The Music in Me

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would miss my piano. When I passed it on to my eldest, I hadn't been playing it very much because I was always busy doing other things. I also wondered how I ever found time to play it in the first place because I know that I used to play it quite frequently, even when the girls were small. Just over a year ago, I decided to give it to Becky, knowing that she would enjoy having it around.

Piano withdrawal--that's what I call it. I would find myself wandering into the living room where the piano used to sit and wishing that it was still sitting there. For some unexplainable reason, I now had LOTS of time to play and no piano to play.

Last Friday, my darling husband took me out to lunch and during the meal, he suggested that we buy a gift--a BIG gift--for ourselves for Christmas/Anniversay/Birthdays for the next year. I'm pretty sure that I had a puzzled look on my face because I truly did not know what he was talking about. He finally elaborated and said that we could probably afford to buy the digital piano at Costco for ourselves. Wow! I was like a little child bouncing in the seat at the prospect of getting a really nice Christmas present. My response went something like this: "Can we go get it today? Can we? Huh? Can we? Please? Pretty Please? We can go home and get the other car and pick it up today. Can we?" Pretty pathetic, eh?

Hubby dear just smiled, paid for our meal, drove us home to get the other car, and headed to Costco. End of story....almost. After we got the boxes home--yes, that's right, boxes--we had to put the stand together. It looks like a real piano, but it has many different sounds and functions, all of which I have not yet figured out. I have been playing the piano for three days now, every chance I get! I LOVE it!!!!! Yep, the music is in me once again!