Twilight - The Non-Vampiric Kind

Tuesday was one of those days.  Yep.  Drab, melancholy, bitterly depressing, cup-half-empty, plain ol' sucky - take your pick of dramatically descriptive words.  I'm not even entirely sure why it was such a crappy day.  It was business at usual at our house: early rise, breakfast, a bit of Elmo, morning walk, shower, nap, a little Grey's Anatomy for me, lunch, Costco trip (splurged on cheese and caramel popcorn!  Sound horribly gross, but is divine), spaghetti leftovers for dinner, etc.  I guess it's not what happened that day, but what went on in my head.  Sometimes, my brain, I swear is a Kamikaze bomber...no disrespect to Japanese people anywhere.  My brain sets me up for anxiety "episodes" ("they aren't attacks, they're episodes" - name that movie!!!) and dreary melancholy at nights.  I really wish I was a man sometimes.  Besides the obvious I-wanna-be-able-to-pee-standing-up rant, I wish I could compartmentalize my thoughts sometimes.  Instead, my womanly-wired brain constantly thinks of stressful things that flares up my anxiety all day...no matter what I'm doing.  Unless I'm watching a movie or reading an addictive book.  That's the only way to have a break from my thoughts. 

So, by the end of the day Tuesday, I was spent.  Shot.  Kaput.  I had a huge headache that probably had something to do with the rocks that my neck and shoulder muscles had turned into.  That's where all the stress goes, folks.  I skipped going to Young Womens that night (shhhh) and went straight to my bathtub.  I had 1/2 a bathbomb from LUSH leftover called Twilight.  It's a great one.  This one is really relaxing and soothing.  It's made with Lavender, Chamomile and other essential oils that make your skin awesomely soft.  Also, it has glitter in it.  Yep, glitter.  So when you get out of the tub, you shimmer.  It's pretty fun.    Plus, it makes your bathwater a dusk color (orange, pink, purple-ish, blue). 

It was heavenly.  Just soaking in the tub listening to great music from the soundtracks of Tuck Everlasting, Cinderella Man, The Village (beautiful violin solos), and Sense & Sensibility really helped me relax.

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This weekend, my mom and I are going to see The Hunger Games (I'm way excited to see it again and to see her reaction), we are doing some cleaning and hopefully some painting, and mowing the lawn as well.  So, here's to splatterings, mulch, and Peeta.