I can haz sanity plz?
I have the next 6 days "off" for large values of "off". In other words, I am taking "vacation." I'm not really going anywhere, and I'm certainly not getting paid for this time off, but it's really time for me to regroup and using the "but my kid is home for a week" excuse is better than nothing. My boss wasn't pleased about the last minute notice, but Tuesday was the first time we discussed vacation in any capacity at all, I'm a frickin' contractor (so I am supposed to be able to make my own hours according to the Federal Government), so it doesn't cost them anything, there's the closest thing to a "lull" that will ever happen in this place, and, most importantly, if I don't manage to find my center and chill the fuck out, I am going to lose it big time.
As an aide to my relaxation, Sony corp has graciously sent me about half a dozen loop libraries in the past 2 weeks. Today, I got the "crown jewels" - Electro-World Percussion and Metarock Visions. These were my "bonus" discs for joining the "loop of the month" club (and the other 4 loop libraries were the first 4 in the series for the year). The percussion disk is chock full of authentic and beautifully recorded belly dancing rhythms, and instead of me trying to cobble together an iTunes playlist of music I have already for my dance class in August, I will create a CD of original music and give away or sell for some nominal fee. People are always looking for fresh dance music., so maybe this will be my next niche. And maybe I'll start work on R's solo album if he helps me pick out rock loops from the other library.
I am determined to get my garden planted tomorrow and clean the house for guests this weekend. I also want to get my office to the point where I can set up my keyboard and finish hooking up the "mini studio" so I can compose properly again. I don't think that's too ambitious for almost a week's time.
I am also going to contact my doctor and let him know that the hormones are not working as advertised, and tell him I'm going to stop. I just need to find out if I really have to finish the month off or if I can stop now (which would suck because I'd probably have a period 2 weeks earlier than normal). I need to get off these crazy-making pills.
As an aide to my relaxation, Sony corp has graciously sent me about half a dozen loop libraries in the past 2 weeks. Today, I got the "crown jewels" - Electro-World Percussion and Metarock Visions. These were my "bonus" discs for joining the "loop of the month" club (and the other 4 loop libraries were the first 4 in the series for the year). The percussion disk is chock full of authentic and beautifully recorded belly dancing rhythms, and instead of me trying to cobble together an iTunes playlist of music I have already for my dance class in August, I will create a CD of original music and give away or sell for some nominal fee. People are always looking for fresh dance music., so maybe this will be my next niche. And maybe I'll start work on R's solo album if he helps me pick out rock loops from the other library.
I am determined to get my garden planted tomorrow and clean the house for guests this weekend. I also want to get my office to the point where I can set up my keyboard and finish hooking up the "mini studio" so I can compose properly again. I don't think that's too ambitious for almost a week's time.
I am also going to contact my doctor and let him know that the hormones are not working as advertised, and tell him I'm going to stop. I just need to find out if I really have to finish the month off or if I can stop now (which would suck because I'd probably have a period 2 weeks earlier than normal). I need to get off these crazy-making pills.