Music, Laughter & Retail Therapy

Money can't buy you happiness...but it can buy you a bunch of songs off of iTunes to make your day! I just spent two of my days off in the iTunes store broadening my musical horizons beyond the American Top 40. Money well spent. Besides watching old Bill Murray movies, listening to Bill Engvall or shopping on Amazon.com, music has been a great way for me to get out of my bad moods, ease the aches and pains, and give me a vital kick in the pants when my energy has been zapped this past year. I've discovered the Pogues and Chet Baker. Rediscovered why I love Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, Tony Bennett, Patsy Cline & the Ventures. Stocked up on my Jack Johnson. I am now musically replete....mmmmm. I have also had the pleasure of trying to bring my sister-in-law, Cheryl, into the 21st century by going halfsies with my brother and buying her an iPod (the fancy 80GB one with video!) as an early birthday present. I had a ball loading it up with some of her favorite music...okay, okay, she may find a few of my favorites on it as well. Who am I trying to kid...she is now the proud owner of the complete works of Chris Isaak & Silvertone, as well as the Rowland Salley CD "Killing the Blues"...a gem that needs to be more widely appreciated. Cheryl is a self-proclaimed 80's hair band fancier, so I'm trying to get her to appreciate less hirsute forms of music...although she'll find quite a few works by another favorite of mine, Bon Jovi. *SIGH*...I had...still have...a big crush on Jon Bon Jovi; the man has aged very well....and his pipes aren't bad either! Right now I'm trying to figure out if tickets to the Bill Engvall performance at Viejas in October is worth $65/ticket. Don't get me wrong...I LOOOOOVE Bill Engvall. And you can't put a price on a good belly laugh. I highly recommend watching a good comedian to help with personal healing. However, having said that...I do need to start saving up for my long-postponed trip to Italy. At the rate I'm going, Zachary & Alessandra will be in college before I make it to Sicily! I did make a big step towards taking the trip in late March to early April 2008 by submitting the paperwork at work...yes, I just got back to work, but you gotta put in for these things early or other people will get in ahead of you. Hope I can find a reasonable price for a flight! Anyway...speaking of work...gotta get back to being all that I can be and go talk to my little patient who is waving his IV at me. God, I love my job! I've really missed this and I'm so very glad to be back.