There is something about acoustical compilations that get me. I was fortunate enough to pick up a copy of the Star Lounge CD that a radio station in Los Angeles puts out yearly. It’s really phenomenal work. Listening to Lenny Kravitz sing “Fly Away” is great. BUT it’s Macy Gray’s “I Try” that is truly moving. It is soulful and real in a way that only live versions can be.

Games, changes and fears
When will they go from here
When will they stop
I believe that fate has brought us here
And we should be together
But we’re not.

I followed a merry band of Airstreams today. laughing At first, I thought that it was interesting, two or three following one another. But then, it turned into DOZENS! I really would have liked to have known where they were going. Was there an Airstream conference somewhere?

I play it off but I’m dreaming of you
I’ll keep my cool but I’m fiendin’
I try to say goodbye but I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it’s clear
My world crumbles when you are not near
Goodbye and I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it’s clear
My world crumbles when you are not near

I’m a cuddly type of girl who wants a man to take care of her among other things. chuckle The right relationship grounds me. I tend to be a bit crazy and having someone around is good for me. Plus, then I get to have fun, too. But really, it’s someone for me to lean on, to share with, to feel safe with and to listen to and take direction from. I like that.

I may appear to be free
But I’m just a prisoner of your love
I may seem alright and smile when you leave
But my smiles are just a front

Why is it that you don’t have to go to the bathroom as you speed past all of the towns and rest stops on a long trip? But the MOMENT there is nothing in sight for at least 50 miles, that’s when you really have to go. So, I’m in the middle of the Mojave Desert with no rest areas for miles and that’s when my body decides it’s time to go. sigh There are NO trees out there. Little bushes and that’s it. Where would I stop??? But I had to. I found a “bush” that was a bit taller than me. All I could think was that some rattlesnake would probably bite my butt as I bared it and that would be how they’d find me. laugh Leave it to me to find myself under the thorniest bush I’ve ever encountered. I’ll be picking thorns out of my body for days.

I play it off but I’m dreamin’ of you
I’ll keep my cool but I’m fiendin’
I try to say goodbye but I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it’s clear
My world crumbles when you are not near
Goodbye and I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it’s clear
My world crumbles when you are not near

I rarely stop on trips. I like to drive straight through and get to where I’m going. I don’t like to stop. I like scenery, I can slow down to check things out but don’t make me stop! chuckle I had to stop THREE times today in a 500 mile trip. I should have only stopped once to fill up with gas but circumstances were beyond my control. I was SO L.A. today. I’m sitting at a rest area returning phone calls for business; that and taking pictures of Airstreams. laugh I refuse to talk while I’m driving. I have to pull over and do it. I don’t want to hit some little old lady because I’m speeding along, not paying attention.

Here is my confession
May I be your possession
Boy I need your touch
Your love kisses and such
With all my might I try
But this I can’t deny

I’ve got the “move bug” again. I think part of it is watching my brother and his wife pack up to move to their new home. I love moving. It’s fun for me. I like to pack and unpack, finding treasures where I didn’t think there were any. Plus, I itch to see new places. I want to have a new adventure. I want to move to somewhere entirely new but it has to have either mountains or ocean or both. Kind of limits me in many ways, eh? However this is directed to two *chuckle* I will NOT be moving to Oklahoma anytime soon. Nope.

I play it off but I’m dreamin’ of you
I’ll keep my cool but I’m fiendin’
I try to say goodbye but I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it’s clear
My world crumbles when you are not near
Goodbye and I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it’s clear
My world crumbles when you are not near

The snow is beautiful. I spent an hour digging myself a pathway to the door just so I could unload my car. I loved it. I love snow. There is something so magical about it. I become a kid again, wanting to go out and play.

Who ever said we always have to be grownups? smiling and skipping out

Thanks to Macy Gray for her song, “I Try.”