I could spend a few hours coming up with all the songs about hot hot heat floating around youtube, but I don't want any more reminders!!! The A/C doesn't work well at the shop, my husband's car has no air, our apartment has one small bedroom unit. I had big plans to go sunbathe in the park or near the lakefront but opted for a good old fashioned stroll through the shopping mall. Found a new pair of yellow pants (yellow pants?!?!) and a pretty white cottony blouse. I stayed away from the record store. I have to stash some cash for my excursion to Pitchfork over the weekend. It's the big bro's birthday and so I told him I'd treat him to some beer and grub. What am I doing going to such a hip music festival? I dunno. I'm certainly not hip like I once was. I don't know what happens as we age and all our coolness factors just don't seem to matter much anymore. I suppose I still follow fashion trends to a certain extent, but walking around the mall today i was having freaky flashbacks to the nineties as every piece of clothing I picked up was an exact replica of stuff I wore in high school. I saved some stuff I bought during my first trip to France in the nineties and I'm thinking i can recycle some of it all these years later...if I can fit in them! Eek!
The new job is keeping me busy. Got a raise and was told by the owners how happy they are with my work and how I stepped right into a difficult role and flew with it. So that's good. I'm still not rolling in the dough and wish financial stress wasn't such an intense role in my life. But it's all about one's outlook. What makes us happy? What are our priorities regarding happiness? Age old question, for sure.
Happy summer.
