Well... if the recording is finished I guess this isn't my recording blog anymore. At least not for the moment. I'm sure we'll be back in the studio sooner or later but right now I want to share other experiences with you.
My CDs finally showed up. I make it sound like they were terribly late. Really, they showed up only a handful of days later than hoped but the wait has felt like an eternity. I'm sure we all go through periods of living so far in the future that we don't enjoy the present and that very much the feeling I've been carrying around with me. I've been grumpy and distracted and tired and in need of a lot of sleep. I've been making lists and mechanically getting through tasks. I've been phasing out during conversations, my mind wandering to days ahead when the CD would arrive. I was distracted right up until I took that first CD out of the box. It was only then that it hit me that I had actually done it. I finished it.
Chandra took me out for a two martini lunch after she helped me load the boxes into her car. I was excited and relieved at seeing how well the full colour delux printing turned out but, of course, wanted to hear the audio quality. Of all things the POWER WENT OUT, so not only could we not listen to it in her car (no CD player) but there was no power at home. Fortunately, those martinis had mellowed me out considerably. The power eventually returned and the CD sounds great, if I do say so myself.
I feel really peaceful for the first time in ages...
