Did we talk about this last year?
The weather is appalling, the Christmas credit card bills are landing on the doorstep . . . and you've already broken your New Year's resolutions.
But don't worry, if you can just get through today, things will start to look up.
Monday, January 21, you see, has been officially declared the gloomiest day of the year.
Psychologist Cliff Arnall, an expert in depression, has used a mathematical formula to pinpoint today as Blue Monday.
He says it is the day when six factors come together to leave us at our most miserable.
They are: the dank and gloomy weather; Christmas debt; a feeling of monotony after the Christmas cheer has faded; broken New Year's resolutions; low levels of motivation; and a desperate feeling that you need to take action to improve your drab existence.
Today sucks - science says so!
And how did he know that I have a drab existence?
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I'm off to the remaining 3 hours of Arisia!
Sniff. Rub it in, why don't you?
Monday, January 21, you see, has been officially declared the gloomiest day of the year.
This explains why I feel like crap. It doesn't explain what feels like a cracked rib (I'm 95% sure it's just muscle strain), but it explains almost everything else.
I think Friday was worse. But that's apparently because I'm such an unpleasant person I can't stand my own company.
Emily is emphatically NOT an unpleasant person. All kinds of hells no on that one.
My entire body is sore.
Timelies all!
I have today off, and am in my pajamas right now. Soon I will shower and dress, but I don't have much on my agenda other than watching tapes.
They are: the dank and gloomy weather; Christmas debt; a feeling of monotony after the Christmas cheer has faded; broken New Year's resolutions; low levels of motivation; and a desperate feeling that you need to take action to improve your drab existence.
Is that why it was hailing this morning? Hail!
I am at least partly dressed--but I'm in sweatpants and clogs for shlepping around the house. I planned to go running this morning, but it's raining so instead I had the last of these killer sweet rolls my friend Laura brought over yesterday. Now I have some writing and laundry to do.
Man, I love long weekends.
Oh, cinnamon buns. That's what I should do today. If I took the time to make cinnamon buns today, the happy would far outlast the work.
Sorry about the woes, Dana. But Gareth David-Lloyd sings!
