Thought for the day

Today i worked as i will for the rest of the week.  Yesterday was my day off and i feel like i got very little accomplished.  i realize that yes, it's my day off and if i want to be lazy i should be.  And sometimes i enjoy that but for some reason yesterday i did not.  i think that it started early in the morning.  i was walking back from the grocery store when a woman in her car stopped me.  It seems that the night before her dog had gotten lost and she was frantically searching for him.  i had not seen him but took one of her flyers.

Now, animals have a growing part of my heart and anytime i see a lost pet poster, it really gets to me.  Yesterday, since she did not live too far from me, i took a walk to the area where she lived just to look around in hopes that i might see Bagel the beagle.  i did not see him, but i'm glad i went and at least looked. It still weighed heavy on my heart that he was out there somewhere and not at home.  i would be devastated if anything like that happened with Squirt so i'm not even going to think about it.

And, on my way home, i came across a black cat that was carrying a baby squirrel in its mouth.  i did nothing, even though the squirrel was screaming for its life.  i did nothing.  i should've at least tried but didn't and by the time i got home i was really upset about it.  So, i said a prayer that the squirrel would try and forgive my lack of humanity in that moment.  Yes, i know it's the circle of life.  But, you know, sometimes the circle of life really sucks!  Oh well.

So, today when i got home from work, i decided to do something for myself.  i sat down at my piano and played.  i hadn't done that in a while and it felt good.  And it made me determine 2 things.  1 is that i need to try and play every day.  After all, it relaxes me and i enjoy it.  And 2, i need to teach myself how to fix this piano.  There are keys that do not work and some notes are definitely out of tune.  i'm hoping that with Youtube's help, i may be able to  find some instruction on the matter.  It'd be great if i could do it myself, especially since i am not in a place to pay someone else to do it LOL

i've played the piano for years and some of my most precious memories involve being at the piano.  Today, i chose to play pieces by David Lanz.  He's one of my favorite contemporary pianists.  Tanya introduced me to his music in  high school and i've loved it ever since!  This is one of the pieces that i played to...or at least tried to:

i'm not nearly up to speed on my technique, so i definitely need some practice!!

Cheers