Blegh.

Mind's afloat...

And so it was the Monday after a long weekend spent playing and celebrating in Boston/Cape Cod and Merry Meri who should be feeling fresh and fierce is feeling frazzled and funky.  Maybe just because it's Monday or perhaps because me and the mister have spent the past 5 consecutive weekends away from home, I'm just in no mood. I even tried one of my own favorite tricks and put on a killa outfit this morning, but alas I am funkified and so funkified I shall be (at least I'll look good doing it?!) Someone pour me a glass of sour lemons.

That sounds about right.

We'll try the whole super cheery blogger thing again tomorrow. Until then, just look at THIS (awww).

Hump Day Distractions

Humpy the Camel. Tough name.

Hey-o it's Wednesday, can I get a whoop whooop!? No? Too soon? Well at least you've made it halfway and hopefully it's smooth sailing for the rest of the week. Here to distract you are some fabulous gift-guides which I've curated from around the web (why do it myself when others are already doing it so well!?) as well as a few other smile-worthy links. Have a good one!

* Short on inspiration!? Here are some fabulous gift guides of every kind: 

     For the ladies in your life, click HERE, HERE (under $25!), HERE, HERE, HERE, 

     For the gents (Dr. H, something in here has been purchased for you!), click HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE

     For coworkers, click HERE, HERE, HERE

     For those adorable kiddos, click HERE, HERE, HERE

* A great place to shop for anyone in your life with a sense of humor.

* I want to go to there.

* Top alternative songs of the 90s. Because we should never forget Spacehog, Collective Soul or Eve 6.

* Is it Friday yet?

* Thank you parents (and lemons) for THIS.

The Lemonade Stand is Closed.

They say when life gives you lemons...

I am in a post-vacation mindfuzz (that's the G-rated version of clusterf**k in case you were wondering). Though my first day back at work was nothing terrible, it was especially work-y (go figure) and my mind is a bit cluttered/overwhelmed by upcoming events (moving) and travel (8 weeks, 4 states, 2 countries). No matter how hard I tried yesterday, I could not turn my lemons into lemonade. For example:

- I woke up in a toilet paper-less apartment. Nothing like starting your day by yelling for your husband to bring you the bedside tissue box.

- It rained. A rainy day in NYC is the most opposite thing from a sunshiney day in Maine one could possibly experience

- I packed a gym bag feeling super "work off that second (third?) serving of lobster mac" motivated, only to realize I failed to include a sports bra. No comment on how that spin class worked out (a bouncing good time!?)

I pride myself on seeing the sunny side no matter how funkified my mood, but funkified I was. I resorted to old techniques (call mom; listen to upbeat music; dress in a favorite outfit; look at old pictures from a happy day) and I tried new techniques (plan a delicious dinner to look forward to; splurge on a SoulCycle class) but nothing seemed to work. I wasn't even in the mood to online shop!! My revelation after all this was that maybe it's ok to just funk-out sometimes. My determination to make myself feel happier actually turned into added stress as I failed to find a way to "snap out of it". I guess we're all entitled to the occasional very un-merry mood and when it hits we should be willing to embrace it, face it and then move on. Screw lemonade, sometimes sour lemons taste just fine.