Monday 31st December 2018

The last day of 2018 and what a bizarre little year it's been! Started the year with what felt like no, or very little prospects...2017 felt damaging, creatively, after a bad tour and a majority of what I was trying to do simply not working. I was also desperately single, running out of ideas to make money as everything I was doing just wasn't working out and struggling to pay my rent living in a house share (with four other people). 

It's worked out okay, I guess...the teaching has helped, a lot - yeah, so it knackers me out, but it gives me the flexibility to do other, more creative stuff. Also won an award for my comedy play, which has given me a bit of confidence that I'm doing the right thing with my life, some of the FH gigs - despite being littered with tension, were absolutely amazing this year and obviously met a girl, moved in with her, etc, which has 'stabilised' me a little. I've got a lot to be happy about...

Heading into 2019, there's much I want to do; the only thing that probably needs to change is the amount of drumming I'm doing at the moment - which simply isn't enough (not helped by the FH hiatus as we seek to replace G) but there's other bands and other projects who will need me, I'm sure. Other than that, I guess just keep on doing what I was doing before? 

Today was relaxed; I sorted out my teaching schedule, fixed a bit of the Grotto script (it's now put away until September, when I'll revisit it again), agreed to a studio session with a singer-songwriter pal for his new album and made notes for my new solo show. 

Friends over for dinner in the evening, we got drunk and I won at a music quiz. Good to go into 2019 with a winning mentality...