So, I've been happy. So much that I'd randomly start smiling. It was really nice.

Not that I'm not happy now. But I'm not as up as I was last month. I think mostly I'm just run down now, as in tired, from being busy. I'm still very good though, and enjoying time I get either with friends or at home, to do the things I want to do. I took a mental health day from work last Tuesday, and that REALLY was good for me. I needed a vacation from the vacation (Thanksgiving was the weekend before). But I'd like to be happy as much as I was last month again. I mean I was in such a good place. I didn't even care that I don't have a bf/gf or prospect for a mate. I was happy just being me! And I knew, I felt, it was time....

The only thing I can figure why I was so happy is because I had been doing the One A Days. It really works! Picking just one thing each day that makes you happy no matter when you think about it. I'm not talking fleeting things, or things that would make you unhappy in other circumstances, just a little something that makes you smile when you think about it. So I'm going to start them again. And you really should too. Even if you don't post them online. And in two weeks, let me know how you feel!

Perhaps there's more to it than that. While the cruise was only nice, I did love time with my Mom and Brother, and the dolphins, and I know those made me happy. And despite Halloween being thrown off for me (my party before the cruise, then warm and ocean time, then back to cold and Halloween all of a sudden), I still got to hand out candy and see lots of kids! Awesome. I felt Christmas early this year, before Thanksgiving, though I tried to hold it off as much as I could until Thanksgiving - I finally gave up the week of Thanksgiving. And though Thanksgiving kinda ruined that, I know I'll be back in the spirit again, I've already felt twinges of it here and there.

So, I am still randomly happy and pretty much totally good. I still smile without much reason on occasion, just not as much as last month. I just need more time to get done all the things I need to get done so I can enjoy more and do the stuff I want to get done. I'm thinking of not taking a class next semester, to free up a day. Though perhaps if I do I'll try to set up a day with Lisa instead, like how Wednesdays is Pontiac/Wilcox day. We shall see.

Happy happy all!