It feels like my brain is obsessed with earworms. If I’m not mentally engaged with something, there it is ready to fill the void. It’s aggravating, it’s maddening at times. I will wake up with one running through my brain. Sometimes I know why I’m repeating a particular lyric, just heard the song that day or the day before or read something that reminds me of it but often one will pop in my head and I’m, what the fuck? I haven’t heard that song in years. It’s really annoying when I'm trying to fall asleep. I have to actively counter it with something like planning a yoga routine asana after asana or repeating a mantra over and over with my breath. I don’t know why but it’s a rare day I don’t have a lyric on repeat.
You might remember that a book I checked out of the library and returned unread and even unopened had a torn end page in the front and they have accused me of damaging the book. I never even opened the cover once, not in the library plucking it off the shelf in a hurry from the author’s name alone, not at home. I gave my side of the story to one of the librarians and she told me not to worry about it and I have checked out several books since. Yesterday I returned a book and went to check out another and they wouldn’t let me. There is a hold on my library card because of the damaged book. The librarian was very apologetic but couldn’t do anything about it. I have to talk to the director who is out of town right now at a conference. I imagine I’m going to have to pay for the book at this point. Pisses me off. Once I get borrowing privileges back I’m going to examine every book carefully before checking it out.
Issue resolved, the librarian I'm most friendly with called today to let me know that the book had been replaced and the hold had been taken off my card and I'm good to go.
Monday the guy that mows and trims the shop yard and around Pam’s house came and when I went over to pay him, as I usually do before he finishes, I saw a clump of blue eyed grass that had sprung up in front of the house where Joe had not mowed yet. First time I have seen this clump so I’m not sure how long it’s been there and since I didn’t want it to get mowed down I dug it up and put it in a pot temporarily. I’ll get it in the ground next to the clump I dug up years ago out of the easement in front of the house on the corner. It’s in full bloom.
It’s been warm and very humid the last several days, the humidity making it feel warmer than it is and it’s been making me sweat some, a harbinger of the summer to come. Today is another miserably windy day; sustained 16 mph, gusts up to 28 mph. The wind is coming out of the southeast today though instead of the south like our previous very windy days. Despite the wind and the humidity I got some stuff done. I put the biggest plumeria in it’s summer location directly in the ground (it gets dug up in the fall/winter after it goes dormant)
and sunk the biggest and next biggest pots in their holes in their summer spots. The other three in pots are still on the cement apron in front of the barn. One of those will get moved later. When I came in it wasn’t so hot and humid that my clothes were soaked but my hair was and sweat was dripping off my face. Oh joy.
The only other thing of note is this: the pecan trees coming out.
Winter is officially over.
Oh, I'm glad that blue-eyed grass didn't get mowed down. It's so pretty! Rainy here but still a bit chilly.
ReplyDeleteHappy news from Wisconsin and my local city elections! Lots of demonstrations this weekend but our Saturday looks rainy so I am not sure about going... That makes me sound wimpy now that I've typed it out.
Not wimpy, just taking care of yourself. Standing in the rain when you are young is one thing, totally different when you are older. So glad the Wisconsin elections had a good result.
DeleteToday turned out to be good weather and I'm so glad I went to the protest. It was fabulous to see the thousands of people waving signs and thinking the way I think! Such a wonderful crowd with many cars driving by honking and cheering for us. A few MAGAs that tried to start trouble but were loudly booed away. It was great to see.
DeleteWe've had rain and storms today and more coming. However, the birds are building nests everywhere. Spring is due.
ReplyDeleteThe birds are w=quite noisy here mornings. The cardinals especially are trilling for mates.
DeleteI have had the ear worm going 7x24x365 for years now. It's annoying, to say the least. Thank you for not naming what you're currently hearing, my current one is not too obnoxious, so that's something. I had a GP tell me it's a form of OCD. The blue-eyed grass is lovely. Glad you rescued it.
ReplyDeleteI've never considered myself to be OCD. Anal about some things yes. Sometimes if a refrain from a song I really don't like anymore because that one will stick in my head for days. OK, I'm tired of that one now, can we have something different!
DeleteThe blue eyed grass is wonderful, thanks for saving it from sling blade.
ReplyDeleteSaved the blue eyed grass but forgot to tell him not to mow the dewberry vines I had recently cleared of the virginia creeper. No dewberries this year.
DeleteWe have quite a contrast in weather. Yesterday we started off with rain, which changed to freezing rain, which became wind-whipped snow and by late afternoon was back to rain. Just lovely!
ReplyDeleteThe wether here can change just as dramatically and often in a single day. Spring and fall are called the seasons of changing my clothes three or four times a day.
DeleteThat blue eyed grass is very pretty. We gave away all but one plumeria, it's just too much now to carry the big pots in and out twice a year, we are getting old. With luck, we kept the most sturdy one. My head is an earworm orchestra. Don't get me started.
ReplyDeleteI gave away two last winter. Should probably give another one away since I have three that are the same light pink. There's only two of the six that I need help with and my grandson helps now that they've moved back from Arkansas. So far no earworm today but the day is young.
DeleteI just saw the name of a band that I don't even like on another blog and now I've got one of their songs stuck in my head and I am not enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteWait- you plant things in the ground and then dig them up and put them in pots for the winter and then take them back out to be replanted in spring? I would never even consider doing that. Huh.
I'm looking at my pecans and they seem sluggish this year. I'm sure the leaves will pop out any minute, though.
There is one song that they play on the radio that will stick in my heard for days. I hate that song now. There's only only one plumeria that goes directly in the ground and then dig up, the biggest one, because I can no longer manhandle the pot. I can still handle the plant itself after the winter when it's dormant but I need help digging it up in the fall. So glad my grandson is back since he did it last year, my brother did it the year before. And I sink two pots about 3/4 deep because if I don't the wind constantly blows them over. The holes are already there so it doesn't require a lot of work getting them in but I need help getting the biggest one out again. The plumerias go dormant in the winter and If I don't bring them in they will freeze. A lot of work but so pretty when they bloom.
DeleteI was going through that with earworms for a while. Now, they seem to be gone. I saw the comment about them being a form of OCD, which is really interesting. It's strange that when they were the most frequent I could go to sleep with the song 'gone,' but then wake up with it playing again. There were a few times when a song I didn't like showed up, and I'd change the station by listening to another song.
ReplyDeleteLove the blue-eyed grass! They are beginning to show up in clumps now -- I'm glad you got one!
I try 'changing the station' by purposely replacing it with another one. Sometimes it works nd they both go away but sometimes the one is persistent. One in particular seems to stick around for days when. I hate that song now.
DeleteThat blue-eyed grass is so pretty! Lately at night I've been getting earworms of some of the things we sing at church (usually the one that's currently my FB header) which I guess isn't TERRIBLE, but I'd rather just be asleep.
ReplyDeleteI was so surprised to see it there in the yard and it's big enough not to be a new plant. Can't believe I never saw it before.
DeleteI'm really prone to earworms and I hate it so much. It seems to be worse when I'm under stress, and horrible songs will get stuck in my head for days on end. I also have OCD so it might be related to that. One time it was that disco song "Boogie Man"...it almost drove me insane!
ReplyDeleteThere's one in particular that seems to stick around for days and I hate that song now. Unfortunately it still gets played on the radio which I only listen to in the car.
DeleteYour post is full of life—from the frustration of earworms to the relief of sorting out the library issue, and even the seasonal shift marked by the pecan trees. The unpredictability of songs looping in the mind can be maddening, especially when they appear out of nowhere. Your strategies for countering them, like planning yoga routines or using breathwork, are smart ways to redirect focus.
ReplyDeleteThe library saga must have been frustrating, but it’s good to hear it was resolved. Checking books carefully before borrowing is probably wise after that experience. And then there’s the garden—the discovery of blue-eyed grass and the plumeria settling into its summer spot feels like nature offering its own small victories. The heat and humidity signal what’s ahead, but the return of life and growth is always a reassuring transition.
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The hold on my library card was just surprising since I had already checked out some books since the one was returned that was damaged. But, yeah, I'm glad it's resolved becuse I don't buy books anymore, just use the library.
DeleteThat blue-eyed grass is beautiful. I love that stuff. I bought some here and planted it below our bird feeder but it didn't survive. I think it got pecked to death by pigeons. :(
ReplyDeleteEarworms are funny things. Fortunately, when I have one, it's usually a song I like! But it DOES get annoying if it sticks with me for days on end.
It's one of my favorite spring wildflowers which is why I dig them up when I see them in a place where I can. I had one in a pot for years when I lived in the city.
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DeleteI agree with others about how gorgeous that blue eyed grass is.
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