Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
This one is for you out there ‘sailing’ -Stay safe and ‘soon you will be free’ back to your family!
Any of you just have that one song that brings you into this world wind of emotions? That one song that just takes you away from all of your worries and makes your mind go down this almost spiritual path of fucking weirdness?
No? Just me? Okay.
For me that song is Sailing by Christopher Cross. It doesn't fit my Spotify playlists what so ever. I am more of a Cardi B and Pearl Jam kind of lady. This song just does something to me. It has the crazy ass wind chimes, the super cheesy but deep lyrics and the rockin’ maracas just taking me to some other world as I ruin my ear drums with the volume up in my headphone as loud as it will go.
God damn, it's taking me to a place where I can go to the friggin' movies or where I can just BROWSE THE SHELVES OF TARGET.
Oh, what I would give to sit in a makeup isle of Target looking up reviews on good lipgloss.
I used to listen to this song and it would take me away to some generic tropical paradise or Pig island in the Bahamas which is #1 on my travel bucket list. I mean c’mon people, you can actually travel to a place with clear waters and a bunch of wild pigs eating lettuce out of your hands! That shit is awesome! My boyfriend thinks I’m a freak for wanting to basically travel to a hillbillies backyard to hangout in a pool filled with foul smelling animals - but everyone has a dream, right?
I just replayed the song, because it’s making me feel some type of way now.
I have been struggling to find some passion to write a post about the way this virus has come into everyones lives and took something away. It took our freedom to roam around target, to feel comfortable standing next to someone at the grocery store, it has taken lives, jobs, and a sense of security and stability.
In all of this madness, how about we take a trip to sail away and remind ourselves that it hasn't taken everything from us.
It is 5:29pm and the sun is still peaking through the trees. People are walking their dogs, my neighbor is out taking a cat nap in the limiting sunshine, and i’m reminded a lot of people are headed home from their essential jobs to their loving families.
I’m outside in socks and two sweatshirts with no makeup writing this blog post because I feel the need to share the things this quarantine has not taken from me, rather than write about what it has.
It hasn't taken away my positivity. I mean, I try and stay upbeat even after my computer broke, not spending time with the kids in my classroom, and I am stuck at home with a dog that just doesn't answer any of my questions and who probably judges me more now than he ever has in his entire 3 years of existence.
I would probably judge too if I saw my owner wake up with self tanner on that she put on the night before after too many glasses of some good white wine. He probably think’s Ive been watching to much Tiger King since I looked like a Tiger myself.
These stripes are REAL.
Through it all, there is still tranquility.
I watch the kids run around in the fresh air, burying treasure of all things. It refreshes me to no end to see children still enjoying life during these times. They are still finding ways to socially distance themselves from others, but continue to connect. I am thankful that life slowed down enough for me to get to sit outside with neighbor and yell at them from the safety of my own porch about how much I love hummingbirds over my coffee and Kahlua (if you ever need some drink ideas after this is over, just call me bartender Joan). It honestly warmed my heart this morning when I peaked out my window to see said neighbor setting up a hummingbird feeder on my front porch - because in all this chaos there is so many human connections. Even through all of this I find it utterly incredible that connections can be made even with all of this social distancing.
COVID-19 might have taken away a lot of wedding dreams for some people, but just because your wedding has to be pushed back, and some things get jumbled around you still can be thankful that COVID-19 didn't take your partner away from you. I mean if anything, it brought the two of you closer - physically and emotionally.
I honestly have really been struggling lately to write a post. There is no amount of pumped up jams to get me to write a good long entry of some kind of journey into thankfulness and blessings, I mean I had to buy a washer and dryer because I couldn't go to the laundromat anymore - that was hard blow if you guys know me at all.
Then I had to step back, sail away into my own dream world where I had to be centered back to earth and just sit in the fresh air and like all of my posts- just be real. This blows right now, it sucks in so many ways. We just need to reminded once in a while that this will all get better, and one day it will all be a history lesson that your kids and grandkids will learn about.
When they ask about your experience with the Covid-19 2020 Pandemic you can tell them that it made you realize how much you appreciate their father or mother for being a good support system through the hard times. You can finally tell them the reason why your pantry is always full of Charmin toilet paper, and why you tell them to go outside more and breathe in the fresh air. You can make sure you kids respect their elders, and to always be nice to people who work the counter at gas stations, or at phone companies, and computer repair stores.
I am inside now, the room is completely dark except the dim light of my laptop. My pug is next to me trying his hardest not to let me notice that whenever I don't pay attention to my drink he's about to go ham on it. He has gotten me through thick and thin, and as crazy as it sounds I know my grandmother sent him into my life from up above to watch over me and to keep me happy when skies are grey.
All of this is slowing down time to let you remember how important it is to connect with your loved ones near and far. To thank people who special order pop-chips for you because they never have the salt and vinegar ones, to cherish the man who makes sure he sends you pictures of lucky double cappers while he rakes his lawn, to never bitch button your friends who call you at all hours of the night, and to thank the person who supports your business and writing, and to just stop and think about the fact the WHOLE WORLD is going through this with you.
If you are feeling overwhelmed today just allow yourself 4 minutes and 15 seconds to let yourself sail away to your happy place- whether its your target shopping spree, your pig island - just let it set you free from your stress today.
Tonight just listen a song that makes you feel like when the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity.
