutes.

After lunch, I got out my guitar. I brought my Alvarez Yairi home with me (not Home) this trip. I’ve wanted to have a few of my things here to keep my company while my family is far away. So, I’ve been noodling around on the instrument some the last few days. I hate just sitting at the computer and I don’t want to go out exploring without my family to be there and share the experience. So, I mostly work.

Well, I played some of the old songs and even found voice for a couple of them. (At least those I could remember lyrics for.) I guess I played for an hour or so. My fingers are a little tender now, but they’ll toughen up fast. They always do. It was good. It felt good.

Next is to make a trip to the grocery store. I need a few things for the week and I’m usually too worn out to go after work. So, I’ll make the trip this afternoon.

After I get home and put things away, I think I’ll look over my to-do list to be sure there isn’t something pressing on the list. Then I may watch a movie or practice with my Airsoft a little more.