Up & Down – a personal blog

It appears the wear and tear of having mother-in-law up for a visit finally came to a dramatic head tonight.  The stress of her visit combined with my husband deciding that when he can’t sleep well, neither should I – he has kept me awake much of the night the last two night, has resulted in me being in a funk. I’m hyper-sensitive to anything that hubby might say/do, just as he is sensitive to what I might say/do.  We exchanged comments about something rather innocuous tonight and I ended up going out for a very, very long drive.

With a rather angry Seether album, Disclaimer II. playing on the car stereo, music loud enough to drown out my own thoughts, I drove and drove and drove – over 120km.  Eventually the threat of an obnoxiously expensive speeding ticket and with night darkening the sky, I was forced to slow down and turn around.

I resisted the urge along the way to stop and buy cigarettes. I also talked myself out of pulling into the provincial park and going for a late night swim.  In fact, I convinced myself not to do a whole lot of things tonight… all except one thing…

I bought another album.  *shrug*

I guess in the bigger picture of the rotten, nasty things that could happen when I’m in a bad, stressed out mood, maybe buying music isn’t so bad after all.

Bye for now.