We've all been there right? No matter what the task might be or how long you've known it's been in the works you wake up and immediately think... "What if I just stayed in bed today?"
This was one of those days for me. This weekend was too short and with all my teacher friends talking about their two week fall break all I really want to do today is stay in bed. I'm not sick anymore, I got plenty of sleep last night, so I have no good excuse it's purely mental.
I usually am insistent on having breakfast foods for breakfast, but this morning I caved. "You want hot dogs? Fine, hot dogs it is." I pointed the girls in the direction of the school room this morning and discovered the brand new thermometer I got from amazon was reading 100 (for those of you not local it was about 50 degrees this morning). I went outside to get it and messed with it for a while to see if I could calibrate it. Frustrated, I wrote a bad review of it on amazon. While I did this Anna found a christmas dvd. I decided, sure, why not? I need a reboot this morning. So while they spend the next 45 minutes being entertained by Mickey I need to get motivated.
I'm drinking a dr pepper while I type this up, need the caffeine. I'm listening to Adele through my headphones. Music is a driving force for me. One of the main reasons I love running so much (and miss it so much!) is that it's an excuse for me to listen to all the music I don't get to when the girls are listening. Yeah, Adele is not one of those. I listen to a lot of questionable musicals and hard rock that has a lot of cursing and questionable morals in it :) (even Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures has "Two Heads are Better Than One" in it so be kind!). I know most of the songs would just be words to them right now and the meaning wouldn't dawn till years down the road, but still. I remember being shocked when I actually began to understand some of the oldies my parents listened to. Then realize the irony the day my dad called "Walking on the Sun" crap.
I miss my music so much some days. One day last week I kept pandora (the Lenka channel) on the entire time we did school. If I hadn't I would not have survived the day. Problem is this morning I'm being pulled to my more depressing selections, Carl Orff, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Queen of the Damned and Sweeney Todd with a little Nirvana and Bill and Ted thrown in. I need some upbeat positive music suggestions! Songs, pandora channels, long as it's upbeat adult, not kid!
What are your secrets to getting through a blah day? What is your favorite music for those days you need a kick in the ass to get moving'?
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