Another rant.... but a serious one

Respect

Disappointed, but not disappointed

There needs to be another word.  Well, there probably is but I can't think of it.

Was supposed to meet with a group of people past this weekend; a dear dear friend that I have long now considered my sister and the accompanying friends that all get together when she comes to visit, and a first time meeting with someone I've been dealing with for work for the past 5 years.  Here comes the comedy of errors.

On Wednesday, the work person called and asked if we could switch to the following week. Great! It actually works better for me because I have sister and company the same day we were going to meet.

Later in the day on Wednesday sister tells me she needs to postpone, which I absolutely have no problem with whatsoever. I completely agree with the reason. I would have been mad if she hadn't taken an opportunity that was presented to her. Then, she tells me we can switch it to the following weekend. Wait. So that means the weekend I had planned, and had cancelled is now on again but a week later.  Cool!!

But now, this weekend is a black hole. Every plan I had, is gone. I'm disappointed but not disappointed. I just can't figure a word to properly describe.

It continues.

This is so cool!

I've started getting some really cool followers on Twitter & Instagram. I'm extremely flattered by this and I hope I can keep their interest.

So far most of the new Instagram  followers are because of music related items. Posted pics of my guitar, bits and pieces affiliated with it and most recently a couole shots of sheet music from back in the day.

Follow the others. Like what they post. They just might stick around.

Happy New Year

Hoping everyone has a safe and happy new year.

I am never gonna get this right!

I forget about posting here. I get so tied up with friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter and now I have an Instagram and Tumblr account, that I forget to come here!  They all have the same sunset avatar if you want to look for them.

Had a nice Thanksgiving in the building. Then went to see the parents for Christmas.  Unfortunately, family "allergy" has stricken me with a wicked sore throat and upper chest congestion that has caused me to cancel my New Year's plans. Nothing special but anything would have been better than the new plan of sitting home alone. I don't want to give this to anyone else.

I figured on the way home tonight I'd stop at the new urgent care center they opened one town over.  Well thank you Obama, they do not take my health insurance. Figures I just renewed with them yesterday too.  I can't get an appointment with my doctor for who knows how long. Haven't seen here in probably 10 years!

As this year comes to a close I sit back and review what's happened.  Know what? I'm very pleased with myself.  I did good exceptionally this year. I said that correctly.  I did for others, not me, more than usual.  I helped out a dear friend so a dream could be realized. It made me feel content to do it. And I helped out a bunch of strangers. A toy drive had a flood and a lot of toys, about 30 bags worth, got destroyed. I sent a bunch of replacements. That just made me happy.

2014. I think I'm gonna try and top you in 2015.

The Morning After

Lately I've been waking, and I mean wide awake raring to go awake, at 3AM (give or take ten minutes).  I don't know why. So when I was still awake at 5AM I got up, dressed and out. Decided to head east on the main road.  Passing the main shopping center I saw that even at 5:15AM the parking lot was filling.  On the way home I took a smaller road past yet another large mall and it too had a full lot at 7AM. 

I've done Black Friday once. Just. Once. I will never do it again.  The insanity in the stores isn't worth the price breaks to me.  I like to do my shopping on weeknights. The stores are quieter, the sales people are more relaxed and I am not rushed.  I can concentrate on what I'm doing, maybe even have a good conversation with the few people who are there.

I like meeting and talking to people. You never know what you will learn about them and yourself. This past summer, I was sitting at a favorite haunt that for reasons left unsaid I have avoided for several years. I decided on a spur of the moment to go back. It was a beautiful day, a Friday, and I was in the mood for a drive, and the pastry at the bakery shop!  I picked up some lunch at the cafe and sat at a table under this huge tree and just enjoyed.  As I got up to leave a woman who had been sitting at the table next to me blurted out something that sounded like it's a shame to leave such a beautiful place to go back to work. Something about the way she said it stopped me.  I looked at her and saw something. Don't know what, just something. I replied that I was lucky, I didn't have to go back to work and was just going to throw away my garbage and come back and just sit there for a while.  One thing led to another and I sat with her.  For almost two hours.  

Now I have always been told that I'm the type of person that is easy to talk to.  If there is one trait in you that you need to be proud of for lack of a better description, then this is mine.  People just gravitate to me and start talking. About everything. And I love that. Not because I'm nosy. But because I'm approachable.  And if someone needs to talk, about anything, and I can be there for them, then let's make a pot of coffee and have at it.  

Apparently this woman was facing a decision that she couldn't make.  She needed a sounding board and it was a case of being in the right place at the right time.  As we talked I could see her face and her eyes change.  She was no longer frowning and looking around everywhere with that deer in the headlights look. She started to relax.  She said she had never in her life just up and spoke to a stranger like she did when she blurted out her comment but that something about me made her do it.  I just smiled, said thank you and that I hope I was able to help.  

We exchanged phone numbers and talked once or twice but then my phone had a fit of some sort and I lost her number.  I hope she is doing well.

I Am Mad At Music

It's been a long long time, almost two years, that I've been here but as usual I hope that's about to change. So I'll start off, again, with a little controversy.

I had posted something on Facebook Sunday. There was a little bit of comment, mainly between one other person and I. There was absolutely nothing on Twitter when I posted it. Now granted, I've been away from Facebook for several years so I don't have many friends and I'm only on Twitter for oh about two years. So eventually, once I build a larger following it might be different. But for now at least I get to get this out of my system.  

Here's the hopefully working link to the original post.

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