music, therapy, and me

It is 6:10 am, and I am sitting in my office area, listening to Ms. Marvel on the television, and writing something on this blog. It is a bit later than I usually leave, mainly because I am not able to take my medication at 5 pm on Wednesdays because of my choir job. As a result, I have some side effects for a bit longer on Thursday mornings that make it difficult to drive. I go into work an hour later on Thursdays. This is the last day of the work week, so tonight's late dose (after my job as worship leader for Maundy Thursday) will not affect my Friday arrival. I have to go to the dentist tomorrow to get the second half of my teeth scraped and treated, so there's that. One of the things that happens with my medication is that my brain takes some time to wake up. I can feel when I am starting to come out of it. There is just a shift in my consciousness - almost a click - that happens when I am ready to wake up. This morning, my eyes opened (initially) at 5 am. My brain click ...

Yesterday, I decided that my inspirational messages needed to change a bit. I have two tchotchkes on my desk that include inspirational quotations. In addition, I have a tarot card reading application on my Kindle that is fun to use. I needed to change what I see every morning, so I started with the Kindle app and then moved through my easel thingy and my box of quotations to see what messages are out there for me. The Kindle app pulled the card - visualization - and then told me that it is time to manifest my dreams through visualizing them and then making them come true. Okay, that is a great message to take with me into an escrow situation and the dream of owning a home pretty darn soon! All the way to work yesterday, I visualized a smooth therapy day with limited need for attention to other things happening. I also visualized my room the way I want it to be. I focused on the arrival of my new cabinet (spoiler - it hasn't arrived yet), but when I arrived in the doorway to my roo...