there is for the moment a 5-string bass living in my office. i got it out to noodle with, and sam decided to throw down some smoking bass lines. it was fun.
a good friend is in town for a barista competition. he’ll be judging, i’ll just be going to enjoy the sights/sounds/smells and hopefully the occasional taste. 
i’ve been trying to keep control on the things that have been triggering my acid reflux for the past several months. it’s been ranging from mild to really painful over the last 12-16 months. i’ve just recently been able to narrow down the triggers, and i’ve been keeping a tight reign (mostly) on those things. thankfully, it seems that caffeine and alcohol (ie, coffee and beer, aka, my two favoritest things in the world) are only triggers when i’ve already pushed the edge with some other things, so if i’m good, the occasional beer or espresso (or pipeline porter, if you want to put those things together) won’t send me crying to my room in pain.
this weekend marks my first official weekend at jacob’s well. there are still some details to work out, and the official meeting with the leadership team, but that will come in time. it’s exciting to get hopping on this. there’s so much to be done. for instance, i currently have a large amount of sound gear, functional and non-functional, living in my garage. they moved out of their office, so i’m hanging on to all this extra stuff until we can evaluate its worth, and either keep it or sell it. i’m aiming to sell most of it, so we can buy an aviom system.
some weird stuff going down at the computer school. without going into details, i’m beginning to see why they cycle through instructors so much. there’s some serious passive-aggressive stuff going on. i think it will all work out ok… but the jury is still out on that.
today is the first full day i’ve taken off since february 10th. for those doing the math, that’s almost three weeks. i’ve had days that had some relaxing time, but it’s been that long since i’ve done all day with no work stuff. being near my computer is bad, i’ve almost worked several times today. in reality, i did send off some files first thing this morning, but outside of that, i’m resisting the urge to dive into some projects. there’s enough going on, that it feels like i should be making more money than i really am. it’s a little discouraging to be working a lot and not making all that much. back when i was not working so much, it felt natural to be broke all the time. it was like a trade-off. yeah, i’m broke, but the relaxed lifestyle is nice… only now i’m working much harder and i’m just as broke. that’s not the way it should be. but, that’s how it is right now. and today, i plan on lounging out on our new-to-us couch and reading a bit. i picked up surprised by hope, the latest book by nt wright. he’s basically laying out the theology of heaven and the resurrection, one that is grossly misundertood by christians in general today. i’m only a couple chapters is, and so far it is a very gripping book. once i’m through it, i think i’ll write a chapter by chapter review… it’s worth it and requires more than a passing paragraph. in something completely opposite to that, i also plan on reading through a bit of super/system (a course in power poker!) today as well.
its taken me all morning to wind down and begin to relax. i hope it stays that way…
