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I’ve returned to work at the shop again, and it feels good. Even though my leg is still in a (removable) cast that keeps it straight, I’m able to walk/stand/work with it well enough. I was worried I would have to wait until I got my cast off at the end of July before I could return, but I’m finding myself to be plenty capable of standing around and wrenching on bikes.

One thing I forgot about working, both mentally and physically, is what it does to my arms. Besides making my hands and the undersides of my forearms filthy, working on bikes all day really stresses my shoulders. I think it’s funny that while I was away my body got out of shape for turning wrenches.

Another silly thing my body is doing since starting work again is making me pass out at 8pm. Instead of making a big late dinner like I’m used to, I get maybe a bit of a snack and then WHAM my bed jumps me. But this work induced fatigue only lasts a few hours, and I’ll wake up again listless in the middle of the night unable to get back to sleep. At least my body’s not giving me any guff about waking up at 6am each day.

At the same time, I’ve decided to start being a real musician again. The singing/strumming/recording kind. I’ve started re-recording the “rough cuts” of tracks for my second album “Year Two”, when I can get rid of my sleepy inertia. I’m giving myself a deadline of the end of July to get all twelve of the songs done, including collaboration with some friends around the country. That sounds like plenty of time to me.