Sunday 10 June 2007: Sarah gets to be totally alone for 3 lovely hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarah says:
My husband is at work today because the Federal Elections are taking place in Belgium today so it's a very busy news day. He'll be gone all day! My daughter is at her youth club and I am cleaning up the house, doing the dishes, doing laundry, cooking a good, healthy dinner and I'll make some much needed phone calls to some friends in The States before my kid gets home and I'll get prepared for my trip to Scotland at the end of the week. Right now as I am doing Face The Day, I am BLASTING music. I rarely get to BLAST music. I love doing that! I love being in my car alone on long drives and being able to listen to whatever I want at top volume (yes at risk to my hearing). There is nothing better than getting to listen to a whole CD uninterrupted. That's what car rides are great for - music and alone time. When you have a family you never get enough alone time. So you have to soak up the moments you do get - like now. I am almost ashamed to admit that I am listening to Marilyn Manson on Luisterpaal right now and even really enjoying it. I do have a little Goth in me you know. This music gets me feeling nostalgic. I like the rawness of it. Have a listen yourself! There's also Perry Farrell's new CD on Luisterpaal -- this sort of music makes me so nostalgic.
Wow - there's also a CD by Mark Ronson on Luisterpaal right now, which has a great groove and lots of nice covers on it by known musicians.

And here below is my Post Secret pick of the week about wanting to trade places with your dog because you give him such a nice life, which maybe you wish you had as a kid or something like that. It reminds me of someone I know. It also is a sentiment I can relate to in terms of my kid. She has a good life and it would be great to be her for a day! I know that sounds odd and maybe even arrogant - but I would like to have me as a parent for a day and my husband as well...Just to feel all that love and care and safety and support and pride and happiness - those things feed the soul of course... being a dog could also be nice - just playing ,eating, going for walks, being petted (pet?), sleeping, drooling, chasing your tail... Sounds like a perfect day and a state-of-mind I rarely am able to get even close to and dream of sometimes!