You eventually get to the song, but until then…
Yesterday at work, I ducked out of a demo to deal with time-sensitive issues flashing across my phone. A while later, when the issues were resolved, I skipped the rest of the demo and went to NPR's Tiny Desk.
In the demo session, the friends leading the project had already taken me through key parts, and other parts were due for discussion later in the day. At the Tiny Desk, Kathleen Edwards was playing. I had heard her Change the Sheets on MusicChoice channels, which is where I listen late at night when I'm struggling to get the day's last work done and I don't want sound coming straight at me from the computer speakers.
There's a lot going on at work these days. Not assigned projects, mind you, but more so complexities I think it's the right time to figure out (or at least learn more about). I'm fighting my way through those issues in my head now, and I'm at a scary place on the path. I can't see back to where I started anymore, and I know the end isn't going to be around a corner any time soon. This spot stresses me out. It always does. I've been here before. Only way to get to a better place is to keep moving.
Edwards was who I needed to hear yesterday, closing out the week. I hadn't enjoyed a Tiny Desk that much in a while. Look for the video on NPR Music sites in the future. Songs like Change the Sheets and Sidecar are the products of self-assigned stress, dislocation and resolution. To find grace in five minutes of music in a work hallway is strange but real.
