Is it already Spring or something?

I awoke this morning to Lucy's head on my shoulder and Oliver licking Lucy's ears to death. You can't help but love the little guy, he's just so friendly and personality filled. Lucy used to get upset when he tried to sleep near her, but lately she's been letting him get close. The other night he slept with his head on Lucy's side.

I got out of bed and got ready because I had a few things to do before I left the house for the day. First I took Lucy on her walk. She has had to deal with kids on rollerblades or skateboards during her walk for the past two days, but has done remarkably well for her. Maybe she is mellowing out some...we can only hope.

I wanted to finish painting the walls when we got back. Unfortunately Lucy licked all the spackle off of the one spot last night, so I had to respackle that this morning. I sanded the other two spots down, painted them, and then waited for the other to dry. It didn't dry enough before I had to leave, so I put a bag over the roller and paint and left.

I made my way to Oriental House via 385 like usual. After you turn left, you pass the exit from the southbound lanes. It is always a very busy exit, and every now and then someone makes the mistake of getting stuck in the middle and blocking a whole green light for those on Woodruff Rd. Today there was a guy blocking just the right lane, which I was in. There were fingers and obscenities flying everywhere, and I had a good laugh watching all of it happen. It's hard for me to get too frustrated by things like that, because I am pretty absent minded and make mistakes like that fairly often.

I knew I was meeting Nate for lunch to talk about youth group sound stuff, but was pleasantly surprised when I saw that Joe, James, and Tommy had also come along. Nate wanted some advice on how to get a cleaner mix where everything was distinct, so we mainly talked about the frequency spectrum and what space everything occupies, how to utilize EQ to create space, and how to utilize the stereo field (since they run in stereo). I also gave him some advice on how to mic things, and some effects that they should invest in. When we were done we went back to the church and I showed him some routing things on the board, as well as some of the other controls. Their board is the same as the one we had in Columbia, so I was very familiar with it. As a side note, I think the greatest thing about digital boards is having 4 EQ points, and being able to control the q and frequency for all of them. Actually, it may be a toss up with having a compressor on every single channel.

After I helped Nate, I went downstairs and started on my work, most of which consisted of cleaning up things and rearranging the stage. Joe had already done alot of it, which was nice. He had dinner plans, so he left around 6 I think, and I did a few more things like changing gels and collecting trash before I came home. It was nice to get home a little early, because I was able to watch Clemson play USCjr. in basketball. Beating them in other sports is never as fun as football...but I still enjoy it. Our team is looking better than I thought they would this year...all I'm hoping for is another trip to the big dance.

I sanded and painted the other spot during the game. Oliver decided to be annoying and paw at the roller while I painted. He's fascinating by anything that moves back and forth. By the time I was done he had paint all over his paws. I waited until the game was over and then went around the house painting any spots that needed touching up. The paint shade was pretty much exact, so I figured while I had it out I might as well make the most of it. After that I played guitar and drums for a while until Kristi came home from visiting a friend.

Once Kristi got home we talked about our days, looked for more spots to paint, and then got into bed. I enjoy having Kristi off from school because she stays up later with me. Normally she has to get up so early that she goes to bed pretty early also. Some days that means that I don't even really see her, because she's in bed by the time I get home from work. Too bad she starts back next week.

Tomorrow is New Years Eve, in case you weren't aware. I am going to work in the morning so that we can leave for party in Columbia later on in the day. Also I have to get my ducks in a row as far as food for the party on Thursday. I'm excited to see what Dabo can do!