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Shake It Off

I quit drinking coffee/caffeine on a regular basis about ten years ago. I found what used to be a regular afternoon need for a siesta (the crash) stopped as well. But, in the last couple of weeks I've been drinking some coffee because it has been readily available and it has been a little chilly, and I made the mistake of drinking coffee in the afternoon.

This caused my mind to race into the night making for a restless night of tossing and turning, Not only that, I had a song stuck in my head... which is not altogether uncommon, but I don't listen to radio; I'm media deprived, and I had not idea who Taylor Swift is, or this song called Shake It Off that sounded like a young Michael Jackson record, but NEW!

You never know what it's going to be. Usually, without apparent reason, they just pop up. Like, the other morning when I woke up with the theme song from the Broadway musical "Annie" stuck in my head. Why??? I dunno.

Last night, as my mind raced after leaving the bar, a song played right before I was leaving. Thanks to my "sister" who runs the place and introduced me to this tune several weeks ago. I found myself dancing to what I would never have thought I would be dancing to... only tonight I was walking out the door. Yet, lately, over the past several weeks, it seems like every time I walk in the door (or out) this song comes on. As I walked away and to my evening destination (a homeless shelter) I couldn't get it out of my head. It just kept playing like it was on a loop...

There was no escaping it. Once this tune sets in, you're stuck with it, kinda like faith... something you don't resent, but you do not choose either. They call that Grace, and they call this... Tay-Tay!!! Just try to Shake It Off!!! This is what happens when I drink caffeine. Maybe I should stick to the booze?!?

The craziest part is, I was staying with some "friends" (at the shelter)... I finally got up after four hours of hearing this song play in my head as the caffeine surged through my veins and kept me awake when I decided I'd look for something to read, because reading always puts me to sleep. What did I find, right on top of a stack of magazines, but a 2014 copy of Time magazine with none other than Taylor Swift on the cover!

She's haunting me!

And, that's why I dressed up as Taylor Swift for Halloween!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

 Shake It Off!!! It's just the caffeine...

I need more booze.



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