It’s just another day. When I awakened that McCartney’s tune “Another Day” came in and out of my mind…though for the life of me, I couldn’t remember all the words. So I looked them up. Don’t you love The Internet?
Every day she takes a morning bath, she wets her hair
Wraps a towel around her as she’s heading for the bedroom chair
It’s just another day….
I got out of bed, kissed my wife, and brushed my teeth (maybe I should brush my teeth first in the future), and asked myself, “Why did that particular album have such an impact), and, now that I’m 58, how far have I come since that time?
I was 15 years old (1970) when the album was released. I was still wearing out my fifth copy of the White Album which had only been released a year prior to that. Imagine how prolific the Fab 4 had been. Imagine. And now McCartney was flying (nearly) solo with Wings (including his late wife Linda).
I grabbed some clean sweats (my latest haute’ couture) and headed toward the fridge only to notice I was out of SILK organic soy milk which has become my latest daily breakfast (along with organic coffee du Kroger’s own “Simple Truth” brand) . These are not product placement posts, friends, I promise. I doubt those folks even know I have a blog much less even who I am.
So, I hopped in the car and headed out to Kroger to get some more SILK and ended up finding another $62.75 worth of stuff we needed (after my Kroger card discount), purchased it and headed back home. By then, Lee had already drunk her daily green tea breakfast and was on her second digital design for her gift line, and I’d not created anything for my own. My mind was on one thing and one thing only. Liquid soy protein milk. Have I lost it? Nahhhh. I’d never had it to lose.
After my “fix”, I headed for the computer to check my email, only to find I could not send or receive any. Only an error message that looked like my computer had been breached by the Chinese, taken to the pawn shop, and sold for $50. I knew what it meant. My feeble webmail was full and I had to empty it which took about 20 minutes out of my day. I thought once I was an entrepreneur, people would run to my side to tackle such chores like that but nooooooooooo. So I emptied the email box while Lee was making our delicious morning fruit/veggie smoothie. Ever since she started making them over a year ago, she always asks me if I want one. I have never once refused.
So I look up at the news as my email slowly empties to see the talking heads tell me my country is going out of business. My first thought is, “Is the cost of living in Tahiti high” but then remember I love where I live and nix that thought immediately and know, having worked in news, that things are never as bad as reported. If news were reported as a “neutral static event” not many ads would be sold.
I sit down to digitally design some products but nothing comes to me, so I write this blog instead. It’s just another day…….
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Rick London is a writer, cartoonist and designer. He founded Londons Times Offbeat Cartoons & Funny Gifts in 1997 which has been Google #1 ranked since 2005 and Bing #1 ranked since 2008. He is married to popular wildlife/nature photographer Lee Hiller-London who runs the nature blog HikeOurPlanet.com. You can follow them both on Twitter @RickLondon & @LeeHillerLondon.
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