thursday
Milo likes to lay on my electric piano. I cover it with a towel to keep the dust off it. It has become a catchall. Somehow this morning he walked on it in a certain way and it turned on. It keeps playing Scarboro Fair through the headphones - just loud enough that you can hear it. I guess I will need to uncover it and find the off button. I do like Scarboro Fair but not 100 times.
Question:
13 What are your top three long-range goals?
At my age I don't feel like I have many long range goals. Don't know how much longer I'll be here. Long range in my mind might mean within the next year.
1. I have for many years wanted to see New England, especially get up to Maine. I would like to make that a goal but I don't know how realistic it is. I don't think Dave is on board with me. I've made plans to do it a couple times but they fell through. It could be the winter doldrums today but my mood tells me that NOTHING will ever happen for that goal. Maybe it's time to accept that. I'm stuck here. A goal I could have that would help me at this point is to get the Real ID so I could fly in the future. That would keep my options open.
2. I do want to keep up with piano as long as I can. Maybe in 5 years I will be mostly proficient (be able to look at easy sheet music and play it right away) - who knows?
3. Another goal that I can see myself reaching for is just to be a better person. Quieter inside, kinder, more thoughtful of others, braver, more encouraging, more accepting. That has been a goal for many years but sometimes I feel like I get very far from it. I revert to small, selfish and depressing thoughts as my set point.
Snowing - lightly. Woke up this morning to a couple inches covering the lawn and weighing down the spruce branches. The roads are good though.