Drum line competition

Drum lines are a relatively new interest of mine. I've always liked drumming, but only in the past few years have I learned about drum lines after hearing/seeing one up close and personal at church during a Christmas service. I wanted them to perform for my birthday but I guess that's out of the question! Anyway, today I went to experience my first drum line competition.
First the processing in impressed me. I know, I'm easy, but it was very enjoyable to me. Then when they played...yikes! Xylophones, and drums, and cymbals and a lone trumpet. What's not to like?? Even the judging was interesting..the guys said more about the playing than I would have ever thought about! I can't remember a single phrase they used, but it was new and fun and enlarged my world.
I don't have the time to recount my thoughts on the way home, but deciding to take a trip to Hawaii was the end result. LOL The thinking involved the judges, the kids, a video and report of a famous violinist, playing with heart, putting yourself really into it, discipline, liking who I am becoming, doing new things, going to Hawaii. Isn't it fun to have brains that skitter along the lines of our minds and come up with a fabulous surprise?!

Labor Day...wants vs. needs or "I hate to sweat"

There, now you know...I hate to sweat. I know it's a normal body function, trying to make me cool, but I hate it. All it does is make me wet. And I don't like to be wet... except in the ocean, or lake, or shower. Not outdoors when I'm doing work. Not after I've already showered. Not when I'm putting my "wants" to the side and doing a "need". Now I'm cranky. I'm irritated. I'm sick of living along. Not really sick of it, just annoyed that I have to do stuff around the outside of the house. I don't like yard work. But I also don't like walking out to the mailbox and getting covered by a spider's web. So that means, I needed to cut back the flowerless hibiscus. Now I showed them. I cut them way back. First no flowers, now no leaves! I'd haul them out of the ground today but that would require more sweating and I'm not in the mood.
Let's retrace my thinking...I wanted to drive to the beach today to look for sea glass or any other treasures. I'd printed the directions, gathered my necessities, just needed to go! But I'd also allowed myself to sleep in, so by the time I was ready to go, I decided I'd just as soon stay here and work on a sea glass project, rather than drive all that way and perhaps not find any treasures. My project is something for my classroom. All planned, just not started, and hence, not finished. But for some reason that little ugly nagging voice in my head, said, "Why don't you just trim back those two hibiscus plants?" and I figured it would be a small job and it wasn't too hot, so I could do it.Wrong.
Once I've cooled off, I'll do the project and change my mood, I'm sure. On holidays, I think I'll only do my wants. No needs. Those will be for other days.
Okay, I've learned another lesson, today. For me, in my reconstruction project, I'm going to do wants only on holidays.
No more labor for me today. I'm now smiling and I thank you for listening. You've been an immense help.
Happy Want Day!