Cheering Myself Up
I’m writing today to cheer myself up. I’ve had a hard couple of days. Been on the phone a lot working on booking for next year. Going slowly. Working on a couple of new songs. Going slowly. Had a bunch of rejections. Comes with the territory.
Okay this isn’t the part where I cheer myself up. It’s the part where I state why I need cheering. My wife’s been sick for over a month. Our finances are extremely tight and we may have to sell our house. My wife’s business is having some difficulties as well.
Okay, here comes the cheering up part. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Besides the usual assortment of birds, we’ve got blue jays. The cardinals are back. There were at least 6 different species of birds at the feeder right outside our bedroom window this morning.
My son got a flat tire yesterday. The same tire that went flat the day before, when he took it to a local place that charged him $15 to fix it. He used the compressor in his car to fill it enough to take it to a different place, they fixed it, said the plug was leaking, wrote that on the receipt, he took the receipt to the first place and they gave him a full refund. He was very proud of himself. I am proud of him, too. 16 and learning his way in the world.
Got a call from a friend I hadn’t heard from in a while. Just called to say hey and we set up a dinner date with him and his wife. Kat and I like those guys and look forward to seeing them.
Getting better and better at relaxing myself to fall back to sleep when I wake up at night. Twice last night I awoke and both times the technique I used put me right back to sleep.
My email program is finally sending an important email I’ve been trying to send for the past hour. YAY!
I’m getting along with the folks I love and I have some exciting gigs coming up. Life is good. Man, stating gratitudes really does help.