Over Done

I got up very early and went to work early so I could get a jump start on the work load that I missed while being sick. I was at the office with coffee and breakfast by 6:30 am. I had an hour and a half to myself before anyone else showed up at the office. It was very productive, but I'm wishing now that I had taken it more easy today. By 4:30 I was exhausted. Thankfully my manager recognized my discomfort and told me to go home. I think I left a trail of coat, shoes, purse, briefcase, etc. on my way to the bed! LOL

Tonight the teenager is out with her friends and I'm here reclining on the bed with the toddler watching VHS movies from when the teenager was her age. The girls look identical to one another at this age, but they are so not alike. The teenager is a Leo and her fire burns on the inside. The toddler is a Capricorn and her fire definitely burns on the outside. She never stops moving, has temper tantrums, questions and fights everything, and could be considered in some markets a rapid weight loss tool. I guess it's why my hubby is so skinny... he's always the one chasing her because I'm too tired. LOL

I was thinking about my list today and I actually came across an aritcle that talked about how to live a more positive life. #2 on my list was smile more. The article talked about laughing... even fake laughing can produce endorphins. The thought about fake laughing made me smile and I sat there "fake" laughing to see what it felt like. I recommend it. Fake laughing, after a while, makes you chuckle for real. LOL Another thing the article talked about was using positive responses to questions. When someone asks you how you are, always start out by saying GOOD! That one is going to take some getting used to for me. I actually made me uncomfortalbe to think how many times I have answered that question with a negative response, or saying "Good, but...." Interestingt things to think about.

I'm tryng to use the technique more wtih my children as well. Instead of saying NO all the time, I'm trying to find other ways to talk about choices being made. With the toddler, it's "Well, that's not for little girls," and with the teenager it's "have you thought about what would happen if you decided to do that?" It has actually led to some conversations with the teenager when typically she would just go and sulk because I said no.

Well, I'm starting to drift away. I'm going to snuggle up with the toddler while I still can, watch Disney movies, and think positive :)