One very hard thing about being an adult is the racing mind full of thoughts and creativity that I've had most of my life starting from childhood, and the fact that I can't really have as much of a place for that as an adult because I am just always working and the work world of adults doesn't really have a place for that.  Just productivity and business needs.  

I guess since I didn't have a good family situation, I never really saw what it is like to live a positive life as an adult.  I've wanted that for most of my life, but I think that is most people.

True Story: Growing up, my friend Danielle Ivy, whose last name began with a K, started calling both of us the "DIK's" because that's what both of our initials spelled.   Both of us are forty now, so I guess we both can be asking around if anyone wants some old DIK in their lives.  

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Just got back from an absolutely outstanding Iron and Wine concert.  I knew I love Iron and Wine, but I think I actually kind of underrated how they would be live.  The show absolutely exceeded my expectations, and they weren't even focusing on the part of their catalogue that I've listened to the most.  Everything they played just sounded so ornate, and they were able to bring the entire place to quiet so you could hear the quietest details.  Not to mention, Sam Beam really sings beautifully and better than I would have expected him to sing live.

I really do think music has healing powers, because I somehow really felt no pain as I drove home from this one.  I can't begin to explain how hard some days are, and this was one of them.  I was very close to not going.  

                                                             

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