Average Jane Is Much Cooler Now

Yesterday I ended up working from home until early afternoon so I could wait for the air conditioner repair guy while my husband slept. I was amazingly productive working in the quiet and comfort of my home office - I may have to do that more often.

The repairman quickly discovered that we needed a new capacitor (or as my husband and I immediately dubbed it, flux capacitor). He said they've been burning out with great regularity and that ours was the third one he'd replaced so far that day.

Do I think it's our fault it overheated and failed? Maybe...maybe not. I still need to add "change furnace filter" to my Google calendar and set it to recur each month.

We had another marathon band practice last night and I'm exhausted. We're practicing again on Thursday night, but I'm hoping it'll only be for a couple of hours. Everybody's a little concerned about our Saturday gig, but I think we're going to be fine.

One note from last night's practice: I used to think that various Led Zeppelin and AC/DC songs we performed were high and rather difficult to sing, but they're nothing compared to "Shout at the Devil" by Motley Crue. It think that song might injure me. If I'd known how hard it was going to be, I'd have worked on it with my vocal coach.

Before I went to bed last night I mass e-mailed all my local friends and also did a Facebook event invitation to see if I can get a decent-sized crowd to our gig on Saturday. Labor Day weekend isn't exactly the best time to try to plan an event, but I figured it was worth a try.

Speaking of music, I recorded new vocals for one of my other band's original songs the other night. It was easy to see that all the extra practice I'm getting with the cover band is really paying off. As soon as my husband gets the new song mixed, I'll upload it to Garageband and post it here, too.

Okay, off to work. Have a great Wednesday!

Comments

[Carolyn]

I didn't know you were in a band! I love that you're a Crue cover kind of girl.

[Oh Baby Gifts]

Pretty neat. I remember the days when my husband was in a band. Those leather pants and all (lol)

[Mike]

OK I can't help bragging about how together my "stuff" is on the furnace filter thing. I get them sent to me every two months from www.filtersontime.com. I'm pretty sure other places will do the same thing. It's such a small chore but is SO nice to not have to remmeber or go get whatever size I need (couldn't tell you if you held a gun to my head). Enjoy!

[Joolie]

We couldn't even find our stupid filter until this week. Let's see how long it takes us to remember to buy a new one, and then to change it.

I wish you could have seen me trying to sing "Shout at the Devil" just now to see what you were talking about. It *is* hard, and it doesn't help that I can't sing worth a damn.

[Huts]

Still gotta respect someone who puts themselves out there, in front of a crowd. Damn impressive