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so i think i might have figured out why i'm having problems with insomnia. of course, it has to do with the job. since i only work 3 or 4 days a week, it's not allowing for a stable sleeping schedule. on nights before i have to work, i have to go to bed before or around 10PM. the rest of the time, i stay up pretty late, doing whatever. i'll go to bed at 3AM and i usually don't wake up until 10AM. on long weeks, my body is just starting to get used to the working sleeping pattern, and then suddenly it's the weekend, and it all gets screwed up again. if i was working a regular-hours job (7-4, 8-5, 9-6, all M-F), then at least i'd have some sort of consistent sleep times to where two days off wouldn't really change everything. this isn't the clinical answer to the insomnia, but i'm very sure that this is why the insomnia is happening.
i'm temporarily working in the parts room right now, since it's really the only job i can do that i can sit down for periods at a time. even though i can't do a whole lot here, apparently i'm doing enough significant (when i say significant, it really means trivial) work so the rest of the regulars can actually get caught up on the stuff they're way behind on due to staffing shortages. although i'm glad i can help some, i really need to concentrate on getting a new job. the hours here are destroying me.
physical therapy should start next monday. i'm pretty amped about it. dunno what to expect, but i'm really looking forward to getting my regular life back. this sitting at home stuff is the worst. not having any money is a big part of it, but even if i had some cash, i wouldn't really be able to do anything, since it hurts just to walk or even stand around. we'll see what happens, but it's definitely better than surgery.
i took a break from the cd last week, and am now starting it back up again. i was getting really frustrated at not being able to get the sound that i wanted for the cd, so i walked away from it for five or six days. i took a listen to it again last night, and started messing around with it again. the break helped, and now i'm pretty close to what i want. of course, being in a real studio with a real engineer would pretty much answer all these problems, but what i'm doing is FREE. if people like the music enough and are willing to back it financially, then i'll be able to proceed with the real studio. until then, it's the MD8 and the computer.
i've also been on a songwriting tear lately. i've always thought i wasn't a very good lyric writer, but for some reason, i've been putting together some really good words recently. i've completed two brand new songs, and am debating how i should record them both. i still have more guitars to track for the already recorded songs for the cd in addition to these new songs, so i'm a bit behind schedule. cd most likely won't be out this year.
leslie will be here in approx. two weeks. i miss her incredibly, and i can't wait to hold her again. we've had some rough times in the last month or two, but i think things are going to work out fine. i'm really proud of her, for everything she's done and who she is. i'm a very lucky guy.
i'm temporarily working in the parts room right now, since it's really the only job i can do that i can sit down for periods at a time. even though i can't do a whole lot here, apparently i'm doing enough significant (when i say significant, it really means trivial) work so the rest of the regulars can actually get caught up on the stuff they're way behind on due to staffing shortages. although i'm glad i can help some, i really need to concentrate on getting a new job. the hours here are destroying me.
physical therapy should start next monday. i'm pretty amped about it. dunno what to expect, but i'm really looking forward to getting my regular life back. this sitting at home stuff is the worst. not having any money is a big part of it, but even if i had some cash, i wouldn't really be able to do anything, since it hurts just to walk or even stand around. we'll see what happens, but it's definitely better than surgery.
i took a break from the cd last week, and am now starting it back up again. i was getting really frustrated at not being able to get the sound that i wanted for the cd, so i walked away from it for five or six days. i took a listen to it again last night, and started messing around with it again. the break helped, and now i'm pretty close to what i want. of course, being in a real studio with a real engineer would pretty much answer all these problems, but what i'm doing is FREE. if people like the music enough and are willing to back it financially, then i'll be able to proceed with the real studio. until then, it's the MD8 and the computer.
i've also been on a songwriting tear lately. i've always thought i wasn't a very good lyric writer, but for some reason, i've been putting together some really good words recently. i've completed two brand new songs, and am debating how i should record them both. i still have more guitars to track for the already recorded songs for the cd in addition to these new songs, so i'm a bit behind schedule. cd most likely won't be out this year.
leslie will be here in approx. two weeks. i miss her incredibly, and i can't wait to hold her again. we've had some rough times in the last month or two, but i think things are going to work out fine. i'm really proud of her, for everything she's done and who she is. i'm a very lucky guy.