Drink Rum

I was fidgeting around with the guitar several times this weekend and came across a few problems.

1) I'm obsessed of late with numeric lists, apparently

2) I forgot how much of a pain breaking my fingers in would be. Oh muh middle finger is bitter.

3) I can't remember much of what I used to play.

4) My fingers are a problem when swollen... usually from dehydration. I could go into a standard A cleanly to save my life. To many fat fingers behind one fret.

So I decided it's time to get back on the old tread climber.

If you've ever seen this thing on TV, it looks deceptively simple. And in principle it is, but it's a serious workout. The initial sessions getting started have always been murder. I ran my first 30 min workout yesterday and got through it fairly well all things considered. It was easier than I'd expected. My cardio was a mess though... obviously this was needed for a few reasons.

The knee held up ok. The treadclimber is low impact (the commercial will tell you it's like walking in sand... it isn't. It's like walking up an escalator that goes a mile. I wore the brace despite feeling pretty strongly that my knee would be ok without it. The I remembered that that attitude is what landed me back in the ortho chair with an angry knee again.

So we'll see how it goes. Between the water uptake increase and 3x30min cardios a week I'll probably drop 15lbs by the end of the month. That's 105lbs of pressure off the right knee for every step I take... incentive. One of several.

New tubes for the amp arrive today. Happiness. Reverb goodness awaits.

Later this week, some more fun gadgets and playthings arrive. That's a surprise though... sssshhh!

Although one very important piece to that puzzle is backordered... which blows. Anyway... surprise will be unveiled here in a couple of weeks... hopefully.