Do you ever BURST

out into random songs, either in your head or actually singing them? I find myself occasionally doing this and not always at the most opportune moments (i.e. grocery store lines, bank lines....well, you get the idea.) Sometimes I have instrumentals going through my head ~ for instance, today while I was making my bed, I was performing the task in rhythm to The Scarlet Pimpernel horse chase music. Sink me....I ask you, is there a "random music switch" in the brain?

I've been known to burst into music from Fiddler on the Roof, Wicked, Annie, Phantom, a random song from the radio, many Disney songs etc. Usually this garners me some pretty incredulous looks from my family which are sometimes accompanied by an eye roll which implies "Here goes Mom again...." What they REALLY don't like is if I dance along....haha! When I was walking around Kalama High School in Kalama, WA, where Twilight was filmed, I wasn't the only one humming the soundtrack. And in that case, I really sang out loud ~ I just couldn't hold it in. When walking around in London a few years ago, I hummed Beatles tunes and when we rode the Tube into Kings Cross station, of course Harry Potter came to mind.

I'm okay with all of this because I love music ~ I wish I could have my own personal accompanist who could read my thoughts and play music accordingly. Perhaps if I did and I heard music that sounded nervous or scared or angry, I might more quickly be able to snap myself out of unpleasant emotions or thoughts....hmmmm. My kids would know when I had found laundry on the bathroom floor because my personal accompanist would play the wolf's theme song from Peter and the Wolf (think Scut Farkus' on Christmas Story). If I was feeling sorry for myself, I might hear "I'm Not That Girl" from Wicked. Happy might be "Tomorrow" from Annie. I could balance my checkbook to "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof.

I guess, even though all of my own personal "accompaniment" is in my head, it still helps lift my mood when needed or give me a good laugh at myself. And making my bed to the instrumental rhythm from the horse chasing scenes from The Scarlet Pimpernel was pretty fun! Wonder what will be playing in my head tomorrow......I guess I'll have to tune in and find out!