So..there I was.
It was a long and stressful day. The basement flooded, the dumpster arrived this morning and its 3/4 full, there is still water in the basement even though we have 2 sump pumps going. Little did I know the main sump pump directed the water into the septic tank. The septic tank became full of basement water. Full to the brim. Called Fred’s..my very favorite people..and they came and emptied the septic tank thank god before shit started backing up into the basement. I never ever thought I would be happy to see Fred’s. Major crisis averted. Repeat…MAJOR CRISIS AVERTED.
Dad is exhausted. Did I mention it was in the high 80′s with a dew point hovering around 75?? Sauna weather. There is basement water and crud tracked all over the kitchen and the basement stairs. It looks like a disaster area and smells kinda funky.
So…I wondered. Should I head for the pharmaceuticals or possibly the moonshine…or should I try to transport myself to a state of calmness with music. I’ll give it a shot. I decided to listen to some relaxing music in a feeble attempt to decompress from the past couple days, possibly avoid a migraine in the works, basically wind down. First a little Mozart. Nice. Then I grabbed a random cd and it was Jose Carreras. Very nice, but a little too emotional and powerful. Hmmmm….as I looked through my “relaxing” music I found something I hadn’t listened to for a while. Wow..perfect…I haven’t listened to Josh Groban for ages. I excitedly put Josh in my handy little boom box and it was like magic. Josh did the trick. I had forgotten what a beautiful version of “Vincent” he does, and also that he does a lovely duet with Charlotte Church at the end of the cd. As I was listening to the blending of their two beautiful voices, I was thinking to myself, this is fabulous, it worked. Perfect. I feel so much better, so relaxed. Thank you Josh.  Ahhhhh. I was sad to think the cd was over, and I should play it again.
But wait.
There’s more.
This was a burned cd. I think Kristin burned it for me years ago, before I became savvy enough to actually burn a cd all by myself. There was a hidden track. One I had forgotten about.
It was Vincent.
Cleverly and enthusiastically sung by Me First and the Gimme Gimme’s.
Time to start over….with a shot of moonshine followed by the original purchased cd.
Just thought I would share.
xoxo
Mom
ps….it was really really funny :-)