The past few weeks I've been waking up 4 out of 5 days with a headache. Yesterday was one of those days. So, I kept hitting the snooze button. Before I knew it the clock read 7 AM, and I realized it was Monday. We had 30 minutes to get ready, and of course my six year old was having none of that. Finally leaving our drive 45 minutes later it was a given that we were going to be late. Thankfully, we made it through the doors of her school with two minutes to spare, and she wasn't counted as tardy. The office lady buzzed us in, and told me not to worry she could go on in. As I headed back out to try and make it to work my car jerked in the parking lot. It's been doing this a lot lately because my transmission is on the fritz. It's only a matter of time before it goes out, but I don't have the money to get it fixed. Anywho, it jerked pretty hard so I turned it off for a few minutes, and then turned it back on. It turned over without issue, and I thanked God for the little gift. Asking if I could just get another month or two before it leaves me on the side of the road because it'll be cooler by then. When I finally made it to work, I loaded up on coffee, and started with my routine. Digging through the papers, compiling separate piles, and filing before my day actually got started. An alert on my phone went off about the bills that were due today, and the anxiety set in. "Here we go," I thought.
On my lunch break I had to make my way to the bank. As I was driving my phone automatically connected to the bluetooth adapter I use to listen to music, or answer calls while driving. Right as I made it into town, this song started playing on it's own, and it's as if the universe knew I needed to hear it. I smiled. I'm talking, ear to ear. I turned the volume up, and I started singing along. And I just had this moment of pure bliss. Uninterrupted, happiness. If there's any artist out there that can make me feel like things aren't so bad, and that it's okay to take deep breaths it would be this guy. All of his work is pretty damn magical in my eyes. My day instantly started to feel better if that makes sense? I felt like anyone could keep piling onto the crap pile, and it still wouldn't phase me. They did; it didn't. My smile was still there. The rest of his (and his other bands) albums played in the background, and I just sat on this cloud. I felt productive. I felt content. I felt like life wasn't all that stressful.
Isn't it amazing how music can do that for you? Obviously, this doesn't work all of the time or with every artist we listen to. But how cool is it to find those gems every once in awhile that really move you? The ones whose lyrics speak to you, and their voice's give you goosebumps. There are a handful of bands, or artists that can turn off the world for me. Brian Fallon is one of them. And on the days I've really needed it music has helped. It has been a life line. It has been a soundtrack. It can take me back, or allow me to look ahead. And yesterday I was so grateful to have that. To be able to feel that relief. To just smile and enjoy my day.
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