I guess I'm just Pollyanna... but being Pollyanna is getting harder.

You know Pollyanna.  She's optimistic.  She sees the best in people.

And honestly, I was like that.

I try to see the best in people.

But lately the optimism isn't there.

I see it in the news every day.  Occupy Wall Street (and the crap that brought it about), the Westboro Baptist Church, Newtown, And now Boston.

People ruled by the need to hate and destroy.

Gun control and gun laws are in the news.  I don't see the need for guns.  But then again, I am Pollyanna, the Chief Executive of Fantasy land.

These days news of man made destruction makes my heart hurt.

I'm going to go home, make dinner... and wait for Defiance.  Where the destruction is alien made.. and people are trying to work together...

Where did my weekend go?

I know where my weekend went:

I actually finished season 1.

And I liked it!  I'm going to borrow season 2 next weekend!








On Saturday we ended up at Cinema Cafe for lunch and a movie.  It was.... ok.

I don't think it's a movie that I want in my collection.



Sunday was laundry.

Holy crap, laundry.

I did 4 loads... and only managed to dry 3.  Our dryer takes triple the time to dry as a load takes to wash.

I also made chicken.   Seriously  make this recipe now.  Do not pass go.  Do not collect $200.

In the middle of laundry, I remembered that we were invited to a cook out.

Thant meant that there was NO way the laundry was going to finished that night.

We went, we had fun, and we ended up driving someone home.  I had the SE drop me off first.  While he was running her home I:  changed loads in the dryer, walked the dog, fed the pets, unloaded the re-loaded the dishwasher and put away the crock put and the leftovers.

GleeCap: Shooting Star

I never thought they'd go there.  But there was a school shooting on Glee.

The show started off crazily enough.... Brittany is crazy.  Beiste is in love with Mr. Shue.

Then a gun went off.

Now, for the uninformed,  the teachers did what they should have done:  lights off, door locked, and everyone hiding in corners and out of sight staying silent.   

Sue took the blame.  She was cleaning her gun and it went off.  I could tell she was lying.

Becky actually brought the gun. She was scared.

I must admit, I'm rather shocked that they went there.  But I'm not all up in arms about it.

And in other news, there's no word on season 5.  Apparently the show runners aren't committing to it yet.  And Fox is unlikely to renew if they aren't committed.  I'm not overly broken up about this either.  If this is the last season... it's not a bad place to stop.

It's Spring! When people's thoughts turn to... never mind...

I'm not a fan of spring.  The trees rain down pollen.  Seriously.  It drifts like snow.  Weddings are planned.  Mother's Day is planned for.  Graduations happen.  Vacations are planned.

You know.. that fun stuff that marks transitions and makes you feel special.

Some people get depressed around the holidays.  I get depressed in the spring.

I think it's my utter lack of any of these life transitions.  I had them, and never will again, or I won't ever have them.  (I'm not holding out hope for a real vacation any time soon)

I know I'm not the only one.

But life has to march on.  So I'll take some antihistamines  and start planning for may Commencement (which happens on Mother's Day).

(I know, it makes it that much extra depressing)

Some words of wisdom... for when you're feeling blue

I truly don't believe that we talk about mental health enough in this country.  And when we talk about it, it's usually so darn negative.  Many, many, many people have issues with depression and anxiety and the like.  I know it's severely under reported (where as ADHD is severely over-reported... but that's another post)

The Bloggess has always been an advocate for mental health.  And she's right, depression lies.

But the reason for this post is something that I came across.  A response to 21 Habits of Happy people.

21 Tips to Keep your Shit Together when You're Depressed.

I agree with every one of them.

And now... I'm off to the dentist.  Which also supremely sucks.

Uuggg. Monday...

Well, what a weekend it was....

We shopped.  I dyed my hair.  Laundry was sorted (I was lazy and haven't put it away.. I'll remedy this tonight)

The one thing that I'm not proud of was how hungry I was all weekend, and how I ate junk.

I gained some weight, and admittedly, it's that time of the month... but I know better.

So that means that I need to portion out my snacks, make sure to get up early to do a longer workout, and to shoot for 8000 steps a day.

But of course I'm here, buried under paperwork.

I'm off to take a bit of a brain break, before I go back to processing travel reinbursements!

Throne of Games!

Or was it the other way around.....?

So yesterday I decided to watch an episode of this show.  I decided that Episode 1 of season 1 would be an appropriate way to start....

And I just had to laugh...

Here's what the advertising for this show has looked like since the beginning:

Shot one of episode one.... it's snowing.

My thought:  Well.... winter came... now what?

The show was pretty good.  I think I'll give the first season a shot.

Though, I'm pretty sure sure Sean Bean's character dies.  He dies in every movie....