I wanted to sleep last night, and I've been having some difficulty. I took an Ambien to help me avoid the routine of waking up. I crashed ultra-hard and was out cold until at least 4 am. I didn't even put my phone away or turn off the light. I don't like messing with meds and won't make it a habit, but that was a damned good sleep. Having fixed my stereo console, I wanted to try again for a day-long platter spin. I called this my one-sided play day. Going alphabetically through the collection, I pulled one album, A-Z, by artist and played one side. Today's "one-sided playlist" was America's Greatest Hits, Buckingham-Nicks, Another Page, The Best of the Doobie Brothers, Hotel California, The Innocent Age, Gamma 1, I Can't Stand Still, Shabooh Shoobah, Body and Soul, 52nd Street, Leftoverture, Imagine, American Garage, Have You Never Been Mellow, Animals, News of the World, City to City, Teaser and the Firecat, It's My Life, War, 1,000,000 Weekend, and Asylum Years. It was a great way to enjoy the vinyl collection on a rainy day while increasing my steps count every 22 minutes. I had a bit of a stressful moment mid-day when I received an email that implied I would move to Cobra for insurance effective next month when that was not my understanding... Marlin dubbed it "Wonky" too, but we are working out the logistics and ADP barriers to the best of his/our ability. I am accepting what I can't control but not just throwing my hands up without a reasonable degree of due diligence. What it is is what it is. The bi-weekly online "CardzMania" game was fun, as always. It's amazing to have had Steve share that they have now been in Minnesota for three full years as of this month. I still remember when they moved away. I found this online option to enable us all to maintain a connection far richer than it might have been with less routine interaction. As we talked, we touched on friends and family having health issues ranging from heart attacks to possibly terminal circumstances. I am grateful to have lived as long as I have without such instances, but I realize it's an eventuality. Which only emphasizes the need to appreciate life while we have it.
