Well now...

Seems access to Blogger is spotty at best. I'll have to continue to work on that.

Well, I sort of have my stuff squared away. I still have a few items to find a home for but all in all, I'm doing pretty good on my time line, especially with the hours I've been putting in. When you're underway every hour is a working hour so anytime you can get a moment to yourself you had better put it to good use. I don't think I've seen my laptop for two days now due to being so busy but it will all smooth out soon.

I have time this evening to get together with Jed and Bill and play a little guitar. They're both pretty darn good and I feel like I just picked up playing but I have a good time whenever we play, not to mention I increase my skill level playing with these two. I started playing guitar (self-taught) way back in 1990. I bought a POS guitar out of a pawn shop, borrowed a "how-to" book from my buddy Raymond, and stumbled through it all on my first Navy deployment. My influences were Jimmy Buffett, The Eagles, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, etc... Heck, if Jimmy Buffett can make a living off of three chords...

The biggest reason to learn guitar was to have something to do to waste away the hours while I was underway.

The biggest reason WHY I learned to play was my Dad.

This is a man who can hear a song once, and figure out how to play it. Personally, my favorite guitar player of all time. Anyway, he learned to play in his early teens and fell in love with the music. His school didn't offer guitar as a music choice so he would skip classes to go home and work on his playing. He eventually moved to Florida and became a carpenter, but he still plays today, better than he ever did.

So I've been playing off and on for 18 years but never had the drive like my Dad. I never learned how to pick or solo and am content with being able to strum a song. Jed and I've been working on Redemption Song, a wonderful song by Bob Marley, very easy to play, once you know the chords. I never would've figured it out on my own. On the other hand, I showed Jed how to play Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi so I figure it's an even trade. We haven't been able to get together and play since beginning of July so I wonder what they have in store for me tonight...