Ango 2011 - Day 7

• Morning Zazen (1 Hour @ 5 AM) 
• Sat on G+ with Chris an hour earlier than normal
• Had a hard time waking up.  Forgot to plug in the laptop and it died half way through which was a bit of a hiccup.
• Angie and I had breakfast with our friends the Saarios.  Knowing my vegan ways, they introduced me to the wonder that is chocolate hazelnut butter.  I will now stock my pantry with cases and cases of Justin's Chocolate Hazelnut Butter. 
• Shakuhachi Practice
• Again spent time on Choshi.  Again struggled with the higher notes.
• Spent a good deal of the practice practicing furis (like a head bob for vibrato).   Would play each note and do the head bob up and down the scales.
• Sat outside with the wife in the nice weather and played Kyorei which was nice.
• Evening Zazen (4 Hours @ 6PM)
• Attended Treeleaf Zazenkai live.
• Sat on G+ with Chris, Engyo, Dosho, Morelos and Ron.
• My wife took my girls to a roller-skating birthday party so I'd have some peace & quiet.  Have I mentioned today how awesome and supportive my wife is? 
• No Shobo studies today unfortunately.