music, therapy, and me

Y'all, I FINALLY got to see my Monday groups, and they were not having it!  I forgot that my Monday groups are usually ones who struggle with being in music therapy - the "I'm too cool for everything" adolescents. You know the ones - they just sit and stare. No active interaction, slouching in their chairs, and not wanting to work or play or do anything that might ruin their reputations. I can usually con them into interaction in one way or another, and yesterday was no exception. By the end of the session, they were playing instruments and making some noise as part of a dragon parade.  That session led into two others back-to-back that were also not really feeling the whole Monday thing. No one was engaging in behaviors of concern, but no one was really engaged in what I was dishing out either. I do not think that today's groups will be any different. I am in a strange place in my life that I have never been before. I am on the cusp of leaving the daily interacti...

I tried to write every day this week - just something on the screen - but I did not make it. Thursday and Friday were quiet over here - I woke up late, had too many things to do before work, and just didn't feel the writing muse taking over. I am going to strive to do better.  I have a couple of websites bookmarked that have random story line or journal prompts available to me. Today's prompt comes from a website that offers  journal prompts for those enjoying music , and my random number generator selected #33 as my prompt. Here goes... Imagine you are a music video director. What kind of video would you create for your favorite song? Egad. This is not my favorite type of thinking. I am not really a visual type of person. I don't dream much (except for nightmares), and I have never been able to successfully engage in a GIM session. As a result, music videos have never been something that I have enjoyed or thought about much. The second half of the prompt - my favorite song...