Early in the morning, risin' to the street
Light me up that cigarette and I strap shoes on my feet.
I’ve just woken up and for some reason that particular song by Sublime is running through my head. I’ve got heaps to do today at work and at home. I have errands to run later which is always fun considering I don’t have a car. I suppose I should be thankful it’s only temporary. I have only 10 weeks left here! Woo hoo!
So I am awake, with that song playing in my head. Why that particular song? Honestly, I don’t know, but I will say it’s one of my favourites.
I have a thing for music. In fact, when I’m at home I listen to music constantly. Either I stream it live on my computer in the office and blare it from there or I have the cable radio blasting from the living room all the time.
At home, I start listening to music first thing in the morning while I’m drinking my morning coffee and reading my email. I listen to it all day whether I’m cleaning or working. I listen to it when I’m sewing. I pretty much listen to music all day, every day when I am back in New Mexico.
Being in Bethel, I don’t have this luxury because I have roommates and I don’t have my kick ass sound system. I’ve ended up breaking out my I-pod and using to music that way. It’s not the same as being as when I’m at home. The music doesn’t surround me like it does at home. See, I never listen to my I-pod at home. I usually only use my I-pod when I work out or I’m on a plane travelling somewhere. I guess I am missing the comforts of my home lately.
These days, I come home and when I’m alone in my room, I’m plugged into that I-pod, jamming away. Listening to music comforts me when I’m stressed or tired. When I’m feeling good, it makes me feel even better. I absolutely cannot live without music.
Of course, as I sit here in the living room early this morning, it’s completely quiet. My one roommate is at work and the other one asleep, but I am awake and alone, sitting in the living room with “What I got,” by Sublime playing in my head. I need to get ready for work because I have a lot to do there. My mind is, of course, on other things at the present time.
And the chorus goes:
Lovin' is what I got, I said remember that
Lovin' is what I got, I remember that
Lovin' is what I got, I said remember that
Lovin' is what I got
I''m the same way about music. I would go nuts without it at work specifically. I've never understood how some people can sit in a silent office... And at home, while the kids would prefer to have the TV on all the time, I find it distracting as hell. If stuff needs to be done I turn on the audio channel and rock out and be productive. Good to see you, Tob!
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