After going up to H Mart for a bit of shopping and Lowe's for some cleaning stuff like a small bucket and a "dog bone" sponge and so on, I got back here and ate some stuff and relaxed for a bit, then decided I'd get my practice in because otherwise it'd be far too easy to get involved doing other things and never get it done.
So I practiced for two episodes of "Treme" on video, and it went pretty well especially considering how long a break I'd taken. And by that time it was past 9PM, and I ate a bit more and decided to just go to bed at 1AM.
I only had a bit of the "double buzz" I'd been anguishing over, was able to go up to high C OK, and just did my usual thing which is lots of lip slurs and lots of grinding away on exercises from Clarke's Elementary Studies. While watching Treme, I came up with little things to play along with songs on there, and worked a little on things that came to mind. Lip slurs and Clarke exercises may not sound very inspiring, but I notice I'm getting better at playing that has some "soul" to it which is largely a matter of having developed physical stamina.
This yucky spillage of green stuff isn't even my biggest worry these days; I worry more about Ken's business that I'm working at here can hold together for the next few years. We're probably heading into a slowdown between the normal business cycle and this coronavirus scare.
I woke up at 9:30 which is just right because I'd spend 1/2 hour reading a book I'm working on, and I had just a small headache.
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