music, therapy, and me

I am sitting here, with eyes crossing, and my brain not quite clicking away, trying to write something. I found that I didn't publish my post yesterday which offers you a glimpse into my headspace lately. Anyway - bonus post today!! As for today, I am trying to engage in blogging in this early morning, but nothing really is clicking. This is indicative of everything that is happening these days. Nothing is really clicking. I finally decided to scrap my songwriting idea for Orff instrument improvisation, and it worked with groups yesterday. I will try to replicate the experiences today for my five groups. "That client" and the other "that client" are in my second group of the day, so I expect some resistance to the use of the instruments. Still, I am heading into the fray to try yet again. There is literally nothing else for me to say. My head hurts all the time these days - allergies to corn must and dust, regular dust, grass pollen, and all that stuff. I am on ...

I am struggling with all sorts of things on this Tuesday morning. I am not really wanting to get going to work. I really want to spend time doing things other than work, but I don't know what those things are. I just know that I don't want to put on outside clothing right now. I think I got used to being home during my recuperation and am now wanting that to be the reality. Ten more months to go until things will change around here. So, Tuesdays are five group days. I have two groups in the morning and three groups in the afternoon. This is a relatively new schedule for me on Tuesdays, and I am still having to remind myself that I have three groups in the afternoons. Fortunately, the third afternoon group is one that seems to enjoy being in music therapy, so it makes the addition something pleasant. I have melody writing on my schedule for this week during the school year, but I'm not really all that excited about writing melodies. One thing I know is that I do not tend to ...