My whole schedule has been thrown out of whack this month and I'm behind on everything.  I wasn't in the greatest frame of mind to begin with, and that negativity spilled over into manifesting itself in this bodily ailment.  Which is still lingering.  My voice comes and goes.  Now some people like that a lot......

Christmas Eve I was moping around feeling very sorry for myself and crying and wallowing in the Slough of Despond for a little while.  My son arrived for dinner, so I cheered right up and we had a good time.  He presented me with a Mini Mac for Christmas!!!!!!!!

Needless to say, I was completely taken aback by this gift.  I had been dreaming about getting a Mac as my next computer, but since I just got a new PC this year, I wasn't expecting to have a Mac for years to come.  I have a lot of learning to do, and this should keep me sufficiently occupied to keep me from wallowing in despair for a while.  I guess we all go thru these periods in our lives where things just aren't going very well and we feel a certain amount of hopelessness about life in general.  It's just not very enjoyable.

For me, those periods affect the entire physical body.  Since I don't get sick very often, I guess the good news is that I have a pretty good mental state after all.  Getting back into Creativity mode, however, has been a long, slow process and I still haven't completed the artwork for the last pet contest.  Amy Weber had sent her half to me weeks ago, and all that I have completed so far is one sketch!  So that's definately on my list of things to do this weekend.

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