Alone, listless...

Things go, and as far as things go, things go well. Maybe better: things are going well.

Not that I thought otherwise, but it is a LOT of hard work trying to get things rolling in the music biz. Thankfully I have finally got some shows set up and it seems as though some of my networking efforts are paying off, too. I've got to hope I can repay some of these favors sometimes... I suppose that's why I keep going to shows.

I have been supremely busy. I think about friends I haven't talked to recently, and others who I've been ignoring. It's tough. My schedule has been packed full of stuff. I routinely only get one night during the week to myself... and now, because of all that is happening, that turns out to be my practice and updates night.

There's that word, that has been popping up some much recently in my thoughts... "routine." I usually am giving advice to friends on how to break up the routine and monotony of their lives. And even though I am not in a rut -this is a self-inflicted, and very needed routine - it's getting a little old.

Which says nothing of the lack of time for, or simply lack of, a social life. To say the least, I am bored. And I hate being bored. Routine and busyness leads to stress, and though I love making my way in the musical sense, it is stressful. I wish I had a way, and someone with whom, to disconnect. But that's asking for icing on the cake, I guess.

I have such a sneaking suspicion that things are going to get worse before they get better, on the homefront and in our country. Holidays are always tight for me, financially, and I'm getting to the point for I need to make some changes in my household - be it ridding myself of a roommate, or finding a way to create some space, or whatnot. It's also getting to the point where the free and easy work, for the musical stuff, is running out. It looks like my next steps will be paying to join organizations, and organizing a trip or several trips down to Nashville (TN) to start trying to break into publishing. That means money.

I need a secretary. A sexy one. And a rich one.