Bay day?

Have you ever had a really bad day? Been in a really grumpy mood, huffing and puffing and breathing hard all day, adding to the stress of being stressed.

I have those days. I am trying to notice that it is happening and then try and pull myself out of it. I am trying to notice things that will make me smile later on in the day... like driving this morning and I went past a bus stop and there was an elderly (my grandmother has taught my children after many grumps and humphs that she is not OLD she is elderly) lady sitting on the seat swinging her legs like a child. It made me smile, and then as I drove further down the road, I looked in the rear vision mirror and saw the little legs under the wall of the bus stop still swinging. That made me smile harder.

And so when my day is yukky and my brow is furrowed and I want to go to bed, I go through my catalogue of 'smile harder's and draw on something to pull me out.

And of course, we can always just look around and see that someone else is having a bad day too... we are not the only ones... little people have bad days, good days, mean days, mummy days, happy days, so many different days. Perhaps I could teach mine to draw on themselves to brighten up their days too.

After all, who wants that grumpy face around...