Red Bull gum?

 Since I woke up so late, I ended up staying up all night. I was actually starting to tire, but wanted to get some practice in so after brushing and flossing I chewed my usual sugar-free gum which is some regular Xylitol gum and a piece or two of "Black Black" gum from Japan, which I'm using the last of the "chiclet" pieces of, since I've discovered the good stuff, that comes in little sticks. 

I know the stuff has caffeine in it, but I'm beginning to think it's got some mix of other things in there too that make it like Red Bull - makes me awake without being jittery. 

I looked around on YouTube for things to watch, and heard a noise outside. It was about midnight. A bum was out there on a bike, what looked like a couple of push brooms out in the parking lot, while the bum rode circles on his bike. Then the bum went into the trash enclosure with the dumpster in it, for the longest time. Then he went out, collected the push brooms I guess, and did a little side-trip to the place two doors down to take a push broom from there. And was gone. 

I went out ostensibly to throw something away and notice that the bike someone had put into the dumpster, a whole bike, was gone. So maybe that's where the bum got the bike - no wonder he was riding happy circles. 

I settle down for a bit and hear a "grrrr" - a bum car. Said bum car pulls up and Passenger Bum gets out and adjusts the bungee cord that's holding the trunk closed, and gets back in but not before they do a couple of odd circles in the parking lot, then they take off. 

Then the same bum car comes back and it's one bum in there, who sits in the car, and sits and sits. I'm wondering if they're waiting for another bum or what, when they finally leave. 

And I finally practice, for about an hour and a half. I need to do a lot more of it, practicing, not observing bums. I'd say the Wye book is great for having little etudes that sound pretty good even with the limited number of notes a new student can play. B-A-G, G#, and C; that's where I am now. No wonder Wye gets into slurs and dotted notes and a few different time signatures right away. 

The other book I have, "The Complete Flute Player" by John Sands which I've got all four books of, gets into some pretty neat stuff once I've learned a few more notes. It's based on learning popular music while the Wye book is based on classical and only gets as "popular" as a few folk songs. I figure the Wye books will be the core of my study and the "Complete" books a good way to learn some pop songs too.