Early Morning Practice

My partner booked today off work. Probably tomorrow too. Sick. A vicious fever over the weekend, then she got better, and now she's feeling worse again. I told her I'd let her sleep in as long as she needed (wake up time: just before 11), and before work, since today is a WFH day, I decided to play a little guitar in the basement.

I didn't want to use my amp, because even though I'm sure she can't hear me two floors up, I wanted to give her as much silence as possible. So I plugged into my old Pod 2.0, a large bean-shaped digital modeller from the 2000s that gets decidedly mixed reviews online.

"It's versatile"; "it's soulless". Depends who you talk to. I paid $60 for it from a co-worker in 2008 or thereabouts, and honestly, it's fine for situations like these. I plugged in my Strat, picked the blackface setting, added some chorus, and started messing around. Immediately found a fun chord progression for a dreamgaze kind of song. Wrote it down. Lyrics later, maybe.

I'm making my partner peppermint tea with honey as I type this. Her parents were going to come in for the long weekend, but we've all decided against that, given how she's (still) feeling. Going to be a quiet weekend in. Rainy. My favourite kind of weather. I just hope she feels better soon.

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