Re: FEEL GOOD STUFF

[Guest guest]

I agree with the recommendations re: laughter. See a movie, or go to a comedy

club, or maybe rent some old favorites. I just saw the (believe it or not,

documentary) " Aristocrats " . It's gross, crude and incredibly hysterical. I

laughed so hard I cried rivers of tears. Felt great afterwards too.

Grace Keh wrote:

So.

What do you all do on the kind of day when you just don't want to do what

you do anymore, for today anyhow?

Some might call this the " I want to stuff myself silly and go to sleep " kind

of day... others call it " I wish I never woke up and were still sleeping "

kind of day.

I was fine last night and come tomorrow might be great again.

But for the moment - I am writing my resignation only I don't have anyone to

turn it into. <the kids, maybe?>

So I was wondering if you guys have any good, happy things you do for

yourself on days like this.

I have my own list, but I've exhausted them all over and over again and am

fed up with most aspects of this list, too. )

My list:

1. Read: ain't nothing like falling into a novel for hours on end, or in

some cases days on end, living life vicariously through whoever the main

character in the book is. You'd think I would read a romance novel about

beautiful but no - - I much prefer suspense, action, conspiracies, etc.

Something on the wild side... and no science fiction stuff either. I have

enough unbelievable stuff in real life, thank you. But in the last month, I

have stayed up until 4 AM near nightly reading books- and after 30 something

books, always one whole book per day it seems - - I am quite finished with

books.

2. Taco Bell - - - aka " Comfort Food " as far as I am concerned. Only I

have to get dressed to go get it, and today - I'm not much in the mood to

get dressed.

3. Beauty Salon / Hair Makeover day: nothing can be as quick of a lift as

getting a good hair cut and color. Until you realize you STILL look

exhausted and like crap and then it ends up making you feel worse and $200

or so poorer. I guess I could still try it, and goodness knows I need a cut

and should get a new color <maye blue to match my mood>. Hmm.

4. Dog Training: there is something truly refreshing <for me anyhow> about

taking my dogs out and training them to work in an endeavor. Or taking them

swimming... or doing anything with them. As you watch your dogs run in the

fields or park - - without a true care in the world - - you see the beauty

of being a dog. They aren't children, even if some people treat their dogs

like their children. But in the end, they are not my children - - my dogs

actually listen and they don't destroy the house. This always works, except

it's too cold for me to motivate myself to do that with them today. I guess

I could go tracking but then laying a track and aging it..... ugh. Refer

back to my reason for not doing #2.

5. Massage: don't know - never actually did go out to get it done. But it

sounds good, huh? Manicure, pedicure - - all good stuff but never made me

feel better - - and besides, where am I going? Answer: NOWHERE.

6. Internet Shopping: now here is one of God's <or man's> greatest gifts.

Splurge in your jammies. I did that this morning already... and in a week

or so, I will be happy but it sure doesn't do damn thing for my mood TODAY.

7. COFFEE: This, I do many times in a day, but to have a fresh pot of

coffee made just for me..... it always works for a good 30 minutes to 1 hour

of " feel good " time. But today, even the coffee tastes like OIL.

8. When all else fails - - VEGAS. But I just got back in August. Can't

make a case for why I need to go back tonight.

Then that leaves me exactly where I am - asking you all what YOU do. I

know this has nothing to do with autism, and maybe it's not the right list,

but I'm thinking you guys can understand best the mood I am in - - and was

hoping perhaps there is something you guys do that I haven't thought of that

accomplishes the same thing.

Grace

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