12.29.2011

The other day I asked my friend in Japan what she loves so much about living in L.A. as opposed to Japan and she simply said, “the weather”. I remember feeling like… people always say that! I wish there was more to love. I wish I could hear something new and wonderful that I could latch onto the idea and feel like I love it too. But, the weather?

Man, I do this so much… I underestimate the things that I already know make me happy. Yes, the weather. Yes, my guitar. Yes, singing. Yes, writing. Yes, having beer and mexican food with a friend, going in the water, yes yes yes. I don’t understand why when I’m not feeling myself or elevated that I don’t turn to the things I know that are readily available to me until I’ve wasted a lot of time being inside my head, worrying, stressing, and worrying stressing the people around me. I already know what works for me, I already know what I love and what lifts me up.

I say this now because I’ve hit all bases and I’m on high elevation. I’m still getting over a bad virus in my throat but it’s slowly dissipating and I’m praying on the daily it leaves me soon. I’ve been playing guitar since I’ve gotten home for hours a day trying atleast to get reacquainted with old songs and fine-tune new ones. I’ve been looking for new music to listen to also. I’ve been going outside into the last 2 days of warmth! Please remind me my next trip out of town must be to warm weather only and I must bring a friend.

The weather forecast says it’s going to warm the next 2 weeks. I will be making the most of it after the other morning last week my windshield had an ice layer that I could only get off by pouring my coffee then water bottle on it. Not normal here and I’ve spent the last month… with a cold body. I’m so over it. I realize that not everyone can just skip town or lives in warm climate, but putting the snow jacket on and turning up the sunny happy music makes a world of difference. Change your space. It’s time.