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Still rusty and creaking.

Delta Ladies, Diana Stones Songs, glass cage, history, Musings, whatever

Despite my best efforts I am still plagued with aches and pains and its tiring.  
After playing for 2 hours and 2 hours driving yesterday for  a rehearsal and a  recording, I  felt great when I got home yesterday but I am very stiff and aching this morning. I don’t feel so tired though and I slept better without waking up several times. I have added a couple of new moves to the exercise routine from today. So maybe that will help a little. Its irritating as you think there is an improvement and then suddenly it feels like you are back where you started from.  I am sure though this is a familiar experience to so many of us of course.

I note that  many people are doing outdoor gigs at the same local places they used to play at again. I have looked but there still doesn’t’ really  seem to be much locally. its a good sign though of course. Efforts to get some local interested musicians to play live with  are somewhat stalled at present  though which is frustrating.  It is the time of year for people to be  going on holidays and so forth of course. I do hope by late summer there is some possibility of something to get involved in locally at least.

   

 

 

A slow opening up has started.

Delta Ladies, Diana Stones Songs, glass cage, Musings

 

 

Today I was out again having tea in Bedford park.  It’s been bright and sunny with quite a lot of people out enjoying themselves. The late spring is now gathering momentum too. I am feeling a bit low again. Starting to get out again is nice but I am feeling worse when I come home.  But there are a few little glimmers of hope   

It was good talking and walking in the sunshine yesterday if nothing else. Re Depression. What I have now seems to be more reactive. If I have stuff to do it goes away sufficiently. So as things are developing and more opportunities to interact with people face to face develop that should help quite a bit. The key difference is it’s me making my own decisions re music and life in general where as before I was heavily influenced /guided for good or ill  by close friends and not making to many of my own decisions. Advice like  “live a quiet life, that will do” so as to avoid stress and anxiety. That dosent really work for me, though I could totally see their point of view in  the matter. I still feel that things won’t’ turn the corner until next year as there will still be a lot of Covid restrictions that restrict opportunities particularly for lower  level live music events. Also having a full band again would help a bit too I suppose.  Currently there is threat of an extension to lockdown again looming.  I really do hope not or at least that restrictions do not become too severe again.     

And so we wait…  

I am still managing to keep up with the creative side of music though, just about.