LoveSick

So, it’s hard to imagine my little man is almost 10 months old. Crawling. Standing. Dancing.
Oh, that’s the good stuff.

There’s also…Screaming. Whining. Pooping. Not sleeping. Teething. Screaming. Whining. Eating weird things he finds on the carpet. Trying to crawl into the Internet (he has an obsession with our modem. I keep telling him Tron isn’t as much fun as it seems. He doesn’t listen.) Crying. Complaining.
Not sleeping.
Not ever sleeping.
Did I mention he has some sleep issues?
This is the bad stuff.

Buuuut. Even the bad stuff can be good stuff. Even when he is in the most terrible of moods, he’s still the cutest guy I’ve ever met in my whole life. Serious. Even cuter than my husband. Every time we are in the middle of a terrible meltdown, or up for the 4th time for the night and it’s only midnight, or in the middle of a serious poopslposion clean up….whatever crisis is happening, I can’t help but think that this whole momhood thing is pretty amazing. Even when it sucks, it’s amazing. It’s humbling. It makes you more patient. It makes you slow down and really look at life, even when it seems to be flying by.

Yup, I’m that person.
I’m that person who can’t stop blubbering about how becoming a mom has changed my life. And you know what, life is pretty great.

Sooo, have you all noticed a disproportionate amount of vanity plates in Virginia? Yeah, well it’s full of them. I never noticed until my friend Shay kept announcing them while we were driving together. But seriously, since then I swear in 5 minutes you’ll see 5 or more. Photo blog in the works…stay tuned kids!

I’ve decided I want to stop practicing the basics for a hot minute and learn one damn song. You know, so I fell like I’ve gotten somewhere. Well, I’ve decided I’m gonna learn California Zephyr, cause I love that song right now, and the rhythm is EASY. so needless to say, this is all I see now…

Official Website: http://www.onefastmove.com/

Gibbard plays the song as I’ve transcribed here- in G with no capo. Farrar plays it in with the capo on the 5th fret. To play the Farrar part just pop the capo on the 5th and transpose the chords to D. Fun for you and a friend!

Intro: Open strumming in G

G Up the Hudson Valley across NY State C To Chicago then the plains D All so easy and dream like C G Crashing the salt flat day break I hear “I’ll take you home again Kathleen” C Said in fogwinds out there that blow D Across the rooftops of eerie old hangover G San Francisco

Chorus 2X D Now I’m transcontinental Am 3000 miles from my home C I’m on the California Zephyr G Watching America roll by

               G

I’ve hit the end of the trail C Can’t even drag my body I’ve been driven mad For three years D Too much fame keeps a body busy C G And a mind full of white port tears Terrified by that sad song C Across rooftops mingled with the lachrymose cries D Of the Salvation Army meeting on the corner G Saying Satan is the cause of it all

Chorus 2X D Now I’m transcontinental Am 3000 miles from my home C I’m on the California Zephyr G Watching America roll by Terrified by that sad song C Across rooftops mingled with the lachrymose cries D Of the Salvation Army meeting on the corner G Saying Satan is the cause of it all

Chorus 2X D Now I’m transcontinental Am 3000 miles from my home C I’m on the California Zephyr G Watching America roll by
And by the end if the summer, if I can’t play even just this simple song, I might hang up the guitar. Ha!