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I feel as if I've been running behind all day even though I know I gained an extra hour from "falling back" for Daylight Savings.  I'm sure it doesn't help that I worked 6.5 hour day yesterday (giving me a 6-day work week and knowing that I'm heading into another 6-day work week...) and this past week I also had a dentist appointment one day after work and ended up coming down with an allergy attack or cold which left me without a voice for a couple of days.  Ugh...  Thankfully I'm feeling mostly better and my voice is almost 100% back (comes and goes a little still and I've had a slight cough still today) but it wasn't a fun week.  Plus we had all of the kids and the insanity that comes at Halloween...  Oh, well.  I dressed up as Ursula at work for Halloween so it was fun.  =)

Okay - I shouldn't laugh but one of my dogs was on a blanket on the couch, scratching his ear, minding his own business when my other dog pulled the blanket onto the floor and the result was a very surprised dog toppling onto the floor.  What makes it funnier is I have a long-haired chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier so neither one of them is a big dog.  The chihuahua is the one who ended up on the floor.  Like I said, I know that I shouldn't be laughing but I just found the whole situation to be super funny.  Maybe I need to embrace this moment and work on appreciating each moment for what it is and not always feel as if I need to feel the "proper" emotion.

There are times where I seem to limit my emotions since I've had "emotional outbursts" bite me in the butt.  Because I feel as if I have to limit my emotions at work, I have found myself limiting emotions in other areas of my life as well and I'm not happy about that.  I definitely don't want to become someone with a robotic personality so I need to learn how to balance things out - the fun and the serious and the silly and the calm.  I know that it's going to be a challenge but it's one that I'm up for because I know that something needs to change.

One of the things that I need to remember is that the rest of my story doesn't need to be put on hold as I'm working on one of the chapters.  I know that I have a tendency to get hyper focused and overanalyze especially when things get frustrating/overwhelming/when I start to doubt myself.  Rather than doubting myself or getting frustrated/overwhelmed, I need to look at these times as learning opportunities and move on from them.  Times like this always make me think of Kermit the Frog.  That may be strange to you but it makes me think of him at the end of the original Muppet Movie - "Life's like a movie, write your own ending.  Keep believing, keep pretending..."

Well my dear readers, I have definitely given myself some things to think about tonight and daylight savings times is catching up with me so I should probably think about heading to bed before too much longer.  I hope you embrace opportunities that add to your story - either positively or negatively, embrace them as your own and let you be you!  =)