Friday Frivolities

A flurry of thoughts blow around in my head and I wish the wind would die down.

It was raining as I came to work this morning. I feared it was a sign of a wet Memorial Day weekend to come, but weather.com's forecast calls for the next three days to be bright and sunny. I hope they're right.

While making a brief stop at the library yesterday, I spontaneously borrowed my first audio book. Something compelled me to pick one off the shelf. Hindsight suggests a latent dissatisfaction with the lack of stimulating stations on the car radio dial. I'm now three hours into the unabridged version of A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. Seven hours remain.

The book is enthralling and refreshing. It's my first exposure to the author, so I don't know if the appeal stems from the novelty of the format, the subject matter or his writing style. I suppose part of the excitement comes from the sense of accomplishing something while sitting in traffic and putting miles on my car. It's strange to say, but I can't wait to get back behind the wheel to hear the rest of the story.

Non sequitur #1: Cake's cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" recently caught my ear. I thought the band recorded that song many years ago, but Channel 104.9 began playing it a short while ago. I laugh every time I hear it.

Non sequitur #2: Every now and then, you meet somebody who inspires and revitalizes you. You were running on empty and sinking deep into a motivational rut. Then they come along and reawaken your creative desires, the ones that were dormant and in danger of dying. You see how they live, their tireless drive and their endless energy. You suddenly feel an undeniable push to step up your own game. And it's not that they're expecting it from you, but that you haven't been demanding it of yourself. And you're so thankful that they're in your life.

Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
I'm all I'll ever be
But all I can do is try

- "Try" by Nelly Furtado