Last night, for no apparent reason, I got into a rather nasty mood. Not depressed, not evil...I guess the best word to describe it would be "petulant". It could have been for any number of reasons--the weather was nasty, I didn't have time to pack lunch so I hadn't had anything to eat all day (breakfast is but a dream), I couldn't find a particular book I really needed at the bookstore, and I'd gotten talked into meeting a friend after she got out of work even though I wasn't in the mood to do anything with anyone. It descended upon me without warning, dampening my spirits (it wanted to agree with the weather, I guess) with no sign of good weather.
I felt bad about the way I was acting towards my friend--after all, it wasn't her fault that I was hungry and tired and cranky. I wasn't outright nasty, per se, but I was certainly rather short with her, to the point where she actually asked if there was something wrong. It's not my personality to act that way, even when I'm not happy...or is it? Maybe it's just that I don't get in such moods that often, so I wasn't prepared for it. I don't know.
Still, my friend turned down several offers to split up (I was still on a mad quest for the book, and I was hungry and nauseated at the same time), and stuck out my lousy mood. First, she came along with me while I tried just one more bookstore, and b"H I found what I was looking for in under a minute--literally. So my mood got a little better. Then, we decided to scout out this bagel store she'd heard of to see if they had anything edible for dinner, and when we asked the cashier at the bookstore, it turned out to be right around the corner. The store was cute and modern but still homey-feeling, and they did indeed have good food for dinner, and for a decent price, too. Getting better. Then, it turned out that the older couple sitting next to us were the owners of the place, and my friend is making a sheva brachos sometime soon so she asked about catering. The husband went to go get a catering menu for her, and came back not only with a menu, but with two chocolate-chip cookies. "Here, try these, they're good." YUM! And the chips were still melty....oh, Heaven. I went home a happy camper. Then, I had a chavrusa on the phone with one of the sweetest girls ever--I wish that all Jewish kids loved to learn as much as she does. Great ending to a night that just got better and better.
It's so nice to get out of bad moods and into good ones. :-)
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It would be ever so much easier to blame it all on hormones [proven further by the chocolate aftereffects].
But of course, that would be avoiding the issue.
You're so healthy, sheesh.
Glad it all worked out ok!
Isnt it best when someone knows you well enough to know just how to snap you out of that?
BTW today was so rainy and dreary in NY i totally feel it.
Tommy--any (and every) day is a good day for chocolate, hormones not required. ;-) And my healthiness (or lack thereof) fluctuates, b"h right now I'm doing well.
kasamba--me too. Isn't it nice when it happens?
frumgirl--the funny thing is, this friend isn't even normally one of those people. We're not particularly close. It was just a combination of so many things going right at just the right time. (The weather was nasty by me today too...I think G-d has decided to waterlog entire regions.)
puh-lease! choco ain't what it's hyped to be.
but yay for muffins
and NY weather was downright sucky!
let's see..i had a poem somewhere abt it..laterz
Chocolate may not be all it's hyped to be, but fresh chocolate chip cookies made with real butter and not nasty margarine and the chocolate chips are still all melty and gooey? YUM.
yep... I experienced similar feelings yesterday as well. The weather was DEFINITELY a contributing factor.
lack of sleep probably didn't help either.
I also totally agree with you, a few things just falling into place, is often enough to turn the mood around as quickly as it came on.
A good friend helped start my turn-around as well.
ugh.
they all have too many chocolate chippies..
they overpower the taste of the plain, simple cookie..
found the poem. nothing much and not finished
but i was really getting into it as i was still drying out..
icky sticky
greasy gray
yucky
grotty
city rain
rivulets run
'round my neck; leave me ice
bones a'shiver
mouth's aquiver
Yes it was a poopy day for me too. I posted about the horrid day.
Thanks snaps - that really cheered me up. Just what I needed to read.
Now if only I could find a chocolate chip cookie somewhere...
lol - I'm way too tired. I just called you Snaps because I was telling my sister that she had to fix one of her snaps. I won't delete it though, because I just don't have the energy. :)
frum idealist--I'm glad things worked out well for you in the end, too. Is the weather any better now?
flor--in general, I'd agree with you, but these were just soooo good. Fresh, with the chocolate still all melty, and you could taste the butter in them...oh, they were so good. And I like your rain poem. :)
sw/fm--I'm sorry you had a rotten day. My day wasn't rotten, just a few hours of it. Are things any better now?
hisbonenus--glad I could help. And you're forgiven. :-P
yes, moods are like diapers.
one minute they're white......
wvlnepr
Ah, but diapers don't spontaneously clean themselves.
one day...
nhcdcowe
yes, they do.
the old cloth diapers..yuck. nm.
"Ah, but diapers don't spontaneously clean themselves."
Truer words have never been spoken.
SJ--you invent 'em, I'll market them, k?
flor--no, those ones had to be run through the washing machine or done by hand (grooooossssss). They didn't clean themselves.
cellar--thanks, I thought it up myself. 8-)
Well it depends on the day or shall I say the hour or even minute.
yes. the weather has finally improved. BH. It's a nice sunny, albeit windy day.
Often the external weather will, lulei demistafina, affect one's internal weather.
I noticed that when I'm really tired, I sometimes get down.
sw/fm--that sounds like it's not much fun. Rollercoaster of emotions...yuck.
frum idealist--good to hear. Good weather makes me happy. :)
cloojew--definitely a possible cause for some, not for everyone. Ever heard of seasonal affective disorder?
smb--tiredness never helps mood instability. Also sometimes a contributing factor, though usually not the only one.
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