Wednesday

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 almost all of the medications that I can take for these reactions, but that's about all I can do until we get the first frost out here. It is nice to know that autumn is almost upon us.

This is my favorite time of year - when summer starts to die but winter hasn't taken over quite yet. I just want to snuggle in my bed all day, every day, for the rest of the year. I think I would like to try hibernation, but I also think that I would get bored at home all the time.

My eyes are starting to focus now. I have to take my shower and get going on the road. I forgot my ice yesterday when I went to work (after forgetting to press "publish" on this blog interface), but I had to too much on my mind to remember just about anything... I guess.

So, I will make sure to take the good water bottle with the ice to work. (I love ice water!) I will take my shower before I get in my car and head to work. Once there, I will take out a couple more Orff instruments so everyone has a choice of instruments today. After that, documentation and then some music listening. After all of the fuss of the day, I will drive back home to eat my dinner and go to sleep. I am hoping that there will be a good, solid thunderstorm happening by that time. Nothing fancy with revolving winds or that kind of stuff, but consistent rain and some thunder happening in the distance. We will see if that happens. The other storms haven't materialized. 

It is time to get going, so here we go!

Happy Wednesday.

Push publish, MJ. Push publish.

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