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I've been fairly stressed out lately and I'm realizing that my thoughts have become negative. I believe that negative energy does attract negativity, and positive energy attracts positivity, so for the rest of November I will attempt to blog about something positive that happened to me that day or recently. Hopefully this helps me shut out the negative vibes and bring nice, warm, positive energy our way. But before we go to the light, I need to dump my bad vibes out:

Today I woke up not feeling very well and didn't want to go to work. I had to negotiate with myself to at least go in for a few hours. Lately I have been feeling really stressed out with work and overwhelmed. I have the type of job where the "piles" never completely go away. You'll always have a million things to do tomorrow. Sometimes I like that, and sometimes I DON'T! I really do like my job and position, but it is stressful, and when home stuff gets stressful too, then I just feel stressed all the time, and I think it's catching up to me. The Bronco's losing 3 games in a row after a 6-0 start doesn't help much either. Maybe it's also that I think I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, and now that my sun is not providing warm, shining rays anymore, it definitely puts a damper on things. Don't take this the wrong way, I mean I'm not about to jump off a bridge or anything (haha), and although things have been a tad stressful lately, we have definitely been in worse situations and so I know we will be fine. Today I decided I needed a break and the piles will still be there tomorrow. I went to work for about 3 hours and got the priority stuff finished. My friend McKell was having a girls lunch so I took the rest of the day off. It was good for me. There is a song that reminds me to not take work TOO seriously or be a workaholic:

                   "He never thought he cared so much about the minute hand

                         Until he started praying for a second chance

                   If he could only do it all again

                   And trade the long nights that he spent behind his desk

                   For all he missed

                   He tells his wife I wish that this moment in this room

                   Was not me dying but just spending a little time with you

                  

                   You only get just one time around, you only get one shot at this

                   One chance to find out the one thing that you don’t wanna miss

                   One day when it’s all said and done I hope you see that it was enough

                   This one ride, one try, one life to love"

People who have had near death experiences all seem to be different after it, they talk about it changing them forever - they get "it" and are blessed - they appreciate EVERY DAY! They no longer take life for granted and have a deeper appreciation and love for their family. I think a lot of people, including myself, do take many days for granted, and get mad or upset about things that we wouldn't if we knew the end was near.


Today I am happy that I have great and wonderful people in my life. I moved to Utah not knowing a soul, except for Nicholas, but I have met some great people and have had a lot of laughs with them. I had a good day. Now I'm chillin with the dogs on the couch and watching Monday Night Football. I have my dogs, my great man, and my Father in heaven watching out for me. Life is Good.