Saxophone is the new water

From the moment I picked up a saxophone I've been tinkering around with it at home on my own. Recently I ventured outside of my comfort zone and offered to play on a friend's cd. Or should I say 'attempted to play'. After many trials, I discoverd that I'm useless at accompaniment, which is a serious problem if I ever want to play in a band. Finally we turned off the music and I got to play solo, just how I like it. Still waiting to hear if any of it was usable. If so, I can now brag that I'm a recording artist (small exagerations never hurt anyone). If not, it's a hard lesson learned and a slight shot to my ego. Regardless, I've a choice to make, start putting myself out there and learn to play with others or stick to playing my own tune.

Now remember the cat? Well, I've discoverd that certain high pitched noises freak her out. Enter the saxophone. All I have to do is play a loud second octave c# and she goes running. Hiding under my bed until she's sure I'm done torturing her. We are now at the point where all that's required to send her running is to pick up the instrument and ready it for play. I'm thinking this is a great discovery. Anytime she's being bad I just threaten to play and she freaks. Works so much better than spraying her with water.

I was supposed to start a one week holiday on Friday, Septemeber 1. Let's recap how that's going. Worked through the night on Thursday/Friday. Showered and went to work for my regular 8 hours. On Friday at 4:00 pm when my holiday was supposed to begin I was still working. Left at 5:30 pm and did computer support for a friend for 4 hours, went home and started working. Worked through the night on Friday/Saturday, slept for two hours and then went into the office. Worked until 5:30 pm on Saturday and then went out for dinner. Sunday I 'rested'. Worked all day Monday (which was a statutory holiday), and through the night on Monday/Tuesday. Seeing a pattern here? Went to work on Tuesday, worked my normal 8 hours. The server crashed so I continued to work. Fixed the server at 9:00 pm and went home to start my 2 day 'holiday'. All this so some CEO of an oil and gas company can add another million to his pile. Hmmmm....I have some serious thinking to do during my days off.