My kids use the word Meh to describe that blah feeling…
It’s kind of how today feels
You know those days… you just feel irritated by the smallest things…
But you don’t have any feelings about most things…
It is perfectly summed up by Nathan Pyle in Strange Planet. I just want to go back to bed.
I’m tired of Covid-19. I’m tired of kids who are either struggling with school work or bored. I’m tired of making meals. I’m tired…
The reality of the same thing day after day is wearing on me.
So… what do I do with that?
Remedies for Meh include but aren’t limited to:
- Get out in the sunshine
- Talk to a friend
- Do something creative
- Exercise
- Plan something you can look forward to
- Count your blessings
- Do something to bless someone else
- Laugh
- What would you add?
I am struggling to want to do any of them, even when I know I will be glad to be out of this funk.
Sometimes we just need to get out of our own heads and start doing the things that will make a difference.
I can do this. I have before and I will again. I am aware that this is not true for everyone. Bad days have won for many people.
The other mothers that I do life with have faced different sets of challenges in this season. They have made choices to deal with them. We are all different.
We will continue to be there for each other. The other mother of the children I now care for did not have that. I am aware again today of how hard it must have been for her and for all the others who tried to go it alone!
So tonight I will go out and celebrate a dear friend reaching a milestone birthday! We will laugh together, eat yummy food together and be thankful for all that we have come through. We might even make plans to celebrate the end of this weird season of Covid, cancer, kids moving out, and all the other challenges that have tried to bring us down!
Something to look forward to!
In the midst of the mess
Marny
