Up a little earlier than usual for a Sunday as not only did I have podcast admin to do, I had to take Jack out for a good run around the park because I was unable to take him with us to my dad's house for lunch today. We were visited by my sister Daisy and her husband Andy with their new baby and Andy is allergic to dogs and got into a right state last time plus we had to consider Jack's behaviour around a baby. Not that I think Jack would hurt a baby, it is just that he is a little excitable and could be overwhelming to a small person who has presumably (given her dad's allergy) never seen a dog before.
After the park I popped up to my office and set about the podcast related work. Thankfully I had recorded it without a hitch yesterday teatime but hadn't uploaded it, once that was done and the podcast was live I did the usual social media blast and had a couple of cups of tea. Despite a few weeks of technical trouble the listening figures seem to be on the increase with every week beating the one before. The tagging of bands and artists on Facebook and Twitter seems to be helping traffic, especially as I do it specifically for the retweets and shares. It would seem that my desire to record the podcast in a studio is now dead in the water so I'm glad that I have ironed out the problems with recording at home. This week I extended to eight songs rather than the usual six and I may even extend further to accommodate the volume of music I am receiving from various labels and PR people as The Sunday Alternative appears to be the first time a band is played on the vast majority of occasions.
My new niece Edith Florence (the middle name Florence after my nana who died last year) is beautiful. I won't post a picture of her on the blog as it isn't for me to do. She was fast asleep for a while until she woke up and screamed the place down; even my magic touch at calming babies didn't seem to be working with this little lady. As nice as it was to be holding a baby I was a little sad to think that I probably won't have the chance to hold one of my own again, you forget how small and light they are when your own child is a teenager. My brother and sisters live quite a distance away and I don't see a great deal of them which is something I should rectify because I haven't done a proper amount of uncle-ing, my nephew James is eighteen now and presumably doesn't want me to take him to the park to kick his Teletubbies football around any more. I didn't have a lot of contact with him when he was growing up and thankfully I have got to know his two younger brothers.
At least I have Jack. To make up for him missing his Sunday lunch trip I took him to the park again to have another nice run around once we returned home. Turning the computer on again I did a basic bit of admin and catching up before frittering away the remainder of the afternoon. Some required re-writes of The Record Store Day Video (working title) thankfully enabled me to tick today in my diary, the New Year Resolution continues.
Listen to this week's edition of The Sunday Alternative here.
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