@butterpants
I did nearly the same mod as you!
To the kit I added 8oz honey malt to the specialties, did a partial mash, added 0.5oz willamette pellets for 10 min and 1# local wildflower honey at flameout and pitched a starter of wyeast London ale 3. Botched getting an accurate og (wine stir...
I listen to the same music that I listen to when I do biochem work in lab, keeps me in the right mindset for culturing yeast and making media (in this case wort). Usually stuff like modest mouse, fugazi, pixies, and the sort keep things going