Boy oh boy. I’m just going to blame it on that business trip to Vegas. I found myself in one heck of a funk for more than a week. Probably closer to two. But I seem to be back on track again.
I took a mental health day on February 1st – I was suffering from terrible headaches (most likely from stress), and my LLM was in town and decided to go see a back doctor. So I took the day off, called in sick, and we slept late, went to his doctor, went and helped his Dad, then (the most important part) – bought me a brand spanking new mattress. I haven’t slept on a real mattress in over 20 years. Seriously. I went from a waterbed in my teens, to sleeping on various futons for the past 15 years.
I swear to the gods, I honestly believe the new mattress helped get me out of my funk. I wasn’t sleeping well at all – waking up in the middle of the night for hours on end. My neck was always out of alignment. So I decided it was time to be a grown up and buy myself a new mattress. It’s LUXURIOUS! It’s a lovely, thick, pillow top mattress that feels like you’re sleeping on the clouds of heaven. I’m in love. 
I also finally got to go skiing this past weekend. It was a neat day. The fog was so thick, but perfectly blue skies above it. So I was skiing in and out between thick fog and blinding sunshine. The snow was terrific too.
So I feel like I’ve come full circle out of my funk, and I’m so utterly happy about that. I’m not someone who normally suffers from depression. Oh sure, I get frustrated with humanity (sometimes more frequently than I’d like to admit), but depression doesn’t grip me too often.
On the 2nd of February (Groundhog Day!), I celebrated (loosely) my one-year blogiversary. My creativity blog is much more active than this one, and it’s the reason I began blogging. To hold myself accountable to being creative, as a challenge, for one year straight. I learned a lot about myself, creatively, in that year. The most important thing was that I clearly create in spurts. Now, after going crafting ~*~cRaZy~*~ for the holidays, I find myself taking a mid-winter break. I’m reading, listening to pod casts, lounging in baths and being totally lazy. And I’m okay with that. It’s what winter is for, right? But I do have a long list of projects I want to work on… so I think my lazy break will have to be short lived.
Anyway – here’s to the bright future of 2010.
Here’s to lifting the fog of winter drear-dom.
Here’s to reading, lounging and enjoying your own company.
