What I’m Thinking About Today

Posted on 06/19/2024 by chick
  • It’s tough enough that my husband and I, at 50+-years-old, are starting to feel the effects of age on ourselves. It’s worse that we have to see our parents suffer age’s extremes. And it’s worse yet that we know we’re headed in the same direction as they. Seeing them now is like watching a slow-motion movie about our own dark future.
  • It’s amazing how contrasts affect how we feel. My office is pleasant to be in right now. The air conditioning has been on for most of the day, set for temps between 73 and 76, which is right in the comfort zone. But it feels frigid after being anywhere else in the house. My bedroom seems oppressive after being in my office, but it feels cool and dry after being in the master bath, which is hotter and moister. Downstairs also seems hot by comparison to my office, but if you come to it from the outside, it’s like heaven. Did I mention that the entire Northeast is under a “heat dome?” Yeah, we are. In June, before summer has even started. That’s climate change for you.
  • I have to ship my work computer, and it’s stressing me out. I am even more stressed now, after having tried to ship it according to the instructions I was given, because that plan failed miserably. Why is it that the things that work for other people almost never work for me? Am I cursed?
  • I cleaned my desk today. This was not a decluttering. It was a cleaning, as in an earnest attempt to get rid of dust, crud, etc. Now my desk is quite a bit nicer. Too bad there’s still so much clutter….
  • I told my music teacher that I’m taking the summer off. I really needed some time off, plus there are things happening during the summer (classes for the kids, vacations, etc.) that are going to get in the way of my lessons, and I just don’t feel like dealing with that. Do I feel bad about kinda leaving my teacher in the lurch? Nah. He has completely different rules for summer vs. the school year, and I’m just taking advantage an option that he left open. When I asked him what I should work on over the summer, he said I must finish my current piece (oy!) and also recommended that I work more on music theory (double oy!). Have I mentioned how much I hate music theory? I’m pretty sure I did. It’s the math of music, and I do not get it!
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