Driving to work today, and wishing I could just keep on driving and go anywhere BUT work, these words spoke to me from Sheryl Crow's "Leaving Las Vegas,"

"Such a muddy line between
The things you want
And the things you have to do"

HA! Have listened to that song at LEAST a million times! In fact, I can officially say that Tuesday Night Music Club is the first CD I ever bought myself. It was 1994, the first full year that Tim and I were married, and we got a big 'ol tax return for whatever reason. With it we bought ourselves furniture, and a stereo, and began to build our music collection. Naturally this involved REBUYING many albums that we already owned on tape or vinyl, which is another rant entirely, but Sheryl's CD was my first new listen.

Today, almost like a mantra, the words made work more tolerable. I would really like to do some more traveling, I am looking forward to summer off, I need some more new clothes as I have gone down like two sizes, and hey, Vera Bradley's new Starry Night pattern is too cute.

Yep, there are things you want, and there are things you just have to do.