Good mood today

[cjsmith]

I really don't know why, but I'm in a good mood today.

My irrational fear that I will be the only one left behind after the layoffs isn't stressing me much right now. Painful stuff in my personal life has faded to the background for the moment. The little one-upsmanship games around here ("I know something you don't") aren't bothering me much today. Even my stress about the square dance I'll be calling on Saturday (I have to sing!!!) isn't too bad.

I feel good about straightening up the house a bit: flipped all the screwed-up circuit breakers, cleaned the fridge, reset lots of clocks, got the computer network up, turned off the sprinkler system. I also feel good about having just about all the written material I'll need for the dance (now it's just the songs). I am pleased that most of the people at work are happily joining the keep-in-touch list I made a while back; I feel like I'm socially useful :-).

It's always a little odd when I'm in a good mood and I don't know WHY. These things I've listed are the symptoms. I don't feel too bad about X, I feel pretty good about Y. But what made that happen? Other days I feel TERRIBLE about X and not that great about Y. What's different today? Dunno.

I certainly don't mind, though. Good moods are so... pleasant. Nice. I've missed them. I like this.

Comments

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Aren't you just about mid-cycle, or at least in the first half? That would tend to put you in a better mood.

Either way, glad to hear you are feeling good for a change! Here's hoping some of that rubs off on me!!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, there's that -- although my mood changes w.r.t. my cycle are very mild. (I get crabby during my period because, well, pain makes me crabby!) There's also the fact I spent a lot of time chatting with coworkers yesterday; that's good, gets me out of my shell. And I've been down for long enough about other stuff that I think my emotions just needed a holiday.

Wish I knew HOW to make something like that rub off -- I'll try to beam you a good mood, here, from my Magical Mental Mood Transporter ;-). Sorry to hear you're down.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Glad that your mood has improved, and good luck calling the dance this weekend.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll need the luck. (At least I told them before they hired me that singing was not my strength. They knew what they were getting. With luck, they won't hire me again for a while!)