:: anne in the attic ::

Create Your Own Countdown

:: Friday, November 07, 2003 ::

Enter Winter. A little over a week ago, we had a rather balmy day or two, and then WHAM! -- the temperature dropped, the rains came, and here we are: another gray November. With that turn, work becomes a little harder, a little colder, windier, wetter. Though my total work hours have let up some, the ones where I'm out there in the elements really take it out of me. Samantha is quite content to have me home a bit more, though. I've stocked up on soups.

In other news, our choir had a fundraiser -- a "bowl-a-thon," no less -- and it was a blast. My scores were pretty foul, but it's a social activity that I wouldn't mind. My only worry would be accelerating the incipient carpal tunnel problems I feel coming on these days. My recently-learned guitar style seems to have brought it forth, as well as the last two years casing mail; and just being that much more dextrous means I've awakened often with a painful numbness and had to invest in wrist braces. Dorky.

I'm quite pleased with the level of study in the guitar lessons. That seems to be going well (haven't hit that first real learning plateau yet, but I know I will at some point), especially since I videotaped some of his movements so I could study them later when I had time. We're on kind of a flexible schedule these days, as I never know when I'll have to work late and cancel. In fact I've got a lesson tonight at seven that was rescheduled from Wednesday. He has me working on some Dylan, some June Carter and Gillian Welch (at my request). Good stuff.

In the last two days, I've been a lucky winner in two different raffle/participant events. A friend says those things come in threes and that I should buy a lottery ticket. Today. Yeah. Right.

:: Anne 5:39 PM [smartass remarks] ::
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