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July 09, 2006

It's always better if I post when I'm in a good mood

I have been in a terrible mood lately. Like, for at least the last three weeks. I've just wanted to hibernate in a cave and not talk to anyone or see anyone. We did go out with Stuart and Mary, and Carly came over (I refused to leave the apartment), but other than that, I've seen no one but my family.

Today, however, I feel wonderful. There's no good reason for this. The sky, while gorgeous, is no bluer than it has been every other day this summer. I got 4 hours of sleep last night, so it can't be that I'm well rested. The apartment isn't suddenly clean and unpacked, so no weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I just feel good.

This morning, Lauren left for an overnight retreat with her staff, and I immediately took a shower (yes, voluntarily, and even knowing I wouldn't see anyone in the next 36 hours) and then turned on the Food Network. I read a book. I turned on the World Cup game. I did a load of laundry. I opened all the windows. I ordered us a dishwasher that will be here on Wednesday. I feel wonderful, even though I'm tired and my back hurts and once the game ends, there's nothing on TV.

I also finally got around to tackling a recipe for lemon cookies that I've been dying to try for well over a year. We never could because we didn't have a food processor or stand mixer. Now we do, and one of the first things I said to Lauren when we unpacked our kitchen was, "Now we can make the lemon cookies!" Right now, the batter is cooling in the fridge. I'm not 100% confident that I did everything right, but the batter is yummy, so I'm going to assume all is well. I don't even mind that there wasn't enough lemon juice and I'm going to have to juice some of the lemons I zested this morning. But it is too bad I didn't wait three days so that I wouldn't have to wash the CuisinArt by hand...

I have nothing looming ahead of me for the next 24 hours until Lauren gets home. I can stay up all night or I can go to bed early. I can read a bunch of BSC books or I can zone out in front of the TV. I can watch the entire second season of Popular without moving. I can eat ice cream. I can clean if I want to. I can not answer a SINGLE phone call unless it's my wifey.

I'm very happy.

Posted to Mental Health at July 9, 2006 03:25 PM

Comments

Posted by: Melanie at July 9, 2006 06:40 PM