Jun 26th, 2007
Rock Star
We all do it, and I’m sure you do it . . . those few precious moments that you might get alone in your car, you open the sunroof, crank the radio (loud enough that you can’t hear your voice of course), and have at it. Singing along with the best of them on the radio - YOU are the next American Idol!
Today, I had a rock star morning. Instead of getting up early to shower and get ready for work before the kids got up, I got up when they did. I put on workout clothes, packed my work clothes in the gym bag, got the kids all ready for summer camp, and we headed out. We got to practice being rock stars to the tune of Old MacDonald on the way to school, but after that, it was all me ba-by! On the way to the gym, that new groovin’ song Dance All Night to This DJ (I have no clue what the real name is - that’s the ONE song that won’t scroll across my radio screen with the artist and song name) came on - so I cranked it and had at it. It’s good to get revved up before a good workout! 20 good minutes on the eliptical, 30 minutes lifting weights, shower at the club and I’m back in the car ready for work. I head out of the parking lot jammin’ quietly (the driving range is right there - don’t wanna disturb the golfers!) to Green Day’s Holiday, thinkin’ this is a good start! As I pull on to the Interstate, what song comes on the radio? Rock Star by Nickelback. Crank it up ba-by! Jammin’ jammin’ jammin’ . . . passin’ passin’ passin’ . . . notice I’m goin’ 90 - oops, set the cruise! After jammin’ to Nickelback, I’m thinkin’ I’ll get some nice slow me down music, but nope . . . Tainted Love comes on. Now I don’t know about you, but for some reason I just HAVE to sing to this song. Maybe because it’s one of the few songs you can understand all the words to. But I am cruisin’ and jammin’ - and speeding through the construction zone, oops! I finally had to slow down for the stop light by my office, but for some reason I didn’t stop jammin’ today. I just kept right at it . . . and when I looked to make sure the intersection was clear, the kids (they were maybe 17) in the car next to me were laughing their asses off! I thought maybe they were laughing at something they had said among themselves, but when they looked at me and gave me the thumbs up, I knew it was all me - the old lady in the car next to them who thinks that Tainted Love is a song to jam to.
But who am I to let a couple teenagers ruin a great start to a day! I’m gonna party like a rock star all day! Well, at least as much as I can while sitting in my tiny cube writing documentation for inventory control software, thinking about picking the kids up after school, taking them to gymnastics, and dining on McDonald’s for dinner.
If THAT doesn’t sound like the life of a rock start, I don’t know what does!
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Oh, you are definitely THE rock star! You go girl!!
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