POOF! There went the weekend.

Wow. The last 10 days have been pretty jam-packed for me - professionally and socially. I'm not complaining though. It's just that while I definitely had fun, that was a big spike as far as activities go for me.. no gradual elevation, just BAM, wide open!

I got a lot accomplished though - made a lot of new aquaintances, caught up with old friends, did most of my Christmas shopping, got my furnace repaired - the timing of that still bugs me but as Kevin pointed out to me earlier today, at least now I'm READY for the 13 degree low that's forecast for tonight.

Church went really well this morning. Getting everything connected up and positioned took a few minutes but we were all ready to go. The songs we played this morning were part of the set list from last night so we eased into it without a problem. My in-ear mix was adequate but nowhere near what I had last night. More on that later. Had lunch with Kev and Kailyn before picking up a few more presents from our local technology stores. After that, I went on home.

I had a huge pile of equipment in my drum room from where I unloaded last night. I vacuumed where my drums usually sit to pick up all the wood shavings from my sticks. While I was moving some of my gear around, I decided that I would set my drums back up but this time go ahead and mic them. Hopefully, I can get a GREAT in-ear mix for practicing when I'm home. Heck, I should be able to - I'll have all the time in the world to do it, LOL! Anyway, I'll be able to connect my CD player to my mixer and blend CD track's into my mix. I'll also be able to record to my Mini-disc recorder to listen to myself play afterwards to see how good or bad it sounds. That's one thing I've been reading about in a lot of magazines and drum forums and that's to make it a point to record to find your weak spots so you'll know what to focus on when you're practicing. This will also help me with making adjustments to my compressor units. Back when she came over, Jo suggested that I make some dry drum tracks then play them back while fooling around with compressor and gate settings to get a better handle on how all the adjustments affect the sound. I'll be able to easily do it now. I've still got a ways to go to get everything back in place but maybe tomorrow evening I can finish it up.

Started watching "I Robot" tonight. Looks good so far. I'm just too tired to finish it. It's my fault for starting it late anyway. I'll have time to watch all my new movies soon. I'm off Friday then next week, I'll only go into the office if I need to. Otherwise, I'm off. Ta dow.