Time Flies

I am not sure if I have ever written about time flying or how I think it just goes more quickly with each passing year. The summer is drawing to a close. I can notice now the days getting shorter. Kids are growing up so quickly. Noah will now be starting his 3rd fall. Juliana her second. This will be a 3rd fall for Elizabeth and me too. I am will into my 29th year. I am 29. So, perhaps I am well into my 30th year, when March 10, 2010 comes I will have completed 30 years. I am looking forward to it. My years since meeting Elizabeth and having our family have been my best and I am looking forward to growing older with them. I would not want to go back and be teens and early twenties again. Those years were lonely and rough to say the least. I love my family.

Since fall is on the way it means that another season with the Newberry Opera House will starting soon. We have been busy this summer, but not with shows. With painting and other up keep things that needed to be done every year. I recently was giving the job there to handle some of the E-Marketing. For those who don't know the Newberry Opera House is a non-profit organization which translates to, I get a bunch of jobs to do because we can't afford to hire another person to do it. Sometimes I hate it. Expamle: painting, bug spraying, weed spraying, ceiling tile replacer guy. Just to name a few. I do feel though that this E-Marketing thing is right up my alley. Getting more involved in the Internet that I have always wanted to do. I just haven't really had a vehicle to do it with. I have been in bands but someone else always had that control. With the Newberry Opera House I pretty much have free rain. Of course any thing I write or post I run by my bosses and get approval but I get to make it up from that point and make the changes. It is quite nice. I don't know if it'll always be that way but I am enjoying now while it lasts. I also think that this experience will be great in the end for my project too.

With my time off this summer I have been working on a solo bass show with vocals and it scares the crap out of me. Singing that is. but I have been practicing with microphones and really listening to my voice. Working on singing in time and in tune while playing bass in time and in tune. It has been quite the challenge. I am just about ready to book a show. I probably just need to go ahead and book one. Get it over with and have a date that says, "this is it dude." This project is totally an experiment. I don't know how to even classify it. I know that it won't be for everyone, but at this point I am not doing it for everyone, I am doing it for me and then if anyone likes it and wants to be a fan of what I am doing then I will do it for them too. Of course everything I do, I do in part for my family too.

I promised Elizabeth the other day that I would be someone for her and my kids. I figure that this way. I do this project and it'll either work or it won't. I'll teach my kids to follow their dreams, all of the hard work and sacrifice that goes with that. If it works I'll teach them how to handle the rewards and fruits of that labor, what ever they may be big or small. If it doesn't it'll be a good opportunity to teach them about trying your best, giving it your best shot, and if it doesn't work that's okay too. I figure if I do it this way and it doesn't work the only person I'll have to blame is myself and that is better than not doing anything or trying because you are blaming someone else, I think..

well, I guess this is a good a place as any to stop for the night. I'll be back soon.. I hope to continue writing here at least once a week or month. I do have my ping.fm set up here so there will be a lot of little updates that will be also on twitter and facebook and what not. Keep in touch. ~JAG