That reads like I’ve got big plans and I’m ready to jump into things and roar through the year, doesn’t it. If only. I’ve made no resolutions for this year. I might do that in a few weeks. You know, when most people have already quit the resolution they made to go to the gym and get fit. So long about Valentine’s Day, when the gym parking lot thins back out, that will be the time to make resolutions. Or not.
And as with last week, the Holidays have really had a good time with my discipline and my 
routine. That means what ever I got done was fairly random. Though I did finish up the lessons for the VR class. The current project is to take their application and optimize it so that it runs better. I’ll be working on that this week to get it done. And then on to the final project. It’s not a lot to report on that, I know, but that really is all I’ve got. The final project should yield some art as I get it laid out and working.
I did put up a Christmas Tree this year. It wasn’t up for long. I put it up the Thursday before Christmas and took it down this weekend. At least it was up. Sorry, no pictures of the tree this year. I do have this, though. It’s the new ornament I got for the tree this year. As I was decorating the tree I found I had quite a few ornaments that really didn’t fit for me this year. So, something new.
The rest of my Guitar Center order came in so I made another trek out there. There are a few places that my wallet would really like me to stay away from. Music Stores are one of those places. But, I really wanted the rest of my order because it had the other tea mug I ordered. Have a look. I told my favorite sales guy that I got it, and he said “that is true!” In case you are having trouble reading it, the mug says, “How Many Guitars Does A Guitar Player Need? Just One More.” I do know of at least one guitar player that doesn’t feel that way but I would hold him out to be a rarity. 
As to why my wallet would like me to stay away from Music Stores. And why he’s my favorite sales guy? I’ve bought a few guitars from him since I’ve been in Charlotte, starting with my first day here. In fact, he just sold me this little jewel. It was there the when I dropped off the one guitar for repair and picked up the first half of the order. It’s used gear and I initially managed to resist playing it. However, it just sang to me. I’ve wanted a Schecter for several years. So when I want back to pick up my order and it was still there, I couldn’t resist giving it a go. Oh yeah. Nice. Nice sound. Nice feel. And then Pete, my favorite sales guy walks by. I asked him to tell my why I wouldn’t want it. He looked at it, looked at the tag, and told me he couldn’t. It was a very good price and it came with a bag or case on top of that. It came with a case, not a bag. Even better.
I didn’t spend the entire week with my fingers bleeding on the fretboard. I have gotten better about stopping before the blistering. I also worked on VR. And I worked on the Ovation painting. It’s kind of subtle. But, I’ve started the second pass of the crimson. I was doing really good getting a nice fill at first and then at some point, it changed a little. I suspect that happened after a break. So part of that I will need to go back over just a little the next time I get to work on it. 
This week will be a little tricky. I’ve got the VR project to finish up. Back to the day job with things due for that. It’s review season. Ugh. I’m also back to Taekwondo. We were off for the week between Christmas and New Years. I took that time to finally try Yoga. That’s turned out to be helpful for the stretching and such so I’m going to be adding that in between Taekwondo and see how that works out. I’ve been assured that at least a couple of the classes will be very beneficial and complimentary to the Taekwondo. We’ll see how this works out. It makes for a full week. It should keep me out of trouble. Maybe. You might want to check back to find out.
I just registered how much guitar is in this post, I should have called it, “More Guitar Than I Realized”.