Where would you rather be on a Friday, going to work or on a boat?
For me, with summer winding down here in Chicago, and my listening to a lot of Kenny Chesney lately, I keep thinking about our trip to Italy earlier this year, and even though the weather was crappy, it was still great being on a boat.
I don’t see many other boat opportunities happening this year, but wow, that is really where I’d rather be than going to work.
Every now and then, on my way to work, I get stopped by a train. I’m always worried it’s going to be a long train, but a lot of times it’s short and doesn’t give me enough time to sing a song about the train.
This results in my needing to add a secondary song about getting stopped on my way to work, as is the case of this song.
Next time you are in a hurry and a train gets in the way, relax, enjoy the rhythm, the fancy artwork, and then be back on your way.
There it was, a little zit on my nose, and I picked at it. The next morning things got a little more red, and by the evening my nose exploded.
Fine, it didn’t really explode, but I’ve never seen anything get so gross so fast.
I ended up at immediate care, and the funny doc, who actually made a “Rudolph” joke, said it was Impetigo, something mostly youngins get, and now my nose is gross.
Chubby chin? My inspiration for songs comes from a variety of sources.
On this particular morning I was trying to sing a serious song. I gave it two shots, but both sucked and were going nowhere. Okay, fine, a lot of my songs go nowhere, but these were particularly, “I can’t text these to my wife!”
Then I looked down, saw my chubby chin, and this song was born.
First, the problem came when my local Starbucks didn’t have the breakfast sandwich I ordered. They offered to replace it with any other sandwich, so I picked the most expensive.
Second, I was hungry and didn’t want to wait until I got to work to eat said breakfast sandwich.
I tried to be careful, but alas, I got to work, looked down, and this song was born.
So, be careful if eating your breakfast sandwich in the car!
While in Banff, in Canada, I got the app All Trails as, in some of my alone time, I thought it might be fun to hit some of the hiking trails. This song was along Spray Loop Trail, which is considered an easy trail by hiker standards. It’s a simple trail, but there was a sense of danger the entire way as a dude on a bike said there was a bear sighting along the trail. Luckily, I think, I didn’t have enough time to conquer the entire trail.
It was a nice little test to see if I like hiking, a test to see what kind of endurance I still had, and a test to see if I had any idea what to do if I did see a bear.
As I’m still here, you can guess I didn’t see a bear.
I also still have no idea what to do if I do see a bear.
Going for a morning walk the other day with Milo, we came upon a bunch of rabbits just hanging out, munching the foliage, and I think one was on the curb waiting for an Uber or something. Milo knew what he wanted, and nothing was going to stop him, so of course, I sang about it.
It’s always curious how Milo reacts, although I was fairly certain his direction this morning.