My my my, what a busy couple of weeks, and so glad to be able to do SO many new things due to sobriety. ALL due to sobriety!!
First off, I have been painting like a mad woman (art-canvas painting, not the boring kind... LOL). I set up our patio as my summer studio. All I need is to get a big slab of carpeting from someone to throw over the white carpeting that is out there now. (EEKS!) Plastic tarps just don't last.....
Secondly, my husband surprised me last weekend with a brand new electric guitar and amp. Years ago, the first year we were married, my husband hurt his back at his old job right before Christmas. He hadn't gotten any Worker's Comp pay yet, and we had very little money for his kids' Christmas. So I went and sold my nice guitar and amp, and brought home a few hundred dollars for presents. He was so surprised and grateful.
I had though about getting another over the years, but just kinda put it on the back burner as I dealt with finishing school and other stuff. He told me this past weekend, "I never forgot what you did for my kids when we first got married." How sweet!!!
Sooooo...... I am to start jamming with a person I know from the local music store that I used to frequent. Totally cool guy, I know his wife, and his kids are adorable. He is NOT a big drinker, and I talked with him about the fact that I DON'T drink any more, and he says he doesn't like stuff like that to interfere with writing playing anyway. He is a "family first" kind of guy, not to mention INCREDIBLY talented.
I am so excited!! I was talking to my sponsor, who is also extremely excited for me, and we were discussing how with sobriety, we have to narrow our lives a bit early on, to stay on the straight and narrow. And then later on, with a daily reprieve in place and continuance of spiritual conditioning throught he Program, our world opens up farther than it ever did while we were stuck on stupid at bars or elsewhere. We even get to do some things over (like for me, playing music with a "normal" person, and the whole entire experience not being a thinly velieved attempt at just staying drunk 24/7.)
There is some rough stuff in the mix. My grand sponsor has lymphoma, so my sponsor and I and a couple of other ladies are taking a "meeting on wheels" to her house, since she has not been able to get to any meetings for awhile. It will be a great meeting, but bittersweet. I hope she makes it through this.
Also, my dog is having some very serious skin problems, a genetic thing that happens with her breed sometimes. So we are off to the Veterinary Dermatologist on Thursday. Yes, it is probably every bit as expensive as it sounds. (LOL) But, my main priority is my beloved dog. She is getting pretty aggravated with a few lesions. Being int eh field of dermatology myself, there is a very real chance I may have to do some regular "procedures" of sorts on my own. Ugh. Poor baby.
AND.... my back is out, but no way in heck I can miss work tomorrow over it. I will be on my feet all day. UGH. And then, the guy who hit our car a month or so ago, is taking this thing all the way to court.... I have to leave work early tomorrow to be a "witness for the prosecution (the City)". What a waste of time!! His insurance company has already paid for my repairs, and they are done!! Where I have to go to court is a long way away from my work, which sucks. I should ask that if he is found guilty (the police have PHOTOS for crying out loud) that he pay me for my lost hours at work, and for my GAS running out there. Hmph.
Okay......... sorry so long, but as I said, a lo going on, and all of it is either GREAT, or manageable, thanks to sobriety!!!
Love you all, and have a great week!!
Joni
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Pheeww, Joni! You sound so excited & energetic lol I'm loving your vibe & that rekindling of your musical talent & expression is just amazingly awesome.. Made up for you!!! I love how sobriety opens up for us after the first couple of years or so of hard work & investment. It is sooo worth it, isn't it!!!
I love that idea of your mobile meeting too. We all should keep an eye out for that sort of opportunity when one or a few of us aren't well. Great tip :) I hope she pulls through too. I refer to my sponsor's sponsor as like a grand sponsor too lol Well, this is how it is passed on generation to generation ;) Sending you my blessings for her.
Goodluck with your court case. It does sound like this person is making things harder than they have to be but I'm sure it will all unfold as it's meant to. Give your lovely hound a big hug from me too. I hope he'll be running around the park again soon :)
Thank you for checking in. I was missing you! I saw that Lani has been online in the last few days too but no posting. We've got some interesting newcomers right here right now sharing recovery love so this is keeping me happy & sober today too. Keep coming back, Lady! Know you're loved too! Danielle x
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Glad things are going well. Jamming is so much fun. The problem I have found is that a lot of musicians like to drink way too much. It's hard to find ones that are just about the music. Keep up the good work.
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Now, please tell me, what guitar and amp did you sell and what have you got now!
I'm afraid that this is another of my addictions, being nosy and collecting stuff. I've managed to get my guitar collection down to just two now but it's so hard to walk past the guitar shop. OK I've got 2 guitars, 4 mouth organs and a button accordion.
I can just about stumble through some simple tunes and riffs.
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Bill, I sold a Samick (a very NICE one) and a nice big Yamaha amp. Now I have a Fender and a very small amp, but I can get a bigger amp as is needed. I also have a big Casio 77 key keyboard with MIDI computer function (can plug into computer and sample, record work on PC, download samples, etc...) It has over 500 different instrument sounds!! (Some are combination instruments) It will take me forever to fihure out all the functions of it. I have had it since Christmas.
Of course, my wish is to have a Roland Keyboard, but hey, I am not complaining at all.
Court was about the dumbest thing I have ever seen. The magistrate looked pretty bored, and the cops were rolling their eyes as the defendant was trying to argue that he did not hit my vehicle, even though the police had photos and digital images of the damage done, and the damage to HIS vehicle, plus all the paint chips and torn up rubber that were all over HIS vehicle!! Since the City was actually the Plaintiff, they excused me from the courtroom before the proceddings were even over, but I did not even stick around til it was over to hear the verdict, because I was sosooo tired!! I got food poisoning from some bad Chinese food yesterday, and got up at 2 am with the worst of the worst stomach/bowel symptoms, and did not even get back to sleep the whole night, just went to work this morning and now.... yawwwnnnnn..... well, you know the rest.
Nighty night
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