Dan Fogelberg? You were the first cassette tape I ever bought. Followed closely by a vain attempt to gain appreciation for the Sex Pistols. But Dan? You soothed my teen angst. And you seemed, at the time, a million years older than me. But you died today at 56, a mere 14 years older than me. That just doesn't seem all that old any more. Perspective.
Maybe I'm feeling a little exhausted and sentimental from staying up late with sick kid. Laying next to her as she coughed every 30-90 seconds. I counted. Laying there listening to the same relaxation CD she goes to sleep to every night at volumes that are frankly a little disturbing. Sometimes in the middle of the night, if she's having a hard time sleeping, we'll hear the opening notes, which most always wakes my light-sleeping self. Rather than relaxing me last night, it caused a minor homicidal rage to start burbling out of the sleep-deprived recesses of the less evolved portions of my brain.
The unfortunate version of a cold that my wee one has is the sort that coughs every 30-90 seconds. So late late last night, it was hack hack interspersed with tinkly electronic keyboard. hack tinkle hack tinkle hack. And then it morphed into longer spaces between the hacks at which point i started waiting for the cough. wait wait wait. maybe she isn't going to.. HACKHACKHACK. So, Mr. Fogelberg, what would you recommend? It's pretty hard to suppress the "stomping around shouting WHATEVER" impulse. And even when employed as a teen, it was seldom productive. But I must say, feeling like this is antithetical to doing the caring, mom-like soothing things that actually do help.
So, next day, mid-morning phone calls to work, boss and client to let them know I'm staying home. Suddenly, mid-phone call, I find myself scrubbing the kitchen cabinets. Frankly, that's weird. Why would sleep deprivation and work conversations drive me to clean? I do that all the time when I'm on the phone at home. So now I'm still unbathed but my kitchen looks mahvelous.
Dan, I have a few words of wisdom as you begin your celestial voyage; never underestimate the healing power of a hot shower and a clean kitchen floor.
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