Life on Rural Street

I'm sorry. I know I neglect this blog. I will try to do less of that, but I make no promises.

I don't think I've actually typed out here that I'm pregnant. Yikes! Typing it makes it seem even more real. What's frightening is that I'm 21 weeks tomorrow. That's more than halfway. John and I are going to be parents! Sheesh. I'm telling you, they let anyone be parents these days if they'll let us handle that responsibility.

Onto other things. ~Things to Come~ one-day conference is this weekend. I'm excited about it. I'm just trying to will my body into believe that I won't be so tired I can't move by the end of the day. Mind over body, right? We'll see about that one.

The new TSE album has finally entered the final stages. I have some vocals left to do (mostly because I'm a perfectionist) and would have done them this week but I've caught a wonderful cold and that doesn't allow for good singing. So that's been pushed off. Once that's done along with a few guitar/piano tracks we should move into the mixing stage. We still haven't decided when to release it either. (Yes, it's called "it" - there is no album name as of yet) The interesting things holding up this decision are money (sigh) and well, you read it already, I'm pregnant. When you release an album you need to play shows to promote it. I'm not particularly keen on playing shows when I'm hugely pregnant. Call me vain, I already know it's the truth. If we release in June (probably the earliest it could get out) that would only give us a month to play shows really. Not great. So do we wait until Fall? By fall I mean LATE fall once I've had a chance to have our kid and somewhat settle into my new role as mother (yes, I say somewhat fully realizing this will take awhile) It's quite a complicated situation, really. Even more complicated by the fact that mixing, (we can do some of this - but need the help of a pro) mastering, artwork and pressing the disc aren't cheap and pretty much require every band member to go into debt for a short while. Sigh. Anyone have any bright ideas? I'm all out.