Regular Life and "Per la Gloria D'Adorarvi" by Jewel

No serious (or lengthy, aren't you lucky) blog posts today.  Today has been a very practical day.

I realized at church that I need to get back to driving and getting out more.  I've driven a few times, and my knee has been dealing with it fairly well.  However, after not driving for a month, it's actually more difficult, non-knee-wise!  There are too many cars and too much going on.  It's amazing how quickly I've gotten used to not driving.

More alarming than the not driving is the not getting out.  I was fine at choir rehearsal last week, but I had a very difficult time at church today.  There were too many people and too much going on.  Because of that, I actually didn't really want to be there at first.  I got over that when we sang the anthem (grin).

I've gotten used to the peace and quiet at home.  Even running errands with dear husband this weekend (he did all the driving) left me exhausted.  I've grown unused to the pace of regular life.  I've also gotten quieter and quieter...

I don't like either of these results so I'm going to make much more of an effort to get out this week.  Tomorrow, I've already got some errands lined up, and I need to pick daughter up when she gets back from Florida.  Lina kitty has been even snugglier than usual with me while daughter has been gone. 

I've also finally decided to get an mp3 player.  I've been researching them, and I've decided to get the Creative Zen X-Fi.  Over and over, in reviews, people mention how great the sound is on this player.  For me, there's nothing more important. 

One of the things keeping me going, creatively, lately, has been singing.  My voice lessons have been going well, and I've even started working on a piece:  "Per la Gloria D'Adorarvi."  I sing it slowly, and I'm only working on the first third of it at this point, but I'm having lots of fun with it!

Here's a YouTube video of Jewel singing it in concert. 

[Photo taken by older son at the Biltmore House in December, 2008]

Comments

[GreenJello]

Love the photo. He's got a good sense of composition!

[M Light]

Thank you! That was one of my favorites of the ones he took. He spent lots of time wandering around outside with the camera while the rest of us were Christmas shopping in the gift stores.