This Hat is a Helmet

(Want to hear this post instead?  Less screen time!!  For audio, click here ) There are a lot of things I’ve needed to give up or significantly limit while recovering from this concussion: movies, rock climbing, travelling, working, reading, going to concerts… Slowly I can start to reintroduce these things back into my life, though perhaps in a modified way and maybe the modifications will become a long term new normal.   For example, I can’t remember the last time I’ve been to a movie theatre and I don’t see myself being able to go anytime soon.   I now watch movies only at home, sparingly, and I need to pause the movie multiple times to take breaks from the visual stimulation.   A two-hour long movie can take me three hours or longer to watch. But, if we’re going to look at this in a “glass half full” kind of way, than these modifications do in fact have their own silver lining.   It’s kind of nice breaking up movies into segments.   I watch 20 minutes of a movie,

(Want to listen to this post instead??  This one is particularly embarrassing for me should you listen instead of read...so you should probably listen, lol.  For audio, click here ) I have a confession to make.   It’s a risky thing to share.   It may change your level of respect for me.   Ok…Here I go… I LOVE the High School Musical movie series!! If you’re not familiar with these films, let me take a moment to bring you into the world of peppy, fun for the whole family, coming-of-age movie song and dance… The first High School Musical came out as a made for TV movie.   It was the story of two teenagers who met on a cruise during Christmas vacation.   They were forced - nay, DESTINED - to sing a karaoke song together.   Hearing each other’s singing voices ignited a spark between them similar to the sparks of fireworks overhead the cruise ship bringing in a new year - nay, A NEW BEGINNING - of musical high school romance.   The story in the series followed these tw