Pretty much the same here, near 80 then dropped to 40 overnight, but it's not the first Christmas in Texas (or Louisiana) I've been running around in short sleeves. It's actually fairly normal fro this neck of the woods, then by Jan 1 it's cold usually. Ditto for Halloween, usually that's our first cold spell.
Spent the last couple of days doing a brake/wheel bearing job on a 2001 PT Cruiser, don't wanna do that again. Whatever gorilla did the last brake job put the thing together so tight I had to hammer my wrenches to get everything loose, broke the bleeder valve on left rear, have to get a new brake cylinder. Just got through with that disaster an hour ago...still not a happy camper. And this is my mother's Christmas present...my sister bought the parts, I do the work...the one good thing, I haven't busted any knuckles...yet...
Then...my mother went to my brother's place in VA, got there, stepped out on the porch Dec 23 and slipped, fell about 4 feet, broke her leg, had surgery to put a pin in it, a couple of weeks therapy, then she'll be at my sister's place in Florida for the next couple of months learning to walk again...
So it hasn't been the greatest of holidays for us, but I guess it's ok, I'm still vertical and breathing...and have a gig Sat night at a new place. Just got booked Monday, our 2nd time there, 1st time was 2 weeks ago on the night after my birthday. Working on a song now for the manager...going to be fun, I don't think we'll have a chance to practice so we'll have to try it dry. Nothing I haven't done before but I'm not sure how well the other guys can handle it...We've been playing together about 8 years total, with a long break, they're good, but we haven't done much on the spot like that. We'll see...We did a Jimmy Buffet tune, (Son of A Sailor) he asked us to learn Fins...so off we go...
Hope everyone had a better one than I did...
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