I’m writing this while using my chair’s headrest. It is shaped exactly like a cat. It even purrs and triggers my cat allergy. I have to be very careful about not touching my eyes. Let’s see if she can help me write; What’s that you say? “Meow?’ I don’t think that’s the word I’m looking for.
Remember how I was named the New York Mets designated driver of the game and won a cooler that broke the first time I tried to use it? I wrote to complain and today I got a fleece hoodie in mail. I was going to put it on and model it for you, but the headrest vetoed my plan to get up to take it. It feels nice but I didn’t get a good look at it. It’s from Coors not the Mets. I will probably become my new inhouse hoodie. It was a nice make-good on the part of the Mets. I give credit where credit is due.
I have not been good about meditating of late. Yesterday I had to do something that triggered anxiety, so I did a full meditation to music, Pete Kennedys, Electric Sitar Meditations. How well does it work? By the time the music stopped my pulse rate was down to 61. I’m sure that my daily walks helped bring it down too. I’ve averaged 3.68 mi/day over the last month.
My headrest went took a break. This is how the hoodie looks on me. Notice that there’s no hood. That was my mistake it was described as a fleece zip up. It looks nice. I wish it were a hoodie as in the winter my head is what needs warmth.
I wimped out and didn’t go out for live music the last two nights. I’m definitely going out Saturday for a Mostly Mozart concert outdoors at Lincoln Center and to see Madeleine Peyroux at Barbès in Brooklyn on Sunday. That’s outdoors too. The question is do I go out for the Irish Session at Mary O’s tonight? I can feel that I’m probably going to wimp out again. I think that Caitlin and Chris will be back next week, and I know I want to see them. Instead, I might be doing something very stupid tonight. I bought meat gravy and cheese curds and might try poutine again. That’s triggered intestinal blockages before even though there is no reason that it should. I’m on a new med and I’m hoping my insides are in better shape. I’ll let you know tomorrow if I survive.
This has been a rough summer for my friends’ dogs. One friend had to euthanize her dog two and a half weeks ago. Now another friend is facing the same decision for her dog. These are the two friends that were closest to their dogs. I don’t worry about dying but I worry about my friends’ pets dying. There is nothing right to say in these situations, words can’t help. It’s like hospice care, you can’t change the outcome, but you hope to minimize the suffering.
Gord’s Gold is on tonight, as usual it’s my best show ever. I can’t help it; the newest baby is always the best. I tried something new this week, usually I record a slide show promoting the show; this week I made a video of myself. I even shaved and brushed my hair. This would have worked better if I were wearing my Folk Music Notebook t-shirt. I need more FMN gear; I’m always a walking billboard for WFUV. I’m trying a new way of embedding the video here. Let’s see if it works.
It did! Or maybe it didn’t. I won’t know until I post it. I’ll assume it worked and rewrite this part if it doesn’t. It didn’t work so I embedded it the old way. The important thing is to listen to Gord’s Gold tonight at 9 PM on Folk Music Notebook.
Wise Madness 