Once again we were all awake around between 3 and 4 AM.. this is definitely the best jetlag I’ve ever had… The one good thing is that it makes it easy to get Gabe to school on time. 7AM no longer seems early… Driving Gabe to school this morning it hit me how tough this time of year is for people.. after fall colors have peaked, after the warmth of summer and before snow. The shortening days and the persistent clouds, mist and drizzle have a way of getting into your soul. Everything’s muted and.. I don’t know.. sad, I guess. We’re all ready for bed by 8PM.  We’re going to have to work hard to keep our spirits up over the next few months. .. I drove hoem today thinking of a Joni Mitchell song that my college friend Alan introduced me to.. it’s called Urge for Going by Joni Mitchell

 

 

 

Urge for Going

By Joni Mitchell

 

I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town
It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbled summer down
When the sun turns traitor cold
And shivering trees are standing in a naked row
I get the urge for going but I never seem to go

I get the urge for going
When the meadow grass is turning brown
Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in

I had me a man in summertime
He had summer-colored skin
And not another girl in town
My darling’s heart could win
But when the leaves fell trembling down
Bully winds did rub their faces in the snow
He got the urge for going And I had to let him go

He got the urge for going
When the meadow grass was turning brown
Summertime was falling down and winter was closing in

The warriors of winter they gave a cold triumphant shout
And all that stays is dying and all that lives is getting out
See the geese in chevron flight flapping and racing on before the snow
They’ve got the urge for going, they’ve got the wings to go

They get the urge for going
When the meadow grass is turning brown
Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in

I’ll ply the fire with kindling and pull the blankets to my chin
And I’ll lock the vagrant winter out and bolt my wandering in
I’d like to call back summertime and have her stay jut another month or so
She’s got the urge for going and I guess she’ll have to go

And she get the urge for going when meadow grass is turning brown
All her empires are falling down
Winter’s closing in

 

I even found a good recording of it here

 

Oh man.. I need to sleep… I promise more tomorrow…
Gnite all, gnite Sam !

-me

 

ps. Just got the wonderful news from my friends Rafe and Laurence  that they’ve just had their second baby this morning !  Congratulations !!!!

 

Sophie Constance Nedelec Mazzeo

Oct. 25, 2007, 8AM, 7.75lb/3.5kg