A Rather Pleasant Day For Me

It's been a rough couple of days, or was it a week? Whichever it was it was hard because the kids were out of school because of the snow. I could barely get any work done because of the noise, Zach had a couple of meltdowns, as did Dolly, I was having emotional ups and downs, and I couldn't keep my house clean no matter how hard I tried. The kids were constantly in and out playing in the snow so there were boots, sneakers, gloves, hats, coats, chunks of snow and ice, and whatever else they dropped on the floor all over the place. Not to mention all the wet clothes in the bathtub. Ugh.

They finally went back to school today, and they were all looking forward to it. YAY me! That hardly ever happens. I put them on the bus but I had a bunch of things to do this morning so I was moving from the time they left. Printing documents for my rental recertification, running to the bank for money to pay my rent, getting a money order for the rent, Dollar General for weekly supplies, then the recertification meeting - all before 10:30 this morning.

When I got home I figured I'd have something to eat and maybe get to relax a bit before they got home. I didn't sleep well at all last night; kept waking up every couple of hours but the times I did sleep offered funky dreams that I can still remember, in part, that didn't really mean anything. My first thought upon waking just before my alarm was that I'd had a bad night of sleep because when Zach went into one of his tantrums the other day he pulled my dream catcher off my wall. No dream catcher, messy dreams and even messier sleep. I just put it back up, though, and sent some positive energy to the universe so that I might have a restful sleep tonight. We'll see.

I didn't get a chance to rest once I got home today because my phone kept ringing, I didn't answer it, and huge chunks of snow and ice kept falling off my metal roof and smashing to the ground with loud booms. Tonight, though, I think I'll sleep okay because my day got better as the clocked ticked. I offered up two random acts of kindness within a five-minute span, the recertification meeting only took me twenty minutes, I got an invitation to a luncheon that is being given for the parents who volunteer at my kids' school, and a friend gave me information to find a song I was looking for and I actually found it. Thanks again for that, you have no idea how much I appreciate it.

I was already in a good mood before the song just because my funk had lifted a little bit but once I got it I was actually giddy with excitement, I kid you not. Once I had access to it I put it on my computer, and on my phone, and on my MP3 player. I can listen to it around the house, in my car, while I clean house, and while I'm sitting in my bed - which I did for over 90 minutes tonight. I set my media player to repeat and the song just kept playing over and over again, much to my excessive delight.

It's amazing how a little piece of information can make me so happy but I'm not complaining. I'm still sitting here smiling and singing the song in my head. All the little things today just added up to a good day for me and now I know I can go to sleep happy and, fingers crossed, sleep through the night. If I can keep the positive energy going I may be able to keep the funk away and actually continue to have pleasant days. If they start to go south I'll just hit the play button, listen to the song, and drive the funk in the opposite direction. For now I'm going to attempt to get some rest and wake up smiling in the morning.

Oh, what was the song, you ask? "Hello, Hello" by Elton John and Lady Gaga.

Until next time...peace to all.