It’s been a while since I had an official snow day. It was nothing like the Nickelodeon movie with the kids that try to do another snow day after the one snow day and then they get it and everyone is happy except for the bad guy and some people fall in love and stuff. It was a nice day though.
It started snowing yesterday around 2pm and really didn’t stop until this evening. My classes were cancelled for the day as were my in-person lessons at the studio. I did get to do a couple virtual music lessons in my pajamas, so I ain’t trippin’. I even got to work on my studio set up to accommodate teaching from my little room with my instruments. When I was working in construction I would get days like this more often than I do now. Can’t paint or pour concrete when it’s snowing. I mean…you can, but at what cost? Anyway, it turned out to be a good day.
I did a little yoga. That small lady on YouTube really got me sweaty trying to make me engage my chakra whilst standing in un-flattering poses. My third eye has seen enough today ma’am. Alas, I ended up enjoying that along with my snow day.
Ever since I stopped doing manual labor, I’ve been getting out of shape. I know it, you know it, Teddi knows it. She likes to say, “You’re getting soft Old Man,” and, well, yes…yes I am. I’ve never been a fan of paying a membership to a gym to be honest. I’d like to think I can be self motivated to move around enough to stay in somewhat okay shape. Yet, age and time have informed me that I’m getting less and less motivated to motivate myself. So, yeah. I did yoga today. I enjoyed it.
I ended up doing some homework and listening to some stuff that Nick and I tracked for another Octopus Tree tune that I need to work on soon. I got some great feedback this week from the first mix and messed around with a newer mix of our song “Toro” that I’ve been writing about in my previous posts. We’ve got a show Friday in Denver. Get the details on the Facebook event page if you wanna check it out. I’m pretty excited about it. I love playing drums and singing with this band.
My “brother from another mother” Parks is gonna be here with his band ATW this Saturday, and I’m more than excited to see the show and my friends. Last time I talked to him was over text before the New Year. We were wishing each other the annual Birth-mas tidings. Last time they were in town, I was out of town visiting the family in New Mexico so I couldn’t get my fix. It’s been a long time, and it’s about time. I’m due for a Parks hang out session.
Dillon and I skipped Alfred practice on Monday due to some prior engagements, so we podcasted for the second time tonight. We did one at the beginning of January and both ended up having a good time. When I say podcasted, we really just have a normal “Dillon and Joe” conversation online and recorded it. That’s all a podcast is right? People chatting? It’s the new music/talk show! Check it out when it comes out.
Our next show is Feb. 19th so we have plenty of time to rehearse. It’s an acoustic gig. We’re gonna be fine. I hope. We just got some stickers and are gonna do a session of screen printing a line of hoodies for our next merch making night. Honestly, we have a great system going, we just need more fans.
I was really self-conscious about The Teds when we started it as a band. I didn’t realize how nervous I would get singing and playing the guitar with songs I wrote on an acoustic guitar. There’s something about not being able to hide behind a drum set that kind of makes me nervous. That’s a subject I should talk to my therapist about, drum dependency. Now though I feel much more confident about playing the guitar and singing in front of the drum set while Dillon beats the shit out of his drums. I love it. I truly do.
With all that said I’m gonna stop for the night. I should probably go do some school work instead of talk about myself on the internet. Or I could sleep. Yeah. Sleep.
Thanks for reading.
Joe
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