Finally! A profile picture!

I finally took the time, (and it wasn't long at all!) to get a picture up. That would be my daughter, in the fall of 2009. She is on the high school girls softball team, and now in track, and the summer traveling softball team, as well. Yeah, I'm busy. =)

"The sun is warm, the grass is green."

I don't recall why Mr. Miyagi tells Julie this in "The Next Karate Kid," but hey, it can help visualize a sense of calmness, or serenity. You try it. It is raining and overcast here today, but if I close my eyes and repeat that, it makes me happier, and not as sleepy feeling as days like this are prone to do. I have found myself repeating that, when put "in a mood" by my teenager. I was shopping for groceries the other day, and I was tired, and ready to come home. My teen calls with a request for two of her friends, that she had been with ALL afternoon, to spend the night. I. Do. Not. Like. Last. Minute. Requests. At all. Plus, our house was FILTHY! I said no. Long story short, she wore me down. I gave in. So I finished my shopping with alternating feelings of seething rage, at her for acting five instead of fifteen,(she begged, "please, please, pleeeaaase) and at myself for caving, and feelings of not wanting to be grumpy, especially when I got home. So I shopped, while in my head, I was saying, "The sun is warm, the grass is green." It helped. I have a feeling I am going to be saying that a lot this week. I have to go to the next town over, 3 times this week, not to mention go to another town an hour away. Running, running, running, ALL the time, it seems these days. It gets on my nerves. It uses a lot of gas, and it robs me of time spent at home, where there is a desperate need for decluttering and cleaning! I have been feeling depressed, I guess, and been pretty grumpy, too. I don't get enough sleep, for various reasons, and then have no energy for exercise. However, I am trying to get my sleep and my moods straightened out, so that maybe the rest of my life will run smoother. I started taking melatonin at bedtime to help me sleep. I think it is helping. Tonight will be night number three, so we shall see. I also started taking SAM-e, which is supposed to help your mood, and symptoms of pms. I'll have to get back to you on that one.....