music, therapy, and me

I currently live in the middle of a jungle. My backyard is growing very tall weeds at the moment, mainly because I am not at all inclined to mow or anything, but also because I was in severe pain most of this spring and just didn't have the brain capacity to think about finding someone to mow my yard during the summer months. When I finally came out of the haze of nerve and pain medications, the weeds were tall and taking over everything. Last weekend, I was ready to tackle the jungle out there, but I couldn't open my sliding glass door. I have to have electricity to run my weed whacker, and there is no outlet in my backyard. So, I have to be able to have the sliding glass door open so I can run the extension cords out to the weed whacker in my backyard. The guy came yesterday and tried to fix my door. He was not able to do it either, so I feel better about my home maintenance skills. At least he unlocked the door, so I am now able to get in and out. I am just waiting another 9...

I am a relatively new home owner, and it is challenging to me. It has almost been seven months since I moved into this place, and I am still living in an unorganized, box-filled mess. I have had to replace the dishwasher and now cannot even open the back sliding glass door in order to get myself out to the overgrown back yard. I feel like I am floundering and failing in this part of life. I took a gulp and booked some help with the sliding glass door yesterday. I have a person coming to look at the situation and to fix things next Friday. That gives me a week to get this room ready so the guy can access the door without trying to climb over my desk. It also encourages me to move my computer desk to a new place to see if I like the other position better. This part of the project requires that I do some other work first, so I have been working on the guest bedroom/music therapy bedroom so I can put some of the stuff out here in there. I have a week to clear out and clean up. Yesterday, i...