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I'm a Mississippi girl living oh so far-from-home in Alabama. I have a touch of hippie in me, a dash of preppy, a little sorority girl, and a little book nerd, too. And I've been zen since the days I asked my parents, "Is today the tomorrow we talked about yesterday?" My life would be complete i...
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A Cold Summer Day

Monday, July, 28, 2008

Actually, it’s a beautiful, some might say gorgeous day outside, and certainly not cold in Alabama. But my mood doesn’t match it. Not that I’m in a sourpuss, grouchy, stay-away-from-her mood, but really I’m just blah. The kind of blah that matches a gray, cloudy, not cold but not warm day. 

I feel so ungrateful on these kinds of days. Clearly I’m wasting time, energy and health on a perfect day, but all I want to do is  go home, lay on the couch with blankets and good coffee and eat chocolate. (Truthfully, I’ve done my fair share of eating chocolate today. Even though I woke up determined to get back to a dedicated WeightWatchers lifestyle...) Perhaps this has something to do with the valerian root tea I had last night before bed? (Saving my insomniac ways for another discussion.)

I do have a date for a walk with a friend after work, hopefully that will help shake this mood. And if not, then I’ll indulge myself in pitiful lounging around tonight and maybe wake up on the other side of the bed tomorrow.  I can’t spend more than a few days like this...my brain and body will turn to mush. 

 Any suggestions to shake this? Am I alone?



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Shoegirl1970
Shoegirl1970
One Could Only Dream
Posted Mon, 07/28/2008 - 21:56
I wish we had a not hot, sweaty day this summer in Houston. It was 100 degress on the index today I think. At least the thermostat in my SUV thought so!
BCBlogger
BCBlogger
Insomnia
Posted Tue, 07/29/2008 - 06:14
has everything to do with your mood during the day. You NEED TO GET SOME SLEEP, woman! Ah, but here's the delimma: If you are like me, and sleep-aids (Rx or OTC) make you feel funky, you're just as down the following day. I used to fight feeling that way. Sometimes, I just say "Screw it" and end up embracing it. I do what I feel all day - sleep, eat, snark, pout. . .sometimes, it passes faster that way. Otherwise, the only way to deal with it is knowing that there IS something better on the other side of the storm. xoxo
giornalista
giornalista
amen sister!
Posted Tue, 07/29/2008 - 15:02
I definitely have eeyore-ish days. My mom advises getting some exercise, taking mulit-vitamins and just giving it some time... I'm at the transition-filled age. I've got to learn to give myself some grace to digest it all.
BostonSass
BostonSass
Not alone
Posted Fri, 08/08/2008 - 22:00
Those days of not knowing what to do with myself or just feeling blah come and go...if I told my doctor that, I'm sure she'd ask me if I suffer from depression. I think for the most part we are all high energy, multi-tasking to the max women and then we have moments of just running out of gas, as my mom likes to say.