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Endorphins

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Yesterday afternoon, after doing a boatload of errands, I came home feeling… joyous.  I’m not exactly sure why – it’s not my normal go-to reaction to doing errands.  The only think I could think was that yesterday, I finally handled two issues that have been on my back-burner for months.  Neither of the issues is the biggest deal, so it’s been easy to put them off.

The main reason that I addressed both these issues is because this meme has popped up a couple of time the last two weeks:

It’s funny because it’s true of a lot of us, especially me.  But seeing it multiple times felt like an omen that needed addressing.

Anyway, when I got home in my great mood, I asked Alexa to play “Sugar, Sugar” by the Archies.  I’m not putting the song up here because if you have any liking for it at all, you remember it.  And if you don’t like it, I don’t want to torture you.  But it’s a happy tune and it’s great to dance to in the kitchen while you’re putting away groceries.  Alexa then went on to play a lot more bubblegum rock – more good boogie music.  Gave the dog and cat some extra afternoon treats.  Texted YA that I love her. 

It makes me wish I had more things I’ve been putting off; wondering if I can recreate this mood at will by playing a silly song by a made-up cartoon group?

Do you ever dance in the kitchen?  Sing in the car?  Or the shower?

48 thoughts on “Endorphins”

    2. The barometer has been up and down all week. That often causes joint and flareups. The bursitis in my left hip hurts a lot today. Jacque

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    3. I may soon be dancing. PT is scheduled and Prednisone prescribed. That med makes me hypomanic, so I will have to watch out that I don’t get too goofy. The last time I took it I started telling jokes in church. That won’t go over so well during Lent.

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        1. doesn’t seem right to hit the Like button for all the sciatica and bursitis and hobbling on the trail…. thinking of you all!

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  4. I have been known to dance in the kitchen, et al., and sing (or hum) in all kinds of place. I recognize that feeling of euphoria when something is lifted from your shoulders.

    I’m trying to find a way of organizing my life so that I don’t wake in the morning with this “uh-oh” feeling of what have I forgotten to do, for which I’m responsible? I’ve been largely relying on memory, but that’s starting to be unreliable – I’m going to keep this little notebook (most of you would use your smart phones) and write down EVERY thing I say I will do. It’s the nagging little ones…

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  5. I have not been doing my walking and my balance exercises for about 6 weeks. Now with the pains in my lower abdomen and back and legs, taint no dancing here, not there ever was.

    My throat has been congested but all the applicable drugs are bad for glaucoma. No singing here.

    I do like Sugar Sugar. Odd for me to know a popular song.

    I have a CT Scan Monday. Just got a message to drink two glasses of water 30 minutes before and I cannot go to the bathroom until after the scan. That is a torture assignment for an old man.

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  6. Hell, yeah, to all three. I’m a musician! Can’t help myself. 🙂

    Not as much singing in the shower as in the car, but I love to sing songs that match the harmonics in the shower enclosure. That’s when my basso profundo can really shine. 🙂

    Chris in Owatonna

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  7. Oh, yes.

    I avoid dancing in the shower, but I do sing there. I dance in the kitchen and living room quite a bit. Pippin stares at me like it must be a game. He’ll bring a toy that he likes to tug on and growl at me, so I end up trying to dance while playing tug.

    Who doesn’t sing in the car? I keep the windows closed though.

    I can relate to the feeling of joy when you complete a task that has been there, waiting, niggling in the back of your mind. It feels like such a weight lifted when you just do it. I need to deal with all the crafts, notebooks, and beadwork stuff on my dining room table. I’m sure I’ll feel that way when I finally do. It’s all been sitting there way too long. I saw that meme too. I figured out all the Medicare stuff and finished my taxes early this year. That felt great. The Medicare stuff really felt like a chore to me.

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  9. Rise and Shine, Baboons,

    When my son was a baby and a toddler we used to dance around the kitchen while listening to the music of the Prairie Home Companion. The Powdermilk Biscuit song is a favorite for polkas.

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  10. I’m chuckling at the title of the blog and header photo. Cleaver, VS.

    You’ve inspired me to tackle some of the papers I have sitting on the small table next to my recliner. They have been there so long I’ve come to think of them as components of my interior decorating. I’ll bet most of it can go straight to the recycling bin.

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    1. Just tackled the wire basket on the table next to my recliner in which I collect mail, documents, and other stuff. It reminded me of why I haven’t succeeded in cleaning it out completely yet. One factor is that I don’t see well enough to really be confident that I’m not recycling something I should keep. But more importantly, it’s where I store cards and notes sent to me by friends. One of the cards I found today was one Edith sent me about a week before she went to Rochester for the last time. There’s really no need to keep it, but I don’t have the heart to part with it. There are several such cards in the bunch. How do other baboons deal with that sort of thing?

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        1. So you just throw them out after a while? I found another card in there from my late friend, Philip, and the last letter Sr. Beth sent me.

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        4. I actually dealt with this last week, when I was re-arranging all the stuff on my walls in my studio. I found a little set of plastic drawers in the attic and I made one drawer for memorials (including Edith’s), one drawer for cards I wanted to keep from friends and one drawer for cards from YA. 

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        1. I’ve lost my “Like”-ability since this morning.

          Should probably add these cards to drawer were I keep all of the ever growing memorial service/celebration of life programs.

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  12. I don’t dance very often, but I always have music in my head so I’m always singing, whistling, or humming a tune.

    I air drum a lot.

    Right, putting off those jobs that take 4 minutes… all the time.

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  13. OT- I’ve got three tickets for ‘Clue’ at the Orpheum for Sunday at 1:00 and we can’t use them.

    Please, someone go to the show and I’ll send you the tickets.

    Email me.

    or post here and I’ll check back.

    Five and zero and then seven plus two and five nine three and five and seventy.

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  14. Sandra had kept every card I had given her, or nearly, I brought some to her. She had no interest. So I recycled them. Last year. A hard moment. Today was a hard moment of a very different kind. Don’t have the mental/spiritual/physical energy to explain. Going to bed.

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  15. I have to admit I used to do a lot more singing and dancing than I do these days. Singing in the car, especially on longer drives, absolutely, and then usually to whatever music I have brought along to listen to. But even on shorter drives, I’ll sing along to music on the radio if I know at least some of the words to the song. I’m also a constant hummer.

    Dancing – in the kitchen, in the living room, in front of the bathroom door out of necessity, and pretty much everywhere there’s enough room, you betcha.

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  17. I’m a singing dancing fool

    driving , sitting, showering, in the rain in the snow

    i just got musical birthday stuff a guitar accessory fancy harmonica mini clarinet and sax

    my Wednesday night guitar jam is mt weeks highlight these last 10 years

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