stressful

I would describe my day as stressful. It's Monday and I was supposed to have a lesson, which thankfully was canceled for the day. I got a call from Guitar Center around 11:30 that the teacher called in sick and I was actually pretty relieved because there are something I'd like to be able to record before I had the next recording lesson and I just didn't have time to get any of that done. The first thing that sent the day into a spiral was a call I made to the bank because I couldn't get into my account and was told that the account is dormant. I would need to reach out to the branch of the account and have them help me. The problem is, this bank is thousands of miles away and I would have to wait until tonight to even call them. I really should have closed the account when I was there two years ago. And here I am again just trying to keep it open.

The good parts: the foot rest arrived. I haven't tried it yet but I'm convinced it's going to help with my issue where the guitar keeps sliding off unless I have one foot propped up on something. Also decided to get some open-back headphones just to try. I'm perfectly happy with the Sony for recording but I wanted a different experience for mixing and mastering. After much deliberation, I settle on a pair of Sennheisers but the clamp is a little too tight so I might leave it over some books overnight and test them out again tomorrow. Finally, the SM57. Yeah, I just went and got it. On sale too. If I had waited on the SM58, I would have gotten another $10 off it but it's too late. It was good to swing by the store though. Microcenter has some of the headphones actually displayed and you can try them on. At Guitar Center, they were in a locked case so there was no way for me to know that the Sennheiser would arrive too tight. I tried on these beyerdynamic headphones and they were quite comfy. I just wish the shape of the earpiece was more oval than round. If I can get the Sennheiser stretched out right, I think and hope it will be more comfortable.

Evening writing feels like a retrospective on the day. It's like a journal. I don't feel like it's going to be my best or most interesting writing but a mere catalog of the day's events. What happens when the day is uneventful? Or when I'm really too tired to write? Short posts. I had something totally different in mind to write about this morning and now I've forgotten it. 

Playlist Recommendation: More Than This, Roxy Music