Mad World
Saturday, July 29, 2023
It’s been a rollercoaster of a day.
First, I slept like crap. I woke up around 2:30 this morning in sheer agony. The knot that I started the summer with, is back… with a vengeance. I spent a good hour trying to work it out, all to no avail. I finally fell back asleep, but a fitful sleep. I woke up for the day around 7:30, knot still stubbornly in place.
After coffee, walking around the farmer’s market, and art store shopping with Amanda, I made it back to my house right before my kiddo. I was so happy she was finally back… as was her cat.
My daughter got called into work, so after grocery shopping and dropping her off, I went home and started putting away groceries… which led to cleaning out the fridge and pantry.
Okay, first of all let me admit that I’m a bit cranky, which I think is perfectly understandable all things considered. So when the boyfriend and his kids came home to groceries that needed to be put away, messes that needed to be cleaned, me with a full trash can as I’m cleaning out the fridge, and they all look at me and then go straight to their rooms without a word, it may have made me a little more cranky. Then when the boyfriend came over and said that it would be easier if I emptied the trash, I may have thought about throwing the expired bottle of Caesar dressing in my hand at him. It’s possible that I may have passive aggressively threw expired and stale food from the pantry on to the kitchen floor. I also may have loudly muttered to myself about being tired of the laziness and the complete lack of consideration. There’s a chance that I may have angrily cleaned the house and then did a paint pour while basting Sleep Token’s “Vore”. After all of that, I may have laid on the couch while trying to chill while listening to “Take Me Back to Eden”. Maybe.
Tears for Fears, Tipping Point Tour, July 29, 2023, Sacramento, CA.
Oh yeah, did I tell you that we also had a concert to go to tonight? Yeah. That. Was I in the mood? No. Did I go anyway. Yes. I drove the boyfriend and his bff to the amphitheater to see Tears for Fears. Yep, you heard that right, Tears for Fears. If you don’t know who they are… you may be too young for this site. After eating and getting to our seats, I FINALLY started to calm. You know, those guys may be old, but they still sound pretty good. They also played all of the songs that I cared about like, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” “Sowing the Seeds of Love,” “Mad World,” and (my favorite) “Shout.” They even did a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.” It was a decent show, and my first of the year. Like an appetizer before my next course, which will be Mudvayne and Butcher Babies, next month.
One last thing… I think I have tinnitus. During the concert, I kept hearing static in my left ear. It’s been happening a bit lately, but only with certain frequencies and never when I’m using headphones/earbuds.
If it’s not one thing, it’s another.