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- I know the rest of the world has known about it for many years but *I* have just discovered Bluetooth and the pleasures of listening to my music while wandering about doing things in this apartment and not being tethered to my computer! I bought a pair of earphones {on Amazon, of course!} and Jake set them up and showed me how they work on Friday after we came back from eating out. I have been wandering about this morning singing and harmonizing while I worked. Singing lifts my spirits and helps me to not sit around feeling sorry for myself! I can do simple very basic harmony with pretty well anything I can sing and it is something I enjoy doing. As I write this, I am listening to a playlist of the King’s Singers.
- I am slowly working on putting away stuff which had already put away before the water came dripping down into my apartment. I am doing it slowly because I am actually very resentful it has to be done again. Yes, I know. NOT a good attitude but that is what I feel.
- Today when I have not been wandering around singing and putting stuff on various shelves, I have been reading. Specifically, I have been reading Courting Greta by Ramsey Hootman. It isn’t anywhere like what I usually read. It is one of those books in which the characters take over my thoughts. I don’t know how it is going to end but what I DO know is that I will be thinking of these characters long after I have finished this book. Highly recommended…
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I understand how the resentment makes you resist doing the tasks. I used to do housework to Abba music because it uplifted me and somehow put me in the mood for cleaning. I’m so glad you found a way to carry the music with you around the apartment. Movement keeps things circulating better.
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Instead of feeling resentful, how about thinking of it as a blessing? It gives you the opportunity to put things back, maybe in a better place than before. Gives you the opportunity to dance around the apartment with your new headphones. Kind of a physical therapy. Gives you a goal to strive for so that you don’t get bored and depressed.
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yep, when a book makes you think about the characters it’s usually a pretty good book. music is good. it changes moods and attitudes. take care,
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Music has helped me through so much. Delighted you found Bluetooth! You take care.
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Never beat yourself up for your feelings — they’re feelings and we haven’t any control over them. But we can control how we react to them. I’d be pretty darn resentful too in your situation.
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(huggles)
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