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Onward Into the Frozen Tundra
Feb. 6th, 2018 12:10 amMimi was lying on me before I went to sleep. I turned off the light and rolled over. Usually she goes and lies down at the foot of the bed. Instead, she lay down on my feet. So I contorted myself to get my feet out from under her. Mimi 1, Adrienne 0. But I disturbed her when I realized that I hadn't taken my meds and got up.
Spent some time at the front desk because the front desk worker was off this afternoon. Got to do some professional reading about teaching information literacy classes. Interesting book.
Wondering about the coming snow. The college closed the campus around 30 miles from here because of impending snow. We're supposed to get less snow here, but we're watching and waiting. And here it comes....It's snowing pretty hard. I did go home over dinner because my cell phone charger wasn't working, and I needed to get another one. Made it without too much slipping and sliding. And I picked up the guitar, so I can practice after I'm done working.
I was feeling a little queasy earlier, but eating dinner helped.
I just scared the daylights out of the cleaning crew, so I'm going to take off. Started learning my third chord though.
Made it home in one piece even though the roads aren't clear. Glad for my short commute.
Harlee freaked Zara out by yowling her tale of woe, which was that I was in the kitchen instead of paying attention to her. I hastily went over to her, so it worked :)
Sunday Snow Globe
Feb. 4th, 2018 11:10 pmIt was snowing when I went to work. I felt like Nanook of the North.
A former colleague of my mom's and a Facebook friend of mine is playing guitar and singing at a hospice. I'm putting it on my list of goals. I had thought about playing Christmas carols at a nursing home.
I decided to eat at a local sandwich place for dinner in the hopes that the street would be clear later. Or I was being a wimp :) It was COLD though as well as snowy.
No guitar tonight because I didn't go get it during dinner.
A co-worker told me that there was snow in the forecast tomorrow and Tuesday, with up to 4 inches on one of those days. "Maybe we'll close," I said hopefully. Ugh. She cleared the snow off of my car though. That was nice.
Now I'm in my cozy home, and have fed the hordes. Macaroni and cheese and cheesecake awaits. So much for my cholesterol levels....
Music Lessons
Jan. 29th, 2018 12:11 amOkay, I'm calmer now. Not smoking can trigger panic attacks in me, although I do have the patch, which should help. I don't know why tonight was especially hard.
One of the happiest times of my life was when I was taking music lessons near the end of my IBM career. Taking voice lessons in San Francisco was especially fun. It took me around an hour and a half to get there one way, but that was part of the fun. I was able to forget my stressy job for a few hours and pretend that I was a starving music student. Guitar lessons were fun too, but I have less aptitude for it.
I started singing around the time that I started talking. I can't remember not singing. I spent hours trying to imitate the records that my mom played (movie musicals and Barbra Streisand). I took existing songs and wrote new lyrics to them. I wish like hell that I had learned to play guitar then, but that's split milk now.
So I really want to get my life to a place where I can take music lessons again. The potential music teacher is a singer-songwriter, which is what I want to be. Yes, I know that I'm too old to become a star, but singing and (possibly) writing songs would be very fulfilling to me. (I would kind of like to start a band called "Better Late than Never" with over-40 musicians though :))
So I need to keep on keeping on.
I'm planning to take free online guitar lessons for the nonce. I need to see if my guitar tuner is with my guitar, which is the first step.
One of the happiest times of my life was when I was taking music lessons near the end of my IBM career. Taking voice lessons in San Francisco was especially fun. It took me around an hour and a half to get there one way, but that was part of the fun. I was able to forget my stressy job for a few hours and pretend that I was a starving music student. Guitar lessons were fun too, but I have less aptitude for it.
I started singing around the time that I started talking. I can't remember not singing. I spent hours trying to imitate the records that my mom played (movie musicals and Barbra Streisand). I took existing songs and wrote new lyrics to them. I wish like hell that I had learned to play guitar then, but that's split milk now.
So I really want to get my life to a place where I can take music lessons again. The potential music teacher is a singer-songwriter, which is what I want to be. Yes, I know that I'm too old to become a star, but singing and (possibly) writing songs would be very fulfilling to me. (I would kind of like to start a band called "Better Late than Never" with over-40 musicians though :))
So I need to keep on keeping on.
I'm planning to take free online guitar lessons for the nonce. I need to see if my guitar tuner is with my guitar, which is the first step.
