Welcome to family life! You will get some sleep eventually, seems like you are doing about all you can under the circumstances.
On May 16, 10:36 pm, The Holstein Kid <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy from The Hills. > > I've been struggling to get enough sleep lately with a new born in the > house. A constant feeling of being tired, and ongoing interruptions > through being called upon for various husbandly / fatherly duties day > & night. When the tiny tot sleeps well, it's ok, but when she's not, > it's hard to get a good solid practice in...hence the late nights when > almost everyone is asleep. There are no phones, less interruptions and > one can concentrate. Number one son is almost three now and he loves > to spend time with dad so I make the time and do my thing at scheduled > times and at night. > > I have come to adapt better recently when the Missus complained that I > spend more time in my room playing mandolin than spending 'quality' > time in the evening with her. Fair enough, she was right. I suggested > that whilst she was awake watching tv in the lounge room and we had a > cuppa and a chat etc, I could perhaps practice "lightly" in the same > room. This is a tricky task as it means practicing softly enough so > she can hear the tv, but not so soft that my playing is meaningless. > This has worked well so far and we're all happy. At 8:30pm she's off > to bed and I can move rooms and crank up the Duff to whatever measure > is required. > > Something I discovered during my Lounge Room picking, is that I > started playing along with the tv commercials. The ad comes on & I > quickly find the key and pick along so that it blends in. Sometimes > it's harder than others but it's a good challenge and I test myself by > seeing how quick I can sort it out and make it sound decent. You > wouldn't believe how fast the time flies. This is a bit like doing sit- > ups during every commercial as a way of getting exercise done, but > I've replaced it with my music. So far so good. My problem lately is > that Son No.1 gets up mighty early in the mornings & wants breakfast, > wants to wrestle, play cars and so on. It can be a long day when you > get up short on zzz's. > > Has anyone else encountered these issues or come across any beaut > practice tips? I best get some rest, tomorrow is almost here! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
