Blog 4 (Week 2)

This week I will not be going to track practices, since my season is over. That means I'll be able to spend the afternoons with my group making music. I wonder if the added time will affect our creative process. Before, it always felt a bit rushed towards the end of the day when I had to leave for practice around 3. It was hard because we had to budget time well, and we couldn't just work the whole time because we'd get tired. We had to make sure we had enough time to create, while having enough time to rest. And whenever we rested there was always a feeling that we were wasting time, even though we knew if we kept trying to make music with tired brains we wouldn't be productive at all. This week Angus is getting his driver’s license, so that should free up my schedule a bit since I won’t have to worry about driving them around. As more and more of us in the group become mobile, things should get easier. Scheduling events shouldn’t be as hard and I can save gas money. Before, I would drive to Cleveland Heights to pick up Angus, then I’d drive to Pepper Pike to pick up King, and finally I’d drive home. All in all it was about a two hour round trip. However, we’ve established that Angus and King always buy lunch in order to pay for my gas money. I’m not sure whether gas and lunch are the same amount but it’s what we’ve decided to do. Our group is pretty forward focused and we all come from not-very-rich families so how we spend money is very important to us. We only pay or Ubers as a last resort if nobody in our group is able to transport us. 


 

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