The last few months have been busy busy busy... I sat down to write on here a few times, but couldn't find the words I guess. My lack of expression aside though, the last few have been good months!
Quite overwhelming a task to summarize them all, so a point form list of sorts will probably serve best in this situation.
October: Sat around. Recovered from surgery. That is all.
November: Work, work, and more work. Trip to Victoria with Lou = Awesome. Trip to Whistler with Lou = Also awesome. Lou goes home for 5 weeks = Not awesome.
(Parliament Buildings in Victoria, B.C.)
(Milkshakes!)
(Mountains/Sunset on the way back from Whistler, B.C.)December: Work more. Snow! Scramble to get Christmas shopping done.
Snow related transportation panic aside, I did god this Christmas. Dad has a new Serius Satellite Radio package. Mom has an upright grand piano. I've wanted to get her a piano for a while - I've also wanted my own piano for a while... we both win!
Lou's gifts have been some of the most ambitious projects I have taken on in a while. For fear of premature discovery though, I can only mention the one which she has already received - the others have to wait until her return on January 6th. Waiting in her email on Christmas day was a song that I recorded for her. I recorded a cover of Coldplay's 'Till Kingdom Come'. The song is awesome, and the lyrics hit my feelings for that girl right on the nose... This also gave me the opportunity to record something with my banjo and harmonica - both have been intentions of mine since last Christmas. Considering the fact that this was my first musical endeavor since LB's split, and also the first time I have recorded anything that was not part of a collective effort, I feel my end product is something I can be pretty happy with. Take a listen - I have posted to song below!
So thats another Christmas in the bag. This one has left me feeling accomplished and excited for the next one, which will ideally find me and Lou living somewhere in Scotland. The big man also left me some items to prepare me for the trip, including some awesome travel books/guides and a travel backpack. Ashlee got me a sweet journal as well, so I can take record of my trip! I'll update again around new years, with some sort of attempt to reflect upon this last year and look forward to the next one!
Peace G's.
