Romey's Ramblings

It’s not technically Monday morning, and in a few hours we begin another busy week!  I was hoping that this weekend was going to offer some time to unwind, but unfortunately that didn’t happen.

Saturday morning was spent with family time and errands, then finished with drumming at church.  We spent some extra time practicing this week getting ready for the Nigerian Mass they’re going to have.  It’s been a lot of fun swapping out some of my traditional drum set components for African drums.  Originally I was dreading the musical change of pace.  After practicing some of the songs, I’m really excited about it.  If you’re going to be in Fort Collins on Saturday the 28, you should come to the 5:15 Mass at Bl. John XXIII.  It’s going to be a blast!

I logged in some quality family time Saturday night, which was spent planning a Vegas trip in May, as well as getting some time on the Wii.  It’s funny how popular the Wii – a video game system – has become with my family.  My sister who hates video games, always insists that I bring the Wii over when she comes up.

Sunday was the big gig for Greenfoot, which turned out to be a pretty long day.  I woke up to a little snow on the ground up in Fort Collins, which I found was a lot of snow in Denver and along the interstate.  The trip down was pretty long, and put all of us into a weird funk.  I don’t know if the snow just seemed discouraging (dissuading fans from coming to the show), or if the cold threatened our musical chops – but it just starting things off on tough footing.  The weather turned it into a slow day at the bar, and it didn’t help that we were screwed out of some of our stage time.  The soundguy apparently was late, which pushed everyone back a half-hour.  While the first act was on, he approached us and said that he would have to shorten our stage time by 1/3.  Having little choice, we accepted.  Looking back, I’m disappointed and a little pissed about it.  We got to the bar 90 minutes before we were scheduled to be on stage, and when we saw the snow we left earlier to make sure we were on time.  Yet it was our group that was punished for having our set list chopped.

We also encountered some instrument difficulty during our show (broken string), but in the end we recovered quickly and got back into the groove.  I’m grateful to my friends that came out and supported us, and hope they’ll come back when we don’t encounter all of these hardships.

I passed the time on the rough drive home by listening to the Colts/Pats game, and Bethany and I made it home in time to catch the 4th quarter.  It was an amazing comeback and with no dog in the fight, I’m really glad to see the Colts go to the Superbowl.  I like Payton Manning and want to see him get a ring.  I was also hoping they would match up with the Saints, but it looks like we’ll have to settle for a Bears matchup (which isn’t bad either).  It should be a great game in two weeks!

Most of all, I loved to see Tom Brady and “Hoodie” Belichick pout on the sidelines after the game.  Part of the reason I was rooting hard for the Colts was because I didn’t want to see the Pats head to another Super Bowl and begin 2 weeks of “greatest team of all time” talks again.  The Pats are good and they have a great system, but these guys couldn’t be sorer losers about the whole thing.  Hoodie showed a lack of class when he tapped (or shoved) Payton Manning after Manning sought him out in the sea of cameramen to shake his hand after the game.  Give me a break!

Oh, and amidst all of the weekend activity, I didn’t do any homework.  Hello Monday!

The first week of school has been brought to a close, and with it all of my time has essentially vanished.  It’s been a tough adjustment from having a lot of free time to now having virtually no free time.  I had a lot of random ideas that I wanted to blog about, but couldn’t create the time to sit in front of the computer to do that. I’m going to try to get a little better about it and see how things go, but I can’t make any promises.  Thanks for your patience!

Well here we are on the 16th now, and obviously there are still no 12 on 12 pictures on my blog. This is not due to a lack of effort – believe me I tried to get some pictures up, and did in fact manage to take about a half-dozen pictures. However, I ultimately failed in this endeavor for the month of January.

Things were going pretty well into the afternoon, and I had just called it a day at work. It was actually a long day because I had to stay afterwards to do a build. Bethany and I were scheduled to babysit that evening, and I had to rush out of the house to make up for some lost time. In my haste, I had forgotten my camera. It’s a bummer too because I think I would have gotten some really cool babysitting shots. Throughout the evening Bethany and I had our hands full with a 2-year-old and a 1-month-old, but no pictures to show for it.

My apologies to all of my friends who were looking forward to pictures. I’ll make up for it in February. I’ll also see about getting the few pictures I took on-line on Flickr before the end of the week.

People who have been reading my blog my remember when I did 12 on the 12th, when I took my digital camera with me on the 12th of each month and snapped 12 pictures of my day.  That died out for me a few months ago when things got busy and I just stopped doing it.  Now, four months later, I think I’m going to give it another try, especially with January 12th being on Friday.

Be sure to check back here early Saturday for my 12 picutres from the 12th of January!  We’re supposed to be getting some snow around here, and I’m supposed to go driving into he mountains on Friday night.  We’ll see how that goes!

In the meantime, feel free to check out my 12 on 12 for August, as well as September, the last time I did 12 on 12.