Day 23: Guitar Updates

I went to my guitar lesson today, as promised.  My instructor is a very cool and calm fellow named Danny Oakes, who has been teaching guitar for years and years.  I told him about my water logged finger epiphany, that one should wait a couple of hours after soaking in a pool before trying to play the guitar, and he thought that might be prudent.  I told him about my challenges with spreading my fingers out and he gave me a couple of exercises.  I told him about my challenges finding all of the damned strings, and he gave me a couple of other exercises.  I told him about my challenges with getting the chords right consistently, and he gave me yet another exercise.  Then, worried about all of the exercises, he gave me Jingle Bells to learn.  It was pretty funny.  Interestingly, Jingle Bells is really similar to Ode to Joy.  Go figure. So, practice, practice, practice. 

Water aerobics is still kicking my butt, but in a really good way.  I had to buy a new suit today because the one I was wearing is worn incredibly thin.  I'm worried it will fall apart soon.  The new suit has quite a bit more fabric in the fabric areas.  I look forward to wearing it tomorrow. 

Our instructors vary greatly from day to day.  The best of our current crew is the substitute for the guy who broke his toe.  Her name is Lisa and she gives an amazing workout.  The new gal, Ashly, is very new and not terribly consistent.  Monday's workout was not well planned and most of the ladies in my class ended up doing their own thing since the instructor didn't change up the exercises very often.  We'll see how she does tomorrow.  If her class isn't very good then, I may switch to the shallow aerobics or go to the other pool.

Let's see... what else to share... hmmm.... Oh yeah, I GOT A CALL BACK on the Kaiser Permanente job that I thought I didn't get.  I guess the rejection email was for the manager job that I had already been told that I didn't get.  So tomorrow I get to schedule a phone interview.  Wish me luck.  I really want this job - it is a Leadership Training Consultant and I'd be perfect for it, and I think KP would be perfect for me.  Fingers crossed, everyone. 

Finally, a movie review: Philomena, with Steve Coogan and Judy Dench.  It was excellent, as if it could possibly be anything else.  I loved it.  I liked the flashbacks, I liked the fact that it was based on a true story, I liked the chemistry between the main characters, and I liked the supporting cast.  The only thing I didn't like about it was the guy sitting next to me trying to clear his throat with some amazing maneuvers, including sounding like he was trying to start a steam engine.  That was a bit distracting, but the movie managed to make me ignore even that.  Like I said, it was a really good movie. 

That is all of the news for the day.

Be happy and healthy!