Having spent some time visiting my brother, sister in law and nephew in Canada I returned home and had a few days of moderate practice. I was mainly working on the Grade Two pieces I had started on before my holiday.
On Saturday much of the UK was hit by storms. Several areas (including some very close to home) suffered fairly serious flooding. I was unaware of this until after the fact. Alter Ego played a very successful gig on Friday. Having made some fairly serious decisions earlier in the week I found myself much more settled on Friday. I was free from the stress and anxiety that have accompanied previous Alter Ego performances. The gig was really well attended despite the increasingly bad weather. The band played very well and I felt 100% comfortable. The ideas flowed well for the most part, there was some nice interaction and I even enjoyed my own solos. I went to bed happy on Friday night.
On Saturday I woke up, went to buy a paper and some breakfast, came home, made coffee, ate breakfast, read the paper did the crossword and went upstairs to find...
...water. Lots of water. Very lots of very wet water. Splashes on my laptop which were alarming but not damaging. Splashes on my TV and DVD player and pools of it on my keyboard. A leaking roof was causing large amounts of water to completely soak my new keyboard. I turned the keyboard over and about a pint of water poured out of it. I am now leaving it to dry out and am currently afraid to switch the thing on.
This blog may have to deal with drumming matters until I work up the courage to try out the (uninsured) keyboard.
The adventure continues
16 years ago
