I admit that there was a point in time in which I would post to facebook numerous times a day. Like most people I was quick to be enamored with a smart phone's GPS abilities. Thus, I "checked in" everywhere I went and subsequently posted and tagged pics. These days the allure of doing such has worn off, and it's back to living life like normal --well...or at least some facsimile thereof.
Now, just to back up for a second, the purpose of this post is not about why I'm not on facebook as frequently as I have been in the past (and by the way, I'm on facebook every day. I just don't really post much); the purpose is to quickly give my friends insight to what I have going on in my life, and why I'm not quick to respond to texts, emails, facebook messages...even phone calls. I'm sure you get my drift. I have sadly even recently not proceeded forward with a relationship with whom was probably the most incredible woman I have ever had the pleasure of getting to know. I probably have TOO much going on in my life --but I'll be the judge of that in retrospect at some future time.
Like I said, this is a quick post, with the pay-off being probably less filling that the setup. So now for the anti-climax (ha ha.) I'm currently working three jobs. I've been filling in on a maternity leave at a local high school teaching algebra and geometry. Because it is an extended leave, it falls upon me to also grade assignments. Not something a substitute gets paid to do, but hey, it comes with the territory. I've also been back at The Hideout since the end of July. Yes, I quit at the end of April, but a layoff from construction in early July, and my failure to secure a full-time teaching position has brought me back into the folds of a great work family. I have no regrets working there, because most of you know that I consider it the greatest work environment of which I've ever been a part. Finally, I'm helping a good friend remodel an old family farmhouse, so that he and his family may reside there. So technically, if I have a spare moment on my calendar, I try to work with him and knock some projects out. For instance, this Wednesday evening, if I don't pick up a shift at The Hideout, I'm going to finish installing a back door to the house.
Now, on my artistic front: yes, Heavy Wishing has not performed since this past May. However, the other members have all been busy with their own respective side projects. For myself, I haven't been resting either. I've actually experienced one of my most prolific writing periods of my career. I recently demoed five songs that have been uploaded to our cloud, so that the guys can download and listen to at their leisure. I have six more songs to record and upload, putting the total of my contribution to new material at eleven new songs. That's not saying of course that all eleven songs will make the new album, but hopefully they will soon join the band's repertoire of live material. I haven't any solo acoustic shows on the books as of right now, as my focus has been more on writing as of late, and not learning nor rehearsing cover songs. The other three members have shows booked with their side projects, so you may or may not see Heavy Wishing perform again until after the new year. In addition to writing for myself, I have just recently agreed to jump on board with my old friend Danny Wilson's latest endeavor. He has around twenty-five songs ready for collaboration on arrangements with hopes of playing some new music showcases before the year is out and possibly recording. Of course you might remember him as Cruces' original bass player, so why not jump in as a session player? He's fresh off a peer to peer song-writing retreat in Europe and also last year's success of having a song recorded by Brad Paisley.
Ahhh...my passion of the past several months: RUNNING. I haven't been running the past few weeks like I would like to. I have to admit that. My last long run was almost three weeks ago, and that was just fourteen miles. I've had to watch friends around me complete longer and more frequent runs (congrats Jessica on the Chicago Marathon!!!) Hopefully I can get back up there and acclimate to running in colder weather. Eh...not hopefully...I WILL acclimate to colder weather.
On top of all of this: FAMILY. As always, my children come first. The holidays are coming up, which are tremendously fun and exciting at our house. I can't wait! And also, in two weeks we're going to the zillionth annual Fort Massac Encampment that we love going to every year. I absolutely love fall with the kids. And Halloween! Can I take back my comments about not posting frequently to facebook? Many pictures will be uploaded in the near future, for sure.
So, if we're friends, and you've recently asked me for a favor, and several of you have (ie: illustrations and graphic art work), you can see that I honestly do not have the time. In the past I have, but as of right now, I don't. I'm like almost all of you --living life to the fullest, and almost letting it rush by without smelling the roses. If you see me sitting down and staring at the wall, it's just to catch my breath and save my sanity.
Peace.
