Just chilling

Hi All and Happy Palm Sunday to those who celebrate the holiday.

So this weekend I've been in a grumpy mood.  I know, what else is new.  It started with some plan getting upset to the point that I just cancelled out on everything.  I shouldn't practice the slash and burn method of dealing with sudden change of plans.  It just seemed like the person who upset my plans was playing games again.  Finally I quite pointedly said, I'm not going you can do whatever you want.  Yes, I can roll with things but this was genuinely last minute.  I can't really stand this.  Also, the pre-Passover chaos is just entirely too much.  I just wish people would simply leave me alone and go about their business.  If I want to join, I will.  If not, go away.  Right now, I'm dealing with my grumpiness by go off by myself.  This is one reason I like to run.  I just be by myself with my thoughts.  Of course, doing the coffee shop thing and blogging is another form of isolation.  It's not reclusive or anti-social, it's just sometimes I need to be alone with my thoughts and let them simmer.  Also, listening to some music helps a great deal.  I never realized the power of music until I subscribed to spotify and started listening to their vast variety of playlists and making my own.  Music, especially the right king, has the power to convey all sorts of emotions and soothe the soul.  I never realized this until I really started listening.  This phenomena came at the tale end of my this thesis writing when my stress level was at an all time high.  I found that I could just plug-in, select the station, and tune out the world for a while.  So right now I'm listening to a station based on Bob Marley.  To quote the inspiration for this blog, "The music never sounded better."  In a little while I'm going to go have lunch and do a more in-depth read of today's newspaper then go about doing other things.  I'll catch you all tomorrow.