Owners of Belvedere Square, take note: I have never given much thought to jingle writing, but I believe I may have just created the best corporate music since St. Louis, Missouri's Wehrenberg Theaters 1980's masterpiece. Originally conceived as a song for my kids, this week I decided to flesh it out and commit it to tape. And I've been listening to it non-stop FOR DAYS. Literally thousands of times. And now you can, too. Listen to it HERE.
Tomorrow I leave for vacation. I've never needed a vacation so badly in my life. I need to Not Think About Work for awhile. A long while. As long a while as I possibly can.
Jeannie and the kids left for vacation last Saturday. So I've had a week with the house all to myself. It's been predictably wonderful, but in unpredictable ways. Previously, if I had an extended amount of alone time, it would be spent with G&T's and Netflix, pretty much exclusively. This week was spent with music recordings, home projects, sauna time, and yes, Netflix, but not in an all-consuming way. I've felt, dare I say it, semi-healthy. I'll be coming up on one year of alcohol abstinence in September, and I'm currently debating whether I should stick with teetotaling or whether I should try and move to a more moderation-focused practice. Not sure.
About an hour ago I looked through a family photo album that the Jeanners gave me on Fathers Day and now I really miss the ol' wifey and kiddos.
Jeannie totally bumped into EL ELZ in St. Louie today by complete happenstance!
