Fun With Denial...Makes Me Smile

[agate]

I have a stack of piano music that is about a foot and a half tall. I've carried this stack around with me for the last 30+ years. I sold my piano in 1981, shortly after the MS diagnosis. I lacked the strength and coordination to play it very well at all.

This building has a piano anyone can use, and I tried it out once to see if maybe I could play it after all. I found out I couldn't. The piano wasn't great but it wasn't all the piano's fault.

That was several years ago, and I'm still hanging onto that stack of music. They're all good editions of classic composers but very battered up. They're well scribbled with notes by the piano teacher and by me. I can't imagine that anyone would want this music. The scribbled notes wouldn't mean much to anyone but me. Why don't I throw this stack of music away?

Sometimes I hear a song or piece on the Internet or a recording and I can pull out the score and follow along with it. Or sometimes I'm trying to remember how a piece went or what its words were (some are songs), and I can go to that stack and find out.

That's my excuse anyway for keeping something that is clearly taking up quite a bit of space.

[Pegakafarmgirl]

I ride horses, still do,, not the way I used to ride {Barrel racing/team penning}, but we have steps, I walk up to, and I have help getting on a very understanding/patient horse,, I love it,,, its hard to give up or give in, that has been part of your life, for so long,,, we just adapt..

[Jeanie Z]

:)Agate I have about a 2 foot stack of sheet music. I sold my piano in the mid 80's. My grandmother was a concert pianist and she had all the hits from the 20's 30's through the 60's. Also a lot of classical. My favorite was Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini.

There is a lot of sheet music sold on eBay. I thought about donating it to a high school or college music program. I decided to leave it be and my children can do whatever they want with it.

My RX's are ready but I am still in my PJ's. The certified letter with the check from my uncle could come today so I have to wait for the postman. I do not want to have to go to the post office to get it.

I used to long distance bicycle and tried to keep doing it but I fell and almost got run over, so I sold my bike. I gave away my tennis racquets and my cowboy boots for dancing. Now I play computer games, Solitaire, Mahjong, tile games and dominoes and check this site regularly. Y'all are like my family. Only you know more in depth things about me than they do.

For the most part my life is boring now. And I am always tired so it is ok. Jeanie :)

[Jeanie Z]

:)Howie check in and let us know how your doctor visit went. I hope you got something that works for your pain.

The mailman came with my Uncle John's money order about 7 PM. I got in the van in my PJ's and went through the drive through at Walgreens to get my 2 RX's.

Today I need to go to the grocery as I have no fun food left and very little frozen dinners. Andy will be here 3ish and bath Lacy and bring in the trash and recycle. I'll go after that.

I read all the exercise y'all are doing and reading it makes me tired. I wish I had that much energy. I think it is not only the MS but my age. I will be happy if I get the grocery shopping done.

I still need to go back to the mobility place as my ramp will not go in with the key or the remote. I have to leave the ignition running and get off the scooter and reach in the passenger door and push the lever to bring it in then turn off the ignition. This make multiple stops almost impossible. Jeanie :)