Awful, Beautiful Life

Lately Darryl Worley's song, "Awful, Beautiful Life" seems to just cover it all.

I love this crazy, tragic,

Sometimes almost magic,

Awful, beautful life

I laid in bed that night and thought about the day

And how my life is like a roller coaster ride

The ups and downs and crazy turns along the way

It'll throw you off if you don't hold on tight

You can't really smile until you've shed some tears

I could die today or I might live on for years

I love this crazy, tragic,

Sometimes almost magic,

Awful, beautful life

It's a wild ride, that's for sure.

In a nutshell ..

• My cousin gave us all a real scare. A stomach ulcer burst and left him fighting for his life. Fortunately he has received the best possible care and despite giving us another scare (when the cauterised ulcer continued to bleed without anyone knowing), he's stable and getting better.
• I've applied for another job - a job I really want. And although I am being really positive, focussed and using all that Law of Attraction gumph, I also believe if it doesn't happen, then that's also for the best. It's now a waiting game. And a game of Faith that everything will unfold as it should.
• Poor Clive, my old car, went for his roadworthy test (MOT) so I could sell him on .... and failed. Poor Clive. Bye bye Clive.
• I was still able to sell him (for coppers) as "scrap" so not all was lost.
• Two weeks tomorrow and I am leaving ... on a jet plane ... don't know when I'll be back again. OK that part's not true, I land back in England on 1st August! But it's only two weeks until I head to Boston, Massachusetts for a week long holiday with some wonderful friends. There's two concerts and lots of shopping planned.
• And finally, my nerves are STILL shot after the Rafa / Roger Final at Wimbo. What a fantastic, tense, crazy tennis match. And since I adore Rafa, it really was the icing on the cake to see him walk away with the trophy.

I thought I'd share just a couple of the songs I am LOVING right now (all non-country):

• Take a Bow ~ Rihanna
• Warwick Avenue ~ Duffy
• No Air ~ Jordan Sparks ft. Chris Brown
• Violet Hill ~ Coldplay
• Love Song ~ Sara Bareilles
• If I Never See Your Face Again ~ Maroon 5 ft. Rihanna
• Closer ~ Ne-Yo
• All Summer Long ~ Kid Rock
• Photography ~ Nickleback