I am a funktified funk...
...haven't posted in a while...frustration entry below - back to regularly scheduled programming soon...
Bad days are funny, they just pile up with additional things. They're often very petty when looking back, but they seem so frustrating at the time. If I mentioned exactly why I'm in such a funk...you'd laugh...heck, years down the line, I'LL laugh..., I also probably won't remember why I wrote this entry, so I'll spit it out; I've lost two games in a row in one of my leages; for the first time in about 3+ years. I also have lost 2 in a row(when I've played in my Sunday league; we won a game inbetween, but I wasn't there, so that doesn't count). Work has been a little stressful lately as well, with various additional tasks being added to my plate every day, but I can easily turn things around and be more positive. 1) At least I am healthy enough to play ball, 2) 2 losses in a row for the first time in that many years? We've been doing really well and I have to expect a lull every now and then...and there's always room for improvement and we can get back on the winning track 3) At least I'm working...that one I have to remember far more often.
So things aren't as bad as they often seem to be, and things could ALWAYS be worse. My petty little issues are nothing compared with the real problems people face; but I'm not gonna lie and say they don't affect me at all. Just gotta make sure that if I do have a pity party, that it gets broken up right quick...
On a good note. Yesterday was "Read Across America Day" for Dr Seuss' b-day, and went and volunteered at Genesee's school to read to a couple of classes there. If you've never read or presented in front of kids that young(kindy's), I have to share that it was probably one of the most terrifying experiences as far as public presentations go that I've ever made. I was SOOOOOO nervous for the first class I read in; I was sweating...A LOT. Even the teacher noticed. It's tough because these kids; you HAVE to get their attention, and keep it. They can see right through any fakeness, and they can smell fear. Luckily, they warmed up to me quick, and I was able to entertain them :) By the second reading, I was fine and was interacting more with the kids. I highly recommend reading to kids as an exercise in public speaking. I think it's a great tool. Anyway, the pic above was taken by Genessee(thanks!), and thank goodness it was for the second reading, and not the first. I'd be mortified if people got pics of that....
55 small things you can always do
50. Sign and carry an organ donor card.
I've been very on the fence about this...b/c I have this phobia that if my life were on the fence, they'd opt to take those organs and donate them....eek! Not tryin to scare anyone, but that's how my neurotic mind works sometimes. Many people have their own personal reasons with this, so I'll actually leave it up to you and not try to push you either way... Only that it can help someone in real need, and assuming that all situations are kosher and ethical...then it'd be all good.
"wont know the light til you know the dark"
-AIM convo with Gen
Bad days are funny, they just pile up with additional things. They're often very petty when looking back, but they seem so frustrating at the time. If I mentioned exactly why I'm in such a funk...you'd laugh...heck, years down the line, I'LL laugh..., I also probably won't remember why I wrote this entry, so I'll spit it out; I've lost two games in a row in one of my leages; for the first time in about 3+ years. I also have lost 2 in a row(when I've played in my Sunday league; we won a game inbetween, but I wasn't there, so that doesn't count). Work has been a little stressful lately as well, with various additional tasks being added to my plate every day, but I can easily turn things around and be more positive. 1) At least I am healthy enough to play ball, 2) 2 losses in a row for the first time in that many years? We've been doing really well and I have to expect a lull every now and then...and there's always room for improvement and we can get back on the winning track 3) At least I'm working...that one I have to remember far more often.
So things aren't as bad as they often seem to be, and things could ALWAYS be worse. My petty little issues are nothing compared with the real problems people face; but I'm not gonna lie and say they don't affect me at all. Just gotta make sure that if I do have a pity party, that it gets broken up right quick...
On a good note. Yesterday was "Read Across America Day" for Dr Seuss' b-day, and went and volunteered at Genesee's school to read to a couple of classes there. If you've never read or presented in front of kids that young(kindy's), I have to share that it was probably one of the most terrifying experiences as far as public presentations go that I've ever made. I was SOOOOOO nervous for the first class I read in; I was sweating...A LOT. Even the teacher noticed. It's tough because these kids; you HAVE to get their attention, and keep it. They can see right through any fakeness, and they can smell fear. Luckily, they warmed up to me quick, and I was able to entertain them :) By the second reading, I was fine and was interacting more with the kids. I highly recommend reading to kids as an exercise in public speaking. I think it's a great tool. Anyway, the pic above was taken by Genessee(thanks!), and thank goodness it was for the second reading, and not the first. I'd be mortified if people got pics of that....
55 small things you can always do
50. Sign and carry an organ donor card.
I've been very on the fence about this...b/c I have this phobia that if my life were on the fence, they'd opt to take those organs and donate them....eek! Not tryin to scare anyone, but that's how my neurotic mind works sometimes. Many people have their own personal reasons with this, so I'll actually leave it up to you and not try to push you either way... Only that it can help someone in real need, and assuming that all situations are kosher and ethical...then it'd be all good.
"wont know the light til you know the dark"
-AIM convo with Gen
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