Lately things have just been wide open. I got fired up last year ,learned a lot of new material, wrote some stuff, started picking regularly with a group of guys in a band. I still have the same great passion for the music and the instrument but I feel as though my picking has suffered. I don't get in regular practice time like I used to. I find myself too tired to bother and when I do I fumble through a few songs or new licks and wind up stashing the jo back in its case somewhat disgusted with myself. I know a lot of it has to do with work. Since mid December its been non stop. I swapped shifts (I work 2 on 3 off, 3 on 2 off) to be on the same schedule with some family members employed there and in the same department. Both shifts are shorthanded and for the shift I left I was the only person trained to work and enter into a certain area (aseptic pharmaceutical filling) so I've been working both shifts pretty much with a random day here or there to recoop. Just wore slam out. Not to mention a 2 1/2 yo and 7 month old that demand a lot of time and the wifey whose been understanding but not necessarily happy about it. Things just need to slow down so life can get back to normal. The Possom is pooped. I need a vaction...ain't it bout time for festival season?!?! Yea come on festivals I feel the urge to spend 3 days of splendor eating unhealthy food, keeping unhealthy hours and unsanitary hygene habits all for the love of this beautiful thing called Bluegrass. Sorry for the long ramble but I figure somebody else feels the same way sometime.
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