Happy Sunday Morning



I'd just eaten a scone... that's powdered sugar. (Photo: Angela)

May 15th. It's been cold in Sydney this week. Seems colder than it should be. It is supposed to be late autumn, but it feels like a Sydney winter. When I start to think I'm cold, I close my eyes and try to feel Denver in February. The cold eases when I do that. It's not ever that cold.

This week has been fantastic though because the sun has been out. It's dry. The air is dry, too. Alan actually applied handcream the other night. It's weird.... that used to be a 3 times a day occurrence in Arizona and Colorado. Now we don't really use handcream much. I put on lotion on my arms in the morning, but that's more because I love the smell of the body butter I'm using.

This morning I woke up at about 7:00. I'm pretty sure it was Copper who woke me. He needed to go out. Alan was the one who let him out and then over the next 3 minutes all of us peed and then got back into our warm waterbed. I tried to sleep again, but my mind was moving.

I was angry actually. Last night Paul and I had a gig at the Quarryman's Hotel in Pyrmont and after we did our first set, we were asked to not play anymore because of a soccer game about to start. Apparently everyone in the pub wanted to watch the game and this silly live music was going to empty the place. We got paid, but that's not the point.... I wanted to play.

This is the second time the Q has pissed me off this week. Earlier I found out that they are cutting back their budget to only have a solo performer on Saturday nights. They just don't have the turnover at the bar to justify the expense. Don't get me started about all of the marketing they could be doing to make it work, because if I start I'll be on a rant and probably end up writing a marketing plan. I was the only one promoting the music. Go figure.

So after June, that means no Wen & Bendy or Wendy and Paul or Merchants of Menace at the Q. That's what happens in this industry. It just kicks me into gear to get busy and find a few new venues where we can play. I needed to do that anyway. I've been around the industry long enough to know that this is normal, but I wanted to share why I was angry this morning....

I got up and checked my Facebook. I have a personal profile where I can see my cousins, my Arizona buddies, my Texas and Colorado friends, my skiesta family, and my extended Aussie clan. I like checking that page once a day. Then I have three pages: Wen & Bendy, Wendy's Candle Consultant Page, and Wendy the Candle Lady - for my clients. I check all four places every morning and then I'm done. I did that this morning.

Then I went outside (yes, into the cold, sunny morning), sat on Copper's Landing, and meditated for 20 minutes. I've learned Vedic Meditation recently and I am very good at doing it in the morning. I'm supposed to also do it once in the afternoon/evening, but I've found it hard to prioritise that. I will though, because I am positive that it is doing me good. I sometimes feel a wave of.... what is it.... it's a vertigo feeling.... sort of a buzz, dizziness, perhaps almost sleep, emptiness.... where I know I've gone somewhere else. It doesn't happen for the entire 20 minutes. It just creeps up on me. When it happens, I know that I'm getting into the zone. It's hard to describe. But it's pretty amazing.

Alan just got up and he's making me another coffee now. Yay! We are headed off to Fiji next week for a beautiful five night, five star holiday courtesy of PartyLite. Copper is having a house guest while we're gone. Debbie will love our warm dog, indoor and outdoor heaters, and bubbling spa. Copper will just love Debbie. :)

I think that's all for now. Arizona is hotting up.... Hope you in the north are enjoying the almost summer. I'll keep my ugg boots on.... :)