Excited

[thisnewday]

Yesterday, for whatever incredible reason, felt like a new day!

I went down to the basement and cleared the area I'd thought about for the bike stand and then went to the Home Depot and picked up--barely, lol--a mat to put under it. I still have to vacuum the basement and cut the mat to the size I want before I put it down, but that's in motion.

ALSO, I've decided to get my B-flat pocket trumpet out, do the maintenance on it that I should've done before I put it away, and see if the abdominal repair that I had done months ago is now strong enough to handle the core pressures induced by playing the high brass.

(I've also gotta see whether I can integrate the new dentures into this effort because I've heard that, understandably, they can greatly alter the embouchure, etc.)

Anyway, I'm incredibly excited about this and hope that I can maintain this feeling long enough to actually accomplish something with it. I've got the on-going build on the bike itself, the basement setup for the new stationary stand, and a renewed attempt to engage in musical "performance."

Wish me--and my neighbors, lol--luck...

LPK
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7.24.2020 

Comments

[rosegardenfae]

Woo hoo! Excited for you...go forth and toot your horn..:-)

[thisnewday]

I DID!!! I set up the YouTube videos that I use for my practice sessions for easier access and then watched a couple of the maintenance videos that I'd used a year or so ago to re-familiarize myself with the mechanics of it.

Then I said, SCREW IT, pulled the horn out of its dusty case, oiled the valves, and went at it.

Dogs were howling in terror, cars were crashing out on the street, and I sounded TERRIBLE.

But I found that I actually like the full support my dentures give my embouchure and that the abdominal area which had given me trouble about a month out of surgery was fine.

So, YAYYY, I can work with that. And thanks, once again for your kind support!

[rosegardenfae]

Hooray! Instant success.. wonderful. And who knew that dentures could be a bonus. the world is full of suprises! This makes me really happy.

[thisnewday]

Thanks, yup, I was definitely surprised too! Now I can terrorize the neighborhood dogs at will, lol...

[rosegardenfae]

Hah... you "dirty old dog" ... you... lol

[thisnewday]

Yup, I am, I own that, lol...

[rosegardenfae]

And yet another thought.... You and I have given much of our lives, our energy, and our time to our grandchildren. And yet, we still have dreams of our own. I see it in us. I feel it in my heart.

Why not now man, why fucking not? Give it all you got. I'm doing my best to do the same.

Shazam!

[thisnewday]

I agree and for me, right now, I feel like a crucial part of this is successfully harnessing this wave of emotional, physical, psychic energy and riding through any of the emotional troughs that may follow.

And, of course, my best to you in this endeavor, as always...

[summersgate]

What great news! The wheel has turned.

[thisnewday]

Hahaha, and it hasn't run over me... yet, lol...