=just breathe=

The last couple of weeks, I've been in the worst mood and I really can't put my finger on the reason. I know that life has been majorly stressful lately with money, lack of sleep, not enjoying my job, constantly feeling sick to my stomach and not seeing Michael very often, but never have I dealt with it this way. I mean, I'm not saying that I've never been mean and moody, those who know me know that's not true, but I'm extra moody lately and I'm taking it out on the people that I love. I'm sitting here on my lunch at work thinking about how I can overcome this. However, my mood is preventing me from thinking optimistic. So, I'm going to make a list of things that make me happy. By reading and writing it...it might help my mood.

• The way Michael's eyes look when he looks at me
• Michael's laugh
• Hailey's random kisses and hugs
• The way that Hailey smiles and says "HI!" when I walk into a room
• Hailey's laugh
• Waking up to see blue sky
• Vanilla tea
• My soft, warm bathrobe
• Slippers
• The first night sleeping in clean sheets
• The sun shining through my apartment on a mid Saturday afternoon
• The smell of fresh laundry
• A long, steaming hot shower
• Lazy Sunday mornings with both Hailey and Michael
• Game nights
• Ice cold CAN of Dr. Pepper
• Dancing with Hailey every night
• Spooning with Michael
• The way Hailey says "Pepper" (Sounds like pepour)
• How quiet it is on a night that it snows
• The way the sun feels beating down on me in a cool afternoon

Reading this list, I need to remember to just breathe when things are getting to me. I have a lot to be thankful for and I know there is more I could put on here. In fact, there is no excuse to be in the mood I am in. How quickly we let our moods over come us and forget of the things that truely make us happy. I feel better already, but the true test is when Michael gets home from work tonight.

=Stephanie=