Weekly Check-in: Overwhelming Progressive Bluegrass
Date Posted: August 3rd, 2010
A bit late this week (again), and there won’t be one this Friday or next because of Pennsic. (Yay Pennsic!) One day I’ll be so awesome as to continue having posts even when I’m on vacation, but that time is not now.
The Hard
Overwhelmingness
Lots of sewing to do. Little time and energy.
Not keeping my schedule
I made a schedule that would enable me to have time for writing and sewing and relationship time. I kept to it on Monday and Tuesday. After that… yeah not so much. 
I’m trying not to feel too guilty about it.
Work is Hard
Yep.
The Good
Punch Brothers
Saw Punch Brothers at The Ark on Wednesday. Awesome.
If you haven’t heard of them, they’re a progressive bluegrass group. By bluegrass I mean they play bluegrass instruments (mandolin, banjo, guitar, fiddle, bass) and play some traditional tunes. By progressive I mean they don’t play many traditional tunes and when they do they sound… different. Mostly they play their own stuff, and it’s very very good stuff, but not really what one might think of as bluegrass.
The best way I can think to describe it is modern classical music with bluegrass instrumentation, a steady rhythm, and vocals that sound human.
I’m so glad I went.
Also The Ark is the best thing ever.
Aaron helped with Sewing!!!
Honestly he often helps with sewing, but it especially helpful this week. He put together my shifts and his hood and hemmed three cotehardies. 
Because of that we should have just about everything done by Pennsic.
I like sewing.
Yep, still like sewing.
The Learning
I get good insights at the Ark
At the Punch Brothers concert I kept thinking about all these things I wanted to write about. Kinda frustrating since I didn’t have a good way to record them. Maybe next time I’ll take some time after the concert to write them down… or something.
Being in the Moment
I tend to spend a lot of my time fantasizing about the future. Be it a week from now, a month from now or a few years from now. Most of the time it doesn’t bother me, but sometimes it does. For instance, it bothers me when I’m out camping and instead of appreciating the moment I’m in I spend my time thinking about how I should go camping more often and visualizing a life where camping is a major part of it.
This week I was visualizing how I could do sewing for a living and it really took over my brain. I had a hard time focusing on the sewing I was doing and a hard time sleeping. Gah! It really hit home that I need to take a few minutes here and there to ground myself. To appreciate where I’m at right now.
That’s it for me. I’ll be back about two weeks from now.
