Yesterday morning I awoke to hazy skies, well I guess they were hazy, you couldn't actually see through all the fog. I immediantly reminded myself that fog goes away after just a an hour or so and then I would see the sun. I got on my shoes and hit the treadmill. The Today show was blasting away the latest on Haiti and the boys were running back and forth between me and the cartoon on in the other room. I finnished my morning routine and found myself staring out the window willing the fog to go away. It hadn't even lifted the tinyest bit. By 10:30 the fog was still there and my mood was hanging just as low as the clouds. I had no motivation to do anything. I moped through lunch, made Isaac take a nap (that went over like a lead balloon), and sat with a good book for all of ten minutes. Then Nick was awake. He didn't want to play quietly in his room, he wanted to storrm the house looking for who knows what. Of course, the racket woke up Isaac (who is like a bear being abruptly awaken from hibernation) and the moping continues. I laid on the couch and watched movies with them and looked at books with them, but nothing helped. The fog had lifted (of course it's now three o'clock in the afternoon and my mood is set in stone), but the sun was nowhere in sight.
FINALLY, the sun came out. It was after four o'clock, the sun sets at 5pm here. Yeah, I know. What's the point. My mood continued to sour my entire evening. I went to bed hoping for a better day.
This morning I woke up to the sun rising. I could see it rising, pink and happy. Ahhh, a good day is ahead. The sun has been shining in all our windows saying "Hello" and "I love you, Emily". I have been an active participant in life today. It's been so nice. So now all I have to do is figure out how to make the sun shine every day . Maybe a move to Alaska is in order, wait, only for the sunny season, we would have to move back as soon as those no sun days started!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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Bad-weather days can get me down too! And doesn't it always seem like the kiddos plan to revolt on those particular days?! ;)
ReplyDeleteTurn all the lights on in the house, blast some summery party tunes, and DANCE! I prescribe this for you, followed by handfuls of orange segments, eaten with wild abandon. Let the juices run free.
ReplyDelete(And I'm going to check back here next time a dull, foggy day attacks Heavenly house...I'll need to follow my own advice :))
I'm glad you got some sun at last! It's amazing how much the weather can dictate how we feel!
ReplyDeleteHow funny...I had the same kind of day yesterday....I just could not get my mood out of the stinky slums! Hope today was refreshing for you!
ReplyDeleteI hear you. I need my some sunshine to get my mood up and feel more energy. On a side note, do you run on the treadmill every morning? I need to get into a great workout but it is hard with 2 little girls in my way!
ReplyDeleteTina- I walk (usually at the warm up level) for twenty minutes three times a week. My five year old knows to not get too close, and I think my 20 month old is still a little afraid of it. I also let them watch cartoons, since I do it first thing after my husband and older son leave, they are usually pretty involved with the tv.I also limit tv time, so it's kind of a treat.I just started in the beginning of Jan.Slowly working my way up to actually doing any real work on my muscles!
ReplyDeleteI'm so tired of fog and overcast skies! We're going on 3 days with no sun. However, the fog is doing amazing things to the trees as it freezes on them. Kind of amazing. I'm glad you got some sun!
ReplyDeleteLooks like everyone agrees with you about the sun... once you figure out how to make it shine every day (even if it isn't for the entire day) please let me know. Or, if you don't want to share your secret, just let me move in next to you. :-)
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