A bit better...

[kallistii]

Well, I am feeling somewhat better these days. In December I bought myself a Yule gift of a Firewire/USB Audio interface. A nice Behringer with lots of inputs and outputs. So I get it home...and don't look at it for a few days. But when I do, I start testing it out...and there is a bit of noise on the left channel...and nothing I do can eliminate it. So I got a dud. Bring it back to the store, as it has a 3 year warranty. They have to send it to Montreal...since it needs it's motherboard replaced.  But Montreal turns out doesn't have any MBs in stock...so, they end up having to be shipped a new one....from their NA headquarters in....Nevada!

So, I finally got it back about a week ago, and finally unboxed it today. It seems OK. Tomorrow I will try some recording with it. I have lots of ideas for songs that I want to record..but I will probably warm up by doing some covers first. 

Music, and writing science fiction is helping me a lot.

Plus, I have some good stuff on the horizon....I am going to be able to get what they call "respite" care...meaning they will take my mom into a temporary placement in a seniors residence for a week or two. When that happens I will finally be able to get a whole night's sleep!!!!! And as much as I love my mom, it is very wearying to have her ask me if there is anything she can do  up to half a dozen times an hour!

Add to that, I end up watching so much TV, that I am sure that my brains are slowly liquefying and will shortly start to slowly drain out through my ears...It is so tiring dealing with my mom, that I am doing something I never did before...I fall asleep reading!

Well, that's about it for now...
 

Comments

[pheloniusfriar]

I too long for the days of music again but don't seem to be able to find the time to do it right now (in my case, due to school). All the best for your efforts. Also, I'm so glad to hear you have managed to get some respite care for your mother. In response to your comment about her continually asking you what to do, it talks to the role she has played in her life: doing things for others. From what you say, she doesn't know anything else and can't find personal value if she is not doing something for someone. This also provides a hint as to what she would need to spend the rest of her days as happy as possible: have duties related to helping others. This obviously becomes more difficult (to impossible) if she is losing her physical or mental faculties, but even if she is no longer capable or competent, the key to making her comfortable is to give her something she can focus on (even if she drifts away from the task, it can just be given back to her repeatedly). Good luck with that as well...

And re: TV... don't look into the light!!! ;)