Knee Surgery
I had my knee surgerized yesterday. Arthroscopic meniscectomy. I twisted my knee and popped something out of place 2 weeks ago and was on crutches and drugs until yesterday's surgery. I'm no longer on crutches. That, combined with Gramps's passing, is behind my recent lack of blog activity.
I practiced for 4 or 5 hours today, more than I've managed in a while. I am indeed rusty, and I need to finish my LAMA scholarship audition and application by June 6.
Now that I'm able to practice again, it's time to sharpen my chops back to where I was 2 weeks ago. I made significant progress today. I may only need another day or two. I'm mostly running scales (2-note-per-string pentatonics, 3-note-per-string diatonics) and arpeggios (maj7, 7, m7, m7b5) to do this. I'll shoot for a full 8-hour day tomorrow with a few hours dedicated to each audition piece and hopefully some sight reading as well.
It feels good to be back at it again.
Ed (9 May 2008 at 4:22am)
It never rains it pours!
(That's a British saying, don't know if you guys have that one)
Very sorry to hear about both your Grandfather and your knee.
On the guitar side, I've also been off the practice recently. I'm down to about ten hours a week when I was on around thirty through the winter.
But I have to admit, I haven't enjoyed my playing this much in ages! I'm really just wallowing in the progress I've made over the last couple of years. I realise you want to be a career-guitarist so you have to keep striving. But isn't it great when you get back from a break just to enjoy it?
That said, my sight-reading is going down the drain! Eek!
20lbCat is the son of Dog (9 May 2008 at 6:47am)
meniscectomy? Will you still be able to have children?
Joe (9 May 2008 at 10:39am)
> meniscectomy? Will you still be able to have children?
Yes, but they'll all have missing menisci.
jason (12 May 2008 at 10:46am)
Glad to see you posting again, can't wait to hear about that crazilydian scale you've been soloing with!