I remain convinced that God puts songs in my life for a reason. Frequently while I'm driving, songs will come on that just perfectly capture what I'm feeling, or need to feel, or need to hear.
This week, "Hello World" by Lady Antebellum seems to be coming on the radio (and I should note that I only turn to the country station when 3-4 other stations aren't playing what I want to hear) and on my iTunes shuffle at an alarming rate (note- the shuffle is out of an impressive number of songs too). The last verse leaves me stunned every time. And I just had to share it here.
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Friday, August 27, 2010
Is this more than you bargained for yet?
Music likes to play games with my head.
About 3 times this week on my way home from work, I've heard "Sugar, We're Goin Down" by Fall Out Boy. First line is "Am I more than you bargained for yet?" and later it repeats with "Is this more than you bargained for yet?"
Well, today I figured out why it's intrigued me all week- because this week I've been asking myself that very question. There isn't one particular point from the week that I can say was particularly bad, but the week just drained me. This week isn't what I bargained for at all. I try to start one project and get pulled away to do a job that falls under the "and other duties as needed" part of my job description. I work on that for awhile, start another job that falls under my actual job duties, only to be pulled away again. I come back, stare at the computer trying to figure out what on earth I should be doing, and then the next thing happens. On top of all this, we gave 3 tours between Tuesday and Thursday, and today, when our intern had to go home sick with a bad cold and the director and I had to cover the afternoon tours, we gave 5. Thankfully, she was wonderful enough to give one tour before leaving, then I gave 2 in a row, then came back from the 2nd tour to discover another one ready to start the next tour. On top of being nice enough to give that tour so that I could eat lunch (at 2pm), the director also had a sweet tea waiting on me (without asking if I wanted one). Yes, I am a strong believer that sweet tea makes life a little better. I gave one more tour after that one. Overall the tours went well- I'm getting more confident in giving it, and I'm learning things while on the tours (on more than one occasion, a visitor has told me something about an object that I knew nothing about).
This week was more than I bargained for, but I'm going to try again next week- see if I can't figure out a way to surge past this feeling.
About 3 times this week on my way home from work, I've heard "Sugar, We're Goin Down" by Fall Out Boy. First line is "Am I more than you bargained for yet?" and later it repeats with "Is this more than you bargained for yet?"
Well, today I figured out why it's intrigued me all week- because this week I've been asking myself that very question. There isn't one particular point from the week that I can say was particularly bad, but the week just drained me. This week isn't what I bargained for at all. I try to start one project and get pulled away to do a job that falls under the "and other duties as needed" part of my job description. I work on that for awhile, start another job that falls under my actual job duties, only to be pulled away again. I come back, stare at the computer trying to figure out what on earth I should be doing, and then the next thing happens. On top of all this, we gave 3 tours between Tuesday and Thursday, and today, when our intern had to go home sick with a bad cold and the director and I had to cover the afternoon tours, we gave 5. Thankfully, she was wonderful enough to give one tour before leaving, then I gave 2 in a row, then came back from the 2nd tour to discover another one ready to start the next tour. On top of being nice enough to give that tour so that I could eat lunch (at 2pm), the director also had a sweet tea waiting on me (without asking if I wanted one). Yes, I am a strong believer that sweet tea makes life a little better. I gave one more tour after that one. Overall the tours went well- I'm getting more confident in giving it, and I'm learning things while on the tours (on more than one occasion, a visitor has told me something about an object that I knew nothing about).
This week was more than I bargained for, but I'm going to try again next week- see if I can't figure out a way to surge past this feeling.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Random Thoughts
My mind is going in about 10 million places right now. So you get this:
-We have flies that keep getting into the house. They like to find my room in the evening. I find my cleaning solution and spray the heck out of them until they die. Sorry PETA- it has to be done. I value my sanity over a fly's life. And I cannot stay sane with a fly perching on my pretty new computer screen (where I won't smack it or spray it).
-Why do I have to have writer's block so badly when it comes to my thesis? This is completely and utterly ridiculous. Thank goodness it's almost over- I can't take much more writing like this!!
-I wonder if I'm the only one with history lectures on my iPod. It's on shuffle right now, and a lecture about FDR's 100 Days came up early on. Even weirder? I contemplated listening to it before forwarding to the next song.
-I'm listening to my iPod on shuffle, hoping that it will inspire me. To do what, I'm not entirely sure. But I've got to say "Better Days" by Goo Goo Dolls always makes me think. "Tonight's the night the world begins again."
That's all I've got for now.
-We have flies that keep getting into the house. They like to find my room in the evening. I find my cleaning solution and spray the heck out of them until they die. Sorry PETA- it has to be done. I value my sanity over a fly's life. And I cannot stay sane with a fly perching on my pretty new computer screen (where I won't smack it or spray it).
-Why do I have to have writer's block so badly when it comes to my thesis? This is completely and utterly ridiculous. Thank goodness it's almost over- I can't take much more writing like this!!
-I wonder if I'm the only one with history lectures on my iPod. It's on shuffle right now, and a lecture about FDR's 100 Days came up early on. Even weirder? I contemplated listening to it before forwarding to the next song.
-I'm listening to my iPod on shuffle, hoping that it will inspire me. To do what, I'm not entirely sure. But I've got to say "Better Days" by Goo Goo Dolls always makes me think. "Tonight's the night the world begins again."
That's all I've got for now.
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