Frustration, frustration, frustration...today was a frustrating day. I woke up a little before nine, got ready, and then got my things together for a meeting with my advisor. It was a struggle getting this set up, but today was the day, so I left the house a little before 10, deposited a check on the way, and then was early for my 10:30 appointment. My advisor was ready a few minutes later, and we talked through my application for clinicals. She didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know, but I think it was probably good to talk through it anyways. I think I was under the impression that we could complete it and turn it in, but I guess I will just complete it before I have to go to class tomorrow.
After that I came home so I could eat lunch and take Lucy on her walk before I had to go to work. The walk was not very enjoyable. Lucy has become really talented at slipping out of her collar if she wants to. She has loose beagle skin and a small Jack Russell head, which is a bad combination. Today she just wouldn't settle down. She found a small pond of water in the woods and kept slipping out to go run around in it. Finally I gave up and gave her the old "I'm just going to walk home trick" When I got about half way up the street she got nervous and came running after me.
Lunch was fine, and I headed straight to work after eating. I finished soldering an XLR cable when I got there, and then Joe gave me to stage setup plan and I got to work. There was alot to do, so I knew I would have to get a good bit of it done before Dan and Tim got there if I wanted to leave before 8, the time I'm supposed to go home. Things were going fine until I knocked over Matt's Aviom. I typically unplug them all and then pull the cables, except somehow I didn't see his and I pulled it over since it was still plugged in. Buttons popped out, which isn't usually a problem, except this time two of them broke the button part on the plastic piece that attaches to the circuit board. I spent a little while trying to fix them, but it wasn't going to work. At this point I figured my only shot was to remove buttons from the older broken Aviom and solder them on to the circuit board of the one I was working on. It made me a little nervous as I haven't ever worked with circuit boards, but after an hour or so of working I got everything together and it worked great. I guess I could have taken pictures of the process, but I wasn't really in the mood.
By the time I had all of that done I had significantly cut into my stage setup time, which meant I didn't have much done when Tim and Dan got there. We worked pretty efficiently, but I still only ended up getting out of there at 9. At least I made it home before Kristi got in bed, and I got to see most of Fringe too.
Tomorrow is another day, and should be a good one. I am going to turn in my nursing application, and I should find out 2-3 months from now if I am accepted. It is a point system though, and I should have plenty of points. I am a little apprehensive about clinicals, but I know I can do it, it's just a matter of whether I will enjoy it.
On a brighter note, I found a drummer on YouTube that is incredible:
I mean, are you serious? Not only is he great, he has so much style. You definitely should at least watch the last minute or two. His "Tripping Billies" cover is great too...and really so are all of his other ones. I also really enjoy this cover of a PlanetShakers song:
In other news, I've decided to quit trying to play drums. Just kidding...
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