Learning, learning, learning

So, there's good news & bad news:

Good news is that I have 6 chords I know now.  A, E, D, Amin, Emin, Dmin.  One of the exercises Jusin says to do is to switch between chords as many times as you can per minute - so far, I haven't done any of that with the minor chords, though that starts tomorrow.

My speed between A, E, and D hasn't increased at all since last time, but they seem to be getting smoother - a little less PLUNKing.  And on 3 little birds, it's quicker and with less of a Herculean effort.  I'm finding myself watching my strumming hand more than my fret hand, to make sure I hit/miss the correct strings with each chord.  I think that means my fret hand is mostly doing the right thing - ish.

No new songs - I tried out Peggy Sue yesterday, and it was a disaster.  It has a really quick tempo, and totally screwed me up.  I'll try it again in a few days, and hopefully I can get it sorted.

The bad news is that I have missed a few practice sessions - last night's and the night before.  Feel bad about that - I'm really trying, and am practicing every day, and I feel guilty when I miss a practice session.  I'm probably going to be missing another one tonight, too, since we're leaving town for the afternoon to visit my family.  I shouldn't kick myself for that too hard, since I *am* still practicing every day.

Almost bought my electric guitar yesterday - the site I'm going to buy it from had a B-stock item with a minor finish flaw.  Wasn't the guitar I wanted, it was, like, 4 steps up from the one I wanted.  Same price as the one I was looking at.  I probably should have just bought it, but I let it slide.  I think I'm going to keep watch for B-stock items, and if something like that one comes up in the next few weeks, I'll get it, and if not, if I start worrying about the dollar dropping, I'll get the one I've had my eye on.