What’s on My Mind? by Tedi Tuttle Wixom WED 2/29/12
What’s on my mind? I’ll tell you
what’s on my mind
Too many things going on today; I
have got to get a LIFE!
I woke up with a little headache
to start off the day,
And I desire to cut down on some
of the NOISE in my life.
But there stood two big dogs in my
yard, so I drove them away
Back to the address on Hazel, the
chocolate Lab’s collar;
I don’t like to worry over
animals in the city. That was on my mind.
It was garbage day and it was so windy outside that
All the garbage dumpsters were
scattered; and papers,
Boxes, wrappers, trash swirled
around through the air
And went tumbling down the street.
What a day!
And all of that was on my mind.
My 14-year-old didn’t want to go
to school and I about
Pulled my hair out on account I couldn’t
get him in my van.
I can no longer pick him up and
place him in a car seat!
So, I decided to read and take a
shower after eating breakfast.
For lunch I made delicious potato
soup with homemade bread.
And that was all on my mind.
I read a couple of chapters for my
BYU class.
I shopped for groceries and when
getting them out to take them in,
One 2-liter juice fell, popped
open -- splat on the ground;
It merged with the rain on the wet blacktop.
Also a plastic bag fell out of the
back of the Jeep and
My picante sauce crashed to the
driveway. A second loss!
All of that was on my mind.
I put all the groceries away and
put on a chicken and rice casserole.
I thought as little as I could,
because of my little headache.
I finally took an aspirin and that helped a bit, but what finally
I finally took an aspirin and that helped a bit, but what finally
Made my head feel much better and
eliminate my pain was
The dozen delicious pot stickers
at WinCo, with the apricot sauce.
And those delicious morsels were
definitely on my mind, and in my tummy.
So, then it was time to drive to
choir practice at Highland High,
On a snowy white blizzardy night
with icy slick roads.
I’m glad the snow wasn’t as deep
across on the East side of town.
I sang and sang my little lungs
and heart out,
And singing all those difficult
yet fun songs was on my mind.
I wrote a song last weekend and
now I want to take time out
To write another song. Because
music is on my mind
And in my heart, and it goes
bomp-bomp-bomp!
And twee-dee-diddle-dee-doo.
I listen to Mozart, I listen to
hymns, I listen to classical radio;
Music is always on my mind.
I practiced my choir songs for our
Spring Concert at my piano
For at least one-and-a-half hours
today and the music is difficult.
Then I drove to practice to sing
for 2 more hours.
Beautiful moving music, and it is
so much fun to sing
With 60 other singers in our Salt
Lake Symphonic Choir;
It’s like heaven when I’m singing
with them. And that is my life.
Music is always on my mind.
