I have been trying to record for most of the day but something keeps happening to interfere with my sessions. I got a couple good recordings in but when I got to the one I really wanted to get done -- life kept throwing stuff at me.

I can understand that I have my responsibilities and those come first but it seems like every dog in a 20-mile radius has to come bark right under my window. Then -- just when the house emptied and it seemed that dogs had decided that this area was inhospitable to canid lifeforms, there is a fireworks display going off somewhere nearby.

There have been a handful of other disruptions that seem too perfectly-timed to be random and if not for this splitting headache, I would swear that this is some sort of dream or an episode of The Twilight Zone. I would just like to record this improv that is gnawing at my consciousness so I can rest my think pudding but it's like there is some sort of lifeforce actively working to prevent me. Does anyone else ever feel that there are circumstances conspiring against them like this or do I just need to go back to sleep -- or perhaps wake up...?