This morning I decided to put on Acker Bilk for some reason, and while I was having my coffee and listening to “Stranger in the Shore”, I was taken away to paradise in my mind. I envisioned myself sipping pina coladas under a palm tree and strolling along a beach with crystal-clear water and white sand. Then I snapped out of it and realized that I was in my flat instead of in paradise, and I had to get on with some work. Monday mornings are usually slow, and I caught myself procrastinating by not doing what I should be doing. Acker Bilk was relaxing me too much, so I put on some jazz music designed to make you focus and I was soon back on track doing my work for the HVAC business. There’s not much work to do at the company now, I guess because we’ve been having moderate weather—not too hot, not too cold, and many people aren’t requiring their heating and cooling equipment. We had some heavy rainfall in the area where I live, which is great because it’s not rained in a long time and we were suffering from drought. It’s also great that I’m saving money on energy bills by not having to use my air conditioning unit, because it has been quite hot lately and I had it running too often. Yesterday, the rain prevented my bandmate and I from playing music on the street, but we went to a restaurant with a cool fireplace and had a nice time anyway. We had burgers and chips; it was so delicious that we forgot all about the rain and not being able to play!