I'm running again. I'm up to 45 minutes. I could pick up the pace, but for now, I'm enjoying being out and feeling great. I listen to my iPod while I run and recently I've downloaded some old 80s music. When I was in junior and high schools, I liked pop music from England, Australia and New Zealand. At the time, I didn't realize one of the groups was from NZ--I've just figured that out in the last year or two. But, one of those groups is the Split Enz. I had an old cassette which has long been gone. It occurred to me to look them up on iTunes. I decided to buy some old songs that I used to enjoy. I bought I Got You, History Never Repeats, Six Months in a Leaky Boat, and some others. While I was running the other day, Six Months in a Leaky Boat came on. The lyrics go like this:
When I was a young boy I wanted to sail 'round the world
That's the life for me, living on the sea
Spirit of a sailor circumnavigates the globe
The lust of a pioneer will acknowledge no frontier
I remember you by thunderclap in the sky
Lightning flash, tempers flare, 'round the horn if you dare
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat
Aotearoa, rugged individual glisten like a pearl
At the bottom of the world
The tyrany of distance didn't stop the cavalier
So why should it stop me? I'll conquer and stay free
Ah come on all you lads, let's forget and forgive
There's a world to explore
Tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Six months in a leaky boat
Shipwrecked love can be cruel
Don't be fooled by her kind
There's a wind in my sails, will protect and prevail
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Nothing to leaky boat
My treatment regimen was six months. Yep, sometimes I felt like I wasn't going to keep afloat. I did, though. I can't describe my feelings when I heard these words as I was running--and running with vigor! I survived the leaky boat. Yes, "there's a wind in my sails, will protect and prevail....."
