Much Better Day
Today is going MUCH better than yesterday did. My only complaint is that it is a colder than a witch’s………well you know. It is one of those New England winter days where the sun is shining brilliantly in the sky and reflecting off the snow and yet when you walk outside you can’t even breathe it’s so cold. It actually hurts to take a breath. I can’t see my thermometer because the storm window in my kitchen is iced over. You would think that married to a glass guy I’d have better windows. LOL
I had a startling revelation yesterday about why I seem to have days like that. Aside from the obvious of way too many kids, way too little time, it occurred to me yesterday that I have those frazzled, chasing my tail in circles kind of days about once a month. At the same time. Every month. Hormones are just evil things that I know from 4 pregnancies but to have to be a total airhead every 28 days? That is driving me insane.
I assume it’s because of how differently I perceive events at “that time”. I read in Dr. Phil’s Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge that when you are feeling stress you should realize that the stress is not the situation itself but in your reaction to and interpretation of the situation. This makes so much sense to me. The more I learn not to sweat the small stuff the less stressed all the time I feel. I don’t mean to overstate the obvious but sometimes my life moves so fast that I don’t have time to think. LOL
I have created a daily schedule of sorts to try and create a time slot for each of the things that I must accomplish and want to accomplish each day and so far it’s working. I am a long time follower of Flylady but honestly it never “took”. But as I look at this stuff I see now that it really has started to take hold. I have a regular pattern or order I do things in each day and by creating time slots in my day to do those things that “need” to get done and those things that I really “want” to do I feel significantly less overwhelmed. What a blessing in itself.
Off to scarf some lunch and hop a few blogs. Have a wonderful day!!!
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By Aretha, January 7, 2004 @ 5:42 pm
hi hon,
oh it was terribly cold here this morning! tho im sure it probably isnt as cold here as there, but 8 is just way out place down here lol
im glad today is going better! sounds like you had a real monster of a day yesterday.
huggs
By Andrea, January 8, 2004 @ 10:29 am
HECK FAR! I thought I was lost when I surfed in here! ROFL Totally different layout and look… I like!
I hate those hormonal "girl things" too. There should be a law… LOL