Monday, January 3, 2011

Panic of 2011

Spent Sunday feeling like I was getting a sick...tight chest, slight cough, achey Took some Nyquil to squander my insomnia and sickness Woke up at 515, fall back asleep...phew one more hour to sleep Woke up to the ping of my blackberry receiving an email hmmm that's odd, it's very light out for 615am... Check my phone to see what time it is.... YIKES! 815am!!!! I'm late for work! Jump out of bed....get light-headed...realize that I am still feeling sick. Turn in circles for a minute trying to figure out what to do first. Wash face, brush teeth, turn on flat iron to fix my rat's nest normally called hair Email boss, thank goodness I have the sickness as an excuse. Feel the worry inside of me building Get in the car to drive to work....it's cold. 30 degrees out, put on gloves Try to drive fast and feel the pressure mounting... Then bam...I take a breath and realize that stressing will get me nowhere. I turn on some tunes, drive to work, park in the garage that will cost me at least $20 and realize that I'm starting 2011 off in a strange, yet liberating way.

The Piano

I admit that I will never be a concert pianist. Not even close....but this year for Christmas my parents surprised me with an electric keyboard! Now, I know that may sound lame to some of you....but my lovely piano is sitting in storage in Half Moon Bay, where it will remain until either I lug it to wherever I am living, or my parents move back to HMB. That being said, I miss it. When I lived alone for 6 months, I played every night...practicing songs I had memorized or learning new ones. I found it a great challenge to listen to an instrumental movie soundtrack and try to learn it by ear. (Guess when you live alone you reach far for something to pique your interest)! But there was great satisfaction for me in learning even one bar of new music. And now, I get to try for these small accomplishments again. This small window in my crazy life that makes me slow down for as little as 10 minutes, put on some headphones and play just for me. Even if it's just to bust out some chopsticks...chopsticks will maybe lead to sanity.....

Here's to Annie

To my wonderful friend, Annie Leach, who has inspired me with her own words at http://eatyourapple.blogspot.com/ to start up my own dismal blog again. Thank you! You have this incredible ability to write just like a conversation - I read your posts and feel like we are just sitting in our house again, drinking tea and chatting about work, or school, or the many mysteries of life. I only hope I can keep everyone as entertained as you! Love ya! KPKP

New Years Resolution

Seeing as though it's been over a year since I've made a post, one of my New Years 2011 Resolutions is to start it up again - and....not to make it so damn serious.