Thoughtful Thursday: Ramblings

Today feels like a rambling day, but, seriously, what day doesn't involve rambling around any given topic??

It is raining today. Yesterday, I had a comedy of errors going on around me. In the space of three hours, I had five vials of blood drawn, ate pizza, had bad intestinal issues, vomited due to a coughing fit, took two quick showers, and talked to my family members about it all. I also had to go outside several times to pick up my trashcans that scattered my recycling all over the place. My neighbor was throwing away a big joe chair that I really wanted for myself, but I did not pinch it, and now it is storming which means that I should not salvage it from the curb now. Too much mold and mildew would happen (but, I still want it! I might have to examine purchasing one for myself...).

I deviated from my recent pattern of session topics to include a game day in the music therapy room this week. These games tend to be more active or song-based than board games or games on the Promethean Board. We started with a mystery game where we threw Koosh balls onto paper plates. Once the ball actually landed on a plate (difficult to do in some circumstances), we flipped the plate to find the name of the game. I have one more group to go through this process, and it has been primarily successful.

I only have groups today. Tomorrow is a professional development day, and we have a mystery trip for "team building" that we have to go through. I found out that none of my team was looking forward to the "team building" situation. I was glad to hear that I am not the only one who does not like things like this. I find that we never actually "build teams." We only really go somewhere to do something stupid that is a waste of time. We have to bring a lawn chair for this one - I don't have a lawn chair, and I do NOT want to be outside for any length of time - I burn too easily. I've tried to figure out what we might be doing, but I can't. At least I am not the only one who is not feeling happy about having to go do this.

In addition to music therapy things, I also have my Spring outer ear infection going on. My left ear always swells up in the spring. It hurts, and I cannot hear through my left ear, so things are a bit out of whack for me right now. I won't have much time to get to the doctor until Saturday, and I don't want to waste my Saturday...

It will have to be done.

Next week is leisure skill week in my music therapy space, so students will be choosing what they want to do in music therapy. That is always an interesting week - seeing what my students select for themselves. After that, we have an additional week, so we will be bringing in some unique technology - we are going to talk about sound effects and how to use instruments to create them.

It is time to head out. I am going to investigate that big joe chair before I leave...

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