Ramblings

Got a new/used guitar the other day. My friend Ricky had something called a silent guitar made by Yamaha that I have wanted ever since I saw one. It's basically the neck of the guitar extended the whole length and 2 fake curved pieces of plastic attached to give it the appearance of a guitar. You plug headphones into it and play it privately wherever you may be. I can play it at home while Kathy's watching TV and not disturb her program. Ricky found that he didn't use it very often and offered it to me at a very discounted price so I jumped on it. I've enjoyed playing it this week even though Kathy's not been home to annoy with it. It has some built in reverb and sounds really good and full through the headphones. I love technology. But only if it's uncomplicated.

I spent the weekend helping someone move from Greenville S.C. back to Atlanta. My son and I did all the loading and completely filled up a 26 foot U-Haul. I was tired Sunday. In fact, we didn't go to church that day. I just didn't want to move. It's not that I was sore. I was a little, but I was mostly just tired. And grumpy. And I had to take off Monday to move the stuff into a storage building. It was a beautiful day Monday and I was grateful for the wonderful weather, but it did get a little hot in the back of the truck. My son's son noticed I was tired during the day and he said, "Pawpaw, you don't sound good". "Well, thanks Ian, I'm tired", "well, take a break Pawpaw" he said rather matter of factly. He's such a grown up sometimes.

It's amazing how much the weather affects our moods. It's been raining for a couple days now and it just sorta puts you in a lazy, relaxed mood. For all the comforts we've built over the years to protect ourselves from the weather, we still let it govern our outlook a great deal. If it's a sunny but not too hot a day, we're just chipper and happy. If it's cold out we can get grumpy and restless because we can't get out and enjoy the sun and wind in our face. For all our progress, we are still creatures of the earth.

And our band still hasn't practiced much. Everyone is always out of town with their businesses. I'm a little discouraged to be honest. It's hard to practice the music even though you know you should when no one else can play with you. Maybe things will settle down soon. I hope so.