Birthdays, Parties, Friends, and Memes

My wife had a birthday yesterday, we had a really nice time over the weekend doing things for her. We got up Saturday, hung out for a while, dropped our daughter off at a friends house and went into the city. We hung out with some friends, went out to dinner, got all rowdy, had a few drinks, went back to one of our friends houses, sat and played cards, and had a few drinks too many. The laughter was riotous! Our sides hurt so bad by the end of the night.

I brought my guitar and played while we were playing cards. As we were just hanging out, I was the background music for the gathering, and never thought twice about it. By the end of the evening, we were getting all ready to leave, and everyone was saying "Wow, you play really well!" and "The music in the background was great man! That was so nice!" I was really flattered by the whole thing. It felt nice to hear that.

Sunday we got up a bit late, but not hungover, and had a nice day at the house. We had a nice dinner and cake for the Mrs. She got some nice gifts, and we just hung out. I gave my daughter another guitar lesson, and she is coming along rather well with it. She is starting to learn chords and tunings now. Her fingers are getting strong enough to manage that. Next will be strumming technique and maybe some finger picking.

My brother also came up yesterday and we played for a while. He is doing well also, and despite the stress in his life, is still playing and trying to make a go at guitar playing. I give him so much credit for all the things he has had to overcome to get the place he is now. I really enjoy playing with him as well. He isn't the best player, but he is determined and has the focus to work on things. He is also stress free about it, so that makes it so much nicer than many of the other folks I have played with in the past.

I have a load to pick up at work, but it dosen't pick up until the evening so I am just hanging out at the house for now. I might take a nap a bit later and rest up for the long evening ahead.


My buddy Mal posted this on his blog, so I thought I would do the same:

The rule! Remember:
You Can Only Type One Word

1. Where is your mobile phone? Table

2. Your significant other? Work

3. Your hair? Gone

4. Your mother? Upstairs

5. Your father? Work

6. Your favorite thing? Guitar

7. Your dream last night? None

8. Your favorite drink? Coffee

9. Your dream/goal? Luthier

10. The room you’re in? Living

11. Your ex? None

12. Your fear? Sickness

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Here

14. Where were you last night? Home

15. What you’re not? Skinny

16. Muffins? No

17. One of your wish list items? Gibson

18. Where you grew up? Upstate

19. The last thing you did? Post

20. What are you wearing? Nothing

21. Your TV? Off

22. Your pets? Lurking

23. Your computer? Dell

24. Your life? Happy

25. Your mood? Good

26. Missing someone? Yes

27. Your car? Jeep

28. Something you’re not wearing? Clothes

29. Favorite Store? Guitar

30. Your summer? Busy

31. Like someone? Sure

32. Your favorite color? Black

33. When is the last time you laughed? Today

34. Last time you cried? Dunno

35. Who will/would re-post this? Dunno