Another brand new start

Happy New Year to all of you; may it be filled with peace and joy.

At least 2010 begins on positive notes for me; having prepped last night for an evening's cooking and watching movies with Liz, I can say we rang in the start of this year on a low-key and laugh-filled note. Phone calls from family and old friends was a nice touch. A rare moment of consuming an entire bottle of wine didn't cause me any drunkenness or discomfort and dinner was a rousing and delicious success (not that my culinary skills could ever be called into question). A quick ride to get fresh air, Starbucks and a nice, light lunch and we're in to relax and spend this last day together in the quiet and calm of home. She has to be at work tomorrow; I have groceries to buy and into the city to see an old friend, then rest up Sunday as my two-week vacation from my day job officially ends.

If my hand doesn't give me any problems, I would like to continue the recording on Sunday just to have some more structure for the two songs begun in this time off. An early visit to the gym will certainly clear my head to focus on the afternoon and I don't think a night of watching football will kill me.

However far I get with recording this album early on, I don't know. But it feels very good and promising that I do have that drive again to complete this--for no other reason but for my own good. There are the possibilities of playing with other musicians and I am very warm to this idea. There are a few shows that already have piqued my interest and new avenues to explore creatively.

So I wave off 2009 with a quick gesture; it wasn't a bad year--thankfully, not for me, at least--but it wasn't a year filled with wonderful memories. I look at it more as a transitional year. A friend of mine called 2009 a "year of survival". I can only hope that this new year will be a warmer, less uncertain year. As I'm sure everyone else does.