Thursday morning, 9 February 2023.
Last night I had a hard time sleeping. It wasn’t so much that something was bothering me – I really don’t have anything creating a bunch of unnecessary tension in my life right now, to be frank – but I just had weird random thoughts running through my head like Olympic sprinters going for the gold. I was hanging out online with friends right up until bedtime, so I didn’t decompress in the evening like I usually do. Hopefully tonight I’ll be better prepared for a good night’s sleep.
Dane and I are going to work on a project this spring, and we’re starting to receive some of the components. A guitar parts manufacturer based in Washington state was having a sale on their unfinished guitar bodies, and I know I have a neck or two out in the barn that has remained unused. The neck and body are covered, and the body is based on the popular Fender Stratocaster shape, so all we really need is a set of tuners, a Wilkinson-style tremolo, and a pre-wired pickguard with decent pickups to complete the axe. It will need some finishing – the body is made out of black limba, with some really nice streaks to it. Sand it down a little more, get the grain filled, and let’s see if it can make some noise.
It started raining a little bit late yesterday afternoon. Looks like the temperature dropped enough that the rain turned to a light dusting of snow. I don’t need to drive, but my wife and son will have to head to campus later today. I hope the roads aren’t a frozen obstacle. I remember when I used to drive into Kansas City after snow and ice storms, and I would casually count the number of cars that had gone into the ditches – a surprising number of 4×4 pickups, Jeeps, and other SUVs. People all too often drive too fast without really knowing the road conditions, and I keep counting, 27, 28, 29…
Time for me to toss back my second glass of water of the morning, and see if I can win an argument with the coffee maker.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
