Sweet Music

 Some happy things from today:

• At work, the music was good and I was able to sing along with some of the tunes while I worked.  This is happening more often lately and I like it.  Last week I even heard a sea shanty by Stan Rogers!
• Over the weekend my protégé gave me some of my favorite Oreos.  They are a wonderful after meal snack. I just try not to think about the gluten.  😉

Double Stuff is important!

• Somehow, even though I didn't sleep super well last night, I was able to motivate myself to do dishes.  Yay clean dishes!
• Today is my deceased father's ninetieth birthday.  For this I share a happy memory of singing with him and my mom on long drives.  Weirdly, I don't remember if my brothers sang along or not.  Maybe, because I was the youngest, I was in front between my parents and the boys would have been in the back, I just didn't pay attention to them.

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Currently reading: She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Opening Day

Happy things from today:

• Have you ever gotten a song stuck in your head?  I have heard that listening to it helps to get it unstuck.  Yesterday, for me, that song was Closer to Fine, by the Indigo Girls.  That song was featured in the Barbie movie, which is probably why I was thinking of it.  I was telling my therapist about the movie yesterday.  I didn't Google the song, or go to listen to it in any way.  This morning I turned on my YouTube music app to listen to music while I took a shower, like I do every day.  There was a song by David Bowie that I was in the middle of from last time.  The next song that played was Closer to Fine.  It was just what I needed.  Also, I had been puzzled over the Barbie movie ending and suddenly, I think I got it.  Now I want to watch the movie again.
• It was opening day at DIY Craft & Thrift.  While we were getting ready to open, a bookshelf fell apart.  I told Keziah that that was her bad thing for the day, everything else would be good.  It didn't quite work that way, but mostly.  There was a steady stream of people almost the entire day.  She was open from 10 AM to 8 PM and really only slowed down after 5 PM.  There were even a few people who came in after the official closing.  The store is closed for the weekend.

• When Keziah was interviewed by the newspaper she mentioned that my mother had worked for Ames (a now out-of-business department store).   A customer came in today with donations in a bag from Ames!  How sweet is that?

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Currently reading: She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb.

Currently listening to: Keep Moving, by Dick Van Dyke.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.