the hardest thing I have to do on a semi-regular basis

      SATURDAY 10/12/19 6:08 AM--even the BEST band I'm in could be a bit better...tonight I'm playing with the worst...the Combustibles are playing in Virginia...I'm hoping to practice a bit sometime today...the goal is for me to be the best I can be...I want people to say "These guys are terrible, but the lead guitarist is pretty good..." That sounds like a challenge, and I don't like challenges...
                      I think Barry is picking me up at 7...I intend to take a Xanax before he shows up...
SUNDAY 10/13/19 9:30 AM--I did take a Xanax...what that meant was that the Band's incompetence didn't bother me as much as usual...we got a request for OH PRETTY WOMAN, the Roy Orbison classic;
I sang it...a sax player sat in with us...I guess he wasn't embarrassed to be seen playing with us...he was very good...I think we get $80 each...I should have the money by Wednesday...at times I struggled with the ME70; some of the patches STILL aren't loud enough, and my feet are sooo big--I HATE that...
       Now I gotta bring the stuff in from my car, which is where I put the it all rather than making noise when I bring the stuff in to the house in the middle of the night...after I do that, I don't intend to do anything having to do with Music, except maybe some keyboard practice later...I probably won't need a nap, but I will likely try to take one anyway...
              MONDAY 10/14/19 8:53 AM--the amp is still in the trunk, but I expect to bring it in the house a bit later, when the temperature goes up a bit...I've got at least two songs to learn before the next 4th Thursday open mic...I don't feel like doing much of anything...
      10:38 AM--I've checked out the three songs that one of the open mic guests want to do...might require some work...Arlene...ugh, she almost always causes problems...I think she herself nixed the Neil Diamond song...but (hopefully) will keep the Charley Pride song...her third song is Rhiannon, that should be innaresting...*I* don't think she has the vocal range for it, unless of course, she changes the key of the song--UGH...
        TUESDAY 10/15/19 4:40 PM--took a few minutes to check to see how well I can play FINS and CENTERFIELD in E...to cut to the chase, they're both easier on "eBay"...but I do need to keep working on them...I think I might put new strings on "eBay" although I feel as though they haven't been on the guitar that long...
8:33 PM--I had a folder full of set lists and other docs relating to my various Music projects...I dunno where it is...I'll look for the stuff on Thursday...My Wednesday will be taken up with dealing with Dianne's surgery...it just occurred to me that the folder may be downstairs...maybe I'll check on that tonight--it shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes...