Oh great fortune cookie!

I was just talking with Jessica G-J about my bad week this week and how I've felt like I was on highs and lows the whole time. There were days where I couldn't make my face stop sagging from sadness and then days like today where I couldn't say I was happy, but at least I was alert and moving and talkative. Jessica said she's been feeling the same way...which made me wonder, do we all go through the winter blues and just not tell each other?

Granted, the weather around here has been quite erratic. One day it's 55 and then the next it's 30. It rains, then it snows, then it melts. It's been quite strange.

Kendall mentioned the other day that he heard on the radio that January 23rd is usually the most depressing day of the year. It's usually a gloomy day, most people realize they have yet to follow through on their New Year's resolutions, and most bills from the holidays are starting to come due. But maybe this year it wasn't just a day, maybe it was the whole week. The week did start with the 23rd.

Or, maybe we all just start to drag since we're not getting enough sunlight. It's probably a combination of things. The holidays have passed and we have the long stretch until Easter/Passover. Our gas bills are sky high. When it's cold, we generally stay inside more. And with the early darkness, bedtime feels early. Aka, the winter blues.

I was feeling especially down yesterday when I opened my fortune cookie...it said, "You are only as happy as you think you are." Today I resolve to try to follow that mantra. I can only be as happy as I tell myself I am. Just a thought for the day.