March has hit SE Michigan like a lion with 7-8 inches of snow and winds forecasted. Kindof like my worklife right now. Peter and I have been home-bodies for the last month or so. Both of us working hard and STILL not playing hard. What happened to those lessons I learned in Pasadena? I must say that overcoming winter takes a huge amount of effort ... but no complaints about snow or work. I am content.
The small research project I am doing got off the ground this week in spite of numerous technological issues including 3 computer crashes (who'd-a thought)! I am checking to see if the parents of special-needs children (mostly autism) can get a little bit of stress reduction through the use of the Interactive Metronome (IM). These parents are constantly challenged by day-to-day events. IM is a pretty amazing product - a one-time small miracle for anyone who does it. I could have just as easily chosen other techniques such as meditation, therapeutic music, exercise, etc. as the de-stresser - and maybe I will as time goes on - but IM has caught my imagination for the moment.
