do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup

Do you ever just have one of those days? One of those terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad days? You know what I'm talking about, where nothing seems to go your way, and the world is out to get you? For one reason or another, Tuesday was shaping up to be that kind of day...

The house was a mess, I had a bunch of stuff to prepare for Young Women's and frankly, my heart just wasn't in it. My parents were headed to court to finalize their divorce. I had just finished my period. I was cranky, bloated, lacking sleep, and everything Peter was doing was getting on my nerves (he seemed to pick up on my distress and gave me lots of hugs and kisses that day). I can't really explain it, but it seemed like a whole lot of nothings, adding up into a great big something.

Then I remembered a talk I had heard a few weeks ago at the "Best of EFY". I don't even remember who the speaker was, but he talked a lot about choices. We can choose to be angry, or we can choose to get over it. We can choose to be happy, or we can choose to wallow in our misery. Everything in this life is a choice. I know you're thinking to yourselves, "Well, duh Megan? My 5 year old could have told you that!" But for some reason, his words just clicked with me. Oprah calls them her, "Aha! moments". Well, this girl had an "Aha! moment". Call it a tender mercy. Call it inspiration. Call it whatever you will, but in that second I just decided to get happy.

"What would make me happy today?" I asked myself. Well to start, some good music. I put on Bob Marley and Colbie Caillat, and soon I was jamming-out like I was headed to a beach party. Then I thought, "Polka-dots. Polka-dots make me really happy." So I put on my polka-dot scarf, and put some polka-dots on my blog. I surfed the web, looking for some pictures of polka dots (are those shoes divine or what?). I mean, who doesn't love brightly colored dots, print dresses (Lucy!), or a good old-fashioned game of Twister (especially if it's with a hot guy)? I was starting to feel better and better already.Then it was off to the make-up room to get myself all dolled up. I dug through my make-up box and pulled out one of my favorite eye shadows of all time called "Beauty Marked Velvet" by Mac. It's this gorgeous hooker-black with hints of shimmering red and gold sparkles. I don't wear it too often because it's dramatic and daring, but I thought, "Why not? The only person who is going to see me is Peter, so I may as well do what I please." So I put on my hooker eye shadow, and strutted around the kitchen with my apron and bare feet, feeling as proud as a peacock.

The weather was starting to turn cold again, and I was just feeling grumpy about not being able to go outside, so I decided to do a picnic lunch that night for dinner. Peter and I went to the store and bought raspberry lemonade, bbq beef sandwiches, fresh fruit salad, stuff for smoothies (see Cupcake Chowder for the recipe), and I even made my mom's world famous pea salad (anyone who has had this salad, knows it's a little mouthful of heaven). That night I went to Young Women's full of yummy food, and looking hot - hot - hot. Needless to say, the day turned out to be one of the best I've had in a while, and I'm here to tell y'all, I'm glad that I made the right choice. ;)