Being wide awake at 2am I
thought I might load up the washing machine. So I did that, and went
back to bed where I lay awake until the thing finished. I then lay
awake until the tumble drier finished. I was sorting out my smalls
whilst watching episodes of Family Guy beofre 4am, and had done three
loads of washing before 6am. If nothing else I was using cheap rate
electricity.
My little dog sat with me
for six hours of total boredom. By the time "er indoors TM"
emerged from her pit I was bored senseless. And it was at this point
that a very sunny morning gave way to rain. I had planned to go out
to Sevington to do some geo-maintenance this morning. I abandoned
that plan. My next plan was to archive the entire Sevington Saunter
series of caches as they are too far out of my way for me to maintain
easily, but I was persuaded not to do that (for the time being).
I then spent a little
time working of my presentation on galaxies for the astro club, and I
did some of this week's course on the Internet. Eventually the rain
slackened off enough so we could go out without getting totally
soaked, so we walked "Furry Face TM"
round the park. He made a nuisance of himself with every other dog he
could find and then quite comprehensively rolled in fox crap.
He therefore only had
himself to blame for his subsequent bath.
With my furry associate
having been bathed and a cream cake scoffed for lunch I set off to
Henwood. Earlier in the week I'd been searching out saxophone
lessons; today I had a free taster session. It was really good. It
turns out that whilst my sax isn't the best in the world, it is far
from the worst. And I would seem to have got it for a bargain price.
It is an alto sax (!) and I am reliably informed it has a very
good sound.
I had half an hour with a
very good teacher who showed me what buttons to press and how to blow
into it. For the time being I am sticking to the bare essentials of
the thing, but in all honesty there is more than enough there for me
to be getting on with. With a little effort I can get two octaves out
of it all the time I remember "BAG FED" (it's a
sax thing). There's no denying that I'm having problems with the
note "C" but hopefully I can muddle through for the
time being.
From my lesson I popped
into Ashford to buy a music book that my teacher recommended, and
then I came home.
I was very keen to carry
on with what I had learned, but "Furry Face TM"
does like to sing along, and with "er indoors TM"
off shopping there was no one to settle him. So I finished off this
week's work for my on-line course about the Internet. I got ninety
per cent on security and decryption protocols, and I then slept
through "Carry on Constable" until "er
indoors TM" came home. With an assistant
to keep my dog amused I had a bit of a go on my sax. There's no
denying that I am struggling with the upper and lower ends of the
thing's range, but that will come with practice. I have a plan that
every day I shall park up at the far end of the works car park and
have a bit of a toot during my lunch breaks.
By the early evening I
found today's early start was taking its toll. But my new routine
doesn't allow me time mid-week for dull laundry any more. So with "er
indoors TM" off out with the Hose Beast
and assorted others for the Saturday film night I set about my shirts
and my smalls.
I do hope I sleep
tonight...
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