music, therapy, and me

I have to write something short and sweet today because I have only about 50 minutes before I have to go to work. My brain is not fully functioning at the moment - blame it on the chemicals that I have to take to maintain my back pain tolerance - so I am just thinking about all sorts of things but cannot really capture much of anything. I have not written any of my TMEs for this week yet. I have been continuously engaged in aggressive acts from my clients and my bruises have not faded from last week's engagement. I am tired, I am cranky, and I do not want to go to work...ever again.  Perhaps I should buy some Powerball tickets - I think I could live quite nicely on the lump sum from 1.2 billion dollars, but my odds of winning are only slightly better if I buy a ticket than if I don't, so I probably won't do that. I am having fun thinking about what I would do if I won, though. Anyone want an artist colony-music therapy residency-conference center-community fine arts center?...

Yesterday, I really did try to write something on this blog, but nothing really felt right to me. As a result, I did what I give myself permission to do - walk away without writing ANYTHING (but no more than once per week, unless I can't be at the computer). I didn't post anything yesterday because I had nothing of value to write about - I saved my other thoughts for my pen/pencil journal and did write there, but not online. Today, however, I am inspired to write about what happened yesterday. It all started with going outside to check the mail. I received a coupon from a teacher supply store that stated that EVERYTHING in the store was 20% off! Even Clearance Items!! If there is one thing that I love, it is a SALE! I got into the car and headed out to the great unknown. Now, this teacher supply store is one that I visit whenever I am in California visiting my family. They opened one in my state about two years ago, but I have never been there (until yesterday). The conve...

When I am bored and needing to feel somewhat challenged, I sit down with some graph paper, and I design music therapy spaces. I pretend that money is absolutely no object, and I dream. I dream about spaces for large group therapy and individual therapy. I dream about observation rooms, conference areas, storage systems (boy, do I dream about storage systems!). I let my imagination go wild, and I always find myself thinking of new things to put into my dream clinic. My designs have varied during the years. I've wanted space for a single therapist and space for multiple therapists. One of these days, I will look at all of these plans and compile them into my perfect music therapy clinic. I know I will never achieve this type of perfection - I will never have the money - but it is fun to dream. What types of things would you have in your perfect music therapy clinic? Leave comments below! My clinic includes built-in storage in all clinical areas, additional shared storage cl...