Day 1 of June

It's June 1 and it's Saturday morning.  I feel like I haven't slept well in a long time.  It started with Thursday night.  I met with my massage therapist.  I offered to do some photo-copying for her and she dropped the stuff off at the house.  She arrived at 7:30 pm and the next time we looked at the clock it was just after midnight. I learned a lot and gained a new perspective on choosing my future path in life.  Yes it was a deep night, but also filled with laughs.
  Luckily I had Friday off from work so I was able to ease into my day at my own pace - and trust me, it was a "turtle" type pace. Then Friday night was my "Bill's Out of Town, So Let's Do A Ladies Karaoke" party.  I chose a small gathering of ladies I work with.  I find that singing in front of people can be intimating for some "karaoke virgins."  This was something I had to observe to learn because frankly, with or without a microphone, I will sing at the mere mention of a song title, lyric, or weird noise.  My theory, if people attempting karaoke were supposed to be "good", we'd be auditioning for American Idol. The party started at 7:00.  Actually I started partying at 7:00 and shortly after that the ladies showed up.  It was a beer and wine night, both of which contributed to many many laughs.  The first to show up was one of my new found friends, "Bernadette".  She got dropped of by her husband "Howard", and she was the lone wine drinker.  Then came "Priya". (and her 24 pack of cold beer)  And boy was Priya pissed.  Without going into detail, let's just say we solved all the problems of the "University."    It wasn't until "Penny" showed up, that we were able to calm Priya down, (or maybe it was the alcohol) After some gained courage, I herded the unsuspecting friends into the "Dome" and we all enthusiastically (ok, only Bernadette and myself showed enthusiasm.) fought for a microphone and one of our favorite songs.  Thankfully, Another One Bites the Dust was not one of the listed songs.   Needless to say, it turned into another after midnight evening.  It was a great get together (and a much needed one) and I'm still smiling as I think about the evening.
  Sometimes during the evening, the son returned home from his classes.  He was kind enough to grace us with his presence and even belted out (no really, he belted out) a couple of tunes.  Patrick headed to bed just before the gathering of great minds ended and I climbed into my bed shortly after that.  Around 2:00 a.m. my bedroom light turns on and Patrick is holding his head in agony and flops down on the bed.  Patrick has been "diagnosed" with what physicians call "cluster headaches."  They started last year and he gets them usually in the spring and in the fall.  These only started during his last year of high school and he usually gets them twice a year.  Well he had one during the day Saturday and then again at 2:00 a.m.  From what I have read, the pain is describable.  I tried to help alleviate the pain with a couple of techniques I've learned, but it was hard to get close to him.  So, I just held him, talked to him and calmly talked to him.  It was a frightening thing to witness.  But it did make me more determined to educate myself on what these are, and how to find a way to  help him cope with them and eventually rid him of this horrendous pain.
  So this morning when I woke up, I rememberd that on my "50" list, I wanted to learn Reiki:  Here is what Reiki is:

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy. 

Boy I sure could have used that power last night.

I'll keep you posted on my progress.  In the meantime, there are beer cans and wine bottles to clean up - Bill gets home this evening.

Stacey