Time to make time

Much has happened since my last blog post including regret over not posting more on this blog. Work has been up and down and even had a wedding to go to this last weekend for my best friend Jacob. The wedding took place very far north Wisconsin in a town called Ashland, farm country. Had a fire some surprises and quite alot of beer. Being there in what amounts to wilderness these days for me made it hard to come back to the busy city and all that it holds. It felt good to be away from everything and be able to disconnect and focus on other things with out the distractions of usual everyday life. The place has something to do with it but more than that it was the people. I have a feeling that no matter where we were we would have a great time. Great friends, old friends, and the like we in attendance and I got slated to play the processional and recessional music on the violin, which I did not initially want to do but was happy I did ultimately. I brought my own violin but ended up having some serious serendipity when I discovered that there was a violin maker in our midst and sought him out. Playing on his violin, which not only sounded much better than mine but also brought significant sentimental value to the experience due the closeness of the maker and the bride and groom, not to mention me. One of the best parts was the band they had to play the reception. Maybe it was all the beer and celebration but everyone was in agreement that they were crazy stupid wicked awesome. Played lots of cuban covers and a few others but tore it up and played three encores because we wouldnt let them stop playing. There are many many stories from this trip that without major context are lost on a general audience and my energy for such laborious explanation escapes me at the moment. All in all an emotionally draining and spectacularly wonderful event.