The past two days have been slightly irregular for me, meaning I have spent them in somewhat of a grumpy mood. Mother's Day was a great day spent in Pittsburg with my in-laws, but by the time we headed home in the car I could feel a headache starting that came on full force as we pulled in the driveway and remained there until bedtime.
Yesterday I couldn't quite shake my grumpy mood and felt irritated at every false move anyone in this house made, which is a feeling I don't like to have. The typical daily "problems" the girls find themselves in seemed to frustrate me more than usual and by the time I made it home from my late night grocery run (the store is NOT a place to go when you're in a bad mood) I was definitely ready to end this no good, very bad day and go to bed.
As I sat in bed trying to fall asleep I started to think about the past couple of days and began feeling sorry for myself as one tends to do until all of a sudden it hit me like a ton of bricks. What in the world do I have to complain about? I could hardly pinpoint my reasons for being grumpy (although I have a pretty good idea) and here I have let it ruin an entire day. So many people are going through much, much worse problems, if you even want to call my mood a problem, and I am on the verge of tears feeling sorry for myself over nothing!
Needless to say I gave myself a quick kick in the butt and told my sour mood to take a hike. My life is fantastic and I should spend every day being thankful for what I have, not dwelling on the little things that won't even matter come next week. I think humans thrive for a conflict. We enjoy making something out of nothing and we like to be the martyr for whatever reason, but I am through with that. Life is too great to spend time seeking out reasons to be upset.
Everyone deserves a grumpy day, and yesterday was definitely mine. Today is a new day and I am moving on and being thankful for this wonderful life God has given me. The girls are eating breakfast (muffins I whipped up this morning because today WILL be a good day) and then we will spend the afternoon being happy and having fun, because what is there to be sad about?
There is an episode of The Electric Company (one of Addy's shows) that seems to be our favorite in this house. It is all about the "unmuffin," an unbelievably delicious muffin that turns you into the "unversion" of yourself if you take a bite. If you are normally happy, you become sad. If you are normally nice, you become mean. Everyone is trying to get everyone else to "have a muffin" in order to either change into the bad or good version of themselves and the target is a character named Jessica - "Have a muffin Jessica." We tend to use the phrase a lot around this house and today I think it seems appropriate for me to take a second bite of my "unmuffin" so I can turn back into the regular version of myself. Have a muffin Lindsey, have a muffin...
Sincerely Yours,
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