Under Pressure & Stressed? Do One of These Things!

"2020 is a dumpster fire" 

Sorting through paperwork of years' past, I came across this list below which I had sent my Mom back in August of 1992! I was pleasantly surprised when I came across it. I don't know where it comes from. I may have even wrote it myself. 

To update it, I added some quips and quotes after each one. Honestly, 28 years later, the list doesn't need much updating. But what's a blog post without at least a little bit of my bite. Enjoy and stay safe and healthy everyone! 

1. Eat with chopsticks (Most days I cannot even handle a fork.)

2. Share a task (Or just let it go, someone else may do it!) 

3. Ask for a back rub (Max the Cat gives excellent back rubs with his paws. He's cheap, just some catnip!) 

4. Walk to the nearest park (But you may receive a ticket for non-social distancing.) 

5. Bake bread (I know alot of you have been doin' this! I just EAT bread.) 

6. Enjoy silence (Really ... shut the heck up. LOL) 

7. Imaging yourself living 100 years ago. (Um... isn't that when we were going through the pandemic world wide flu of 1918?!)

8. Stretch (At 49, it takes me 20 minutes in the morning to hobble to the bathroom to pee. I don't think stretching will help or shorten the time.) 

9. Shine, even if the sun does not! (My forehead still has that T-zone shine from high school. Does that count?)

10. Lose a pound (STFU!!!!!! Not gonna happen!!!! You have a better chance of me gaining 10.)

11. Pay a debt (I will need more than the stimulus payout!)

12. Take a picture (Why, so I can record the 10 pounds I've gained?)

13. Get some exercise (See #10 and #12)

14. Feed the birds (This is fun until the squirrel comes over and ruins everything.) 

15 Sort things out (Never ending task. I like sorting things out with a bottle of wine.) 

16. Accept a compliment (Hmmm ... someone at the grocery store said smiling, "My you're looking HUSKY.") 😲

17. Give something away you don't use (Bathroom scale)

18. Break a habit for today (I will drink only water, not wine...)

19. Do 1 thing you'll be proud of (Eat a vegetable.)
20. Really look at the sky (I get dizzy when I look up.)

21. Get to know the neighbor's dog (I know a dog that mauls my crotch each time I see him. I feel like I need to visit an HR department to file a report after each visit.) 

22. Daydream (about the world as we used to know it?) 

23. Beat your own record at something (I may try to go an hour without cursing.) 

24. Beat your own drum (Always have, always will!) 😊

25. Read a classic (Does the "Joy of Cooking" count?)

26. Sleep in (What day is it? LOL EVERY DAY!) 

27. Plant a tree (I did!!!!) 

28. Have a pillow right (Make sure your pillow fight partner doesn't put bricks in the pillow. That can hurt.) 

29. Adopt a grandparent (Unfortunately, they won't let you near them now. Oh well.) 😞 

30. Resist the temptation to criticize (Like I won't tell the person who called me HUSKY that I think she could get a job as the troll under the bridge.) 

31. Read the personals or want-ads (Tinder, Grindr, FarmersOnly, GlutenFreeSingles, GothicMatch or whatever is your "thing".) 

32. Talk to a houseplant (Since my cat almost died from an Easter lily this week, I'll curse at it instead.) 

33. Smell the flowers (See above with the Easter lily, not gonna happen.) 

34. Go through a scrapbook (This was actually fun.) 

35. Imagine winning $1,000,000 (Or how about another $1,200 stimulus? I'd settle for that Uncle Sam!)  😎

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