A beautiful morning outside, coffee at my desk, cat on my lap (her normal fallback position, unless I dislodge her) and me trying to figure out what best to do with my time on this underemployed day. I've been seeing myself get overwhelmed with so much to do that I wind up doing very little...or I get so ADD that I do fragments of several tasks, which is actually the same thing. I have managed to accomplish a few chores this week that made a difference...Cyn and I got the floor in her studio installed, and very nice it looks, too. Took a lot more banging and cursing than the videos at the Pergo site though!! But still. And I've been getting out to Dad's and helping him out every day, which takes up a lot of time and emotional energy...and Pete and I managed to get a few more gigs happening for the band, thank God. But there's so much to do.
I'm finding I have to use my old friend (sadly lost this year) Tom Bayer's approach..."Write down 30 things you have to do right now, and then get 3 of them done, and feel good about that"...to stay organized and in perspective. But writing about it here helps. Maybe knowing that few if any are reading this helps too!! Ah, one of these days someone will stumble upon these words, and they'll say..."What a wanker". But I have no evidence that this is much but private ramblings at this point.
I guess I do have to sort out the studio again, that's one bit to do. I have my friends John and Sue coming in next weekend to start working on their new songs, and I should be sure that all is working and that I remember how the heck to run everything. Since the last PC meltdown I just haven't been up to getting any personal projects done...although I have finished up a Shelter Dogs album of live stuff that we did as a demo, and that worked out well (see out at www.theshelterdogs.com if you're out there and interested). My poor songs have been languishing in limbo for a long long time...maybe getting some of that stuff started would be a good warmup for the J&S sessions. And if it gets my ass moving on some recording for myself, that would be great. I've been staring at the floor way too long.
