What made me happy today was going out and exercising even though it was the last thing in the world that I wanted to do. I have days where I have to fight myself on this, where I'd much rather give into the aches and pains that I somehow make so much bigger simply so that I can con myself into believing that it might be a good idea to take a day off.
I cannot tell you how many times I have given into that desire only to do the same thing the next day and the day after that. My little break turns into years. I really am too much to take sometimes with my ridiculousness. Trust me on this.
So I put my sneakers on, pulled my hair back, popped my IPOD in my ears (on songs that lift my heart) and I walked.
The payoff is twofold. I get the exercise which somehow helps me cope with my life so much better (not that my life is horrible or anything, but I've found that I need to make time to exercise because ultimately it makes me feel so much better.) And secondly, I feel good that I didn't give in to my desire to be a lazy ass, and, really, that's worth every blister and shin splint. I think.
So that was my moment of happiness which lasted most of the day.
And I went out for Chinese food afterwards with my husband, and that was good, too.
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Hey, good for you! I've always found that it's true what they say about keeping the blues at bay: you need to EAT, SLEEP, and EXERCISE, and there's no doubling up on one to avoid another (believe me, if there was a way, I would have found it). So I dragged my sorry ass to the bus stop today on foot pulling my littles in the not-so-little-red-wagon, and felt virtuous for a solid five minutes. WHOO, TITS!
Oh and thanks for reading and especially for commenting! Your comment cracked me up--I do TRY to provide explanations for those who are interested in figuring out the lingo, but if you'd only seen the blog on feed reader I can see how you'd think I was NUTS! Now I feel like I should run a "beware, all ye feedreaders" post just in case. Thanks for sticking it out, and props on your perseverance!
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