Sans Voldyne?

 I got 10 Ebay things listed and did a good shakuhachi session and even could play a half-assed "Hinomaru" which is the first song everyone learns.  I didn't exercise on the Voldyne as I wanted to optimize the time I had to practice. 

I think if I had to choose one, Voldyne or long tones, I'd choose long tones. Both are good practice but long tones are the gold standard for wind instruments. 

At least I'm to the point where I can attempt simple tunes like Hinomaru. And it turns out that since I've comb-bound my Koga book, making it easier to leaf through, there are a lot of little exercises past page 23, to get the student used to the notation so this book is really a "complete" system. 

I need to get his 2nd book and I don't even regret spending $75 on his 3rd because while it's really advanced, it's the material he uses if one goes to his lessons, a thing I can't afford. And it was only the cost of one lesson.  

I took off around 4 with 24 packages and dropped them off at the Post Office and FedEx and it all went without a hitch. I stopped at the storage unit and picked out 10 500-series Tektronix plugins and a mainframe to test them in, and headed home. 

I'd wanted to intercept a food truck but I missed out. I had $3 in quarters on me, and thought about what to do. I stopped in at Grill-'Em and got the chicken wings again, and tipped the gal the $3 in cash, and put the rest on my card, just under $10. And they were just as good the 2nd time. 

Before leaving I'd cleaned and applied Johnson Paste Wax to the bathroom floor, so when I got back it was dry and I buffed it by hand with an old T-shirt. Mainly I'm concerned that the floor is clean, protected, and not dangerously slippery - don't use Pledge, folks. I think I'm going to get a buffer thing to use with my electric drill and try using that.