Beautiful day, be happy!

What a gorgeous day. Who could be depressed on a day that's cloudless and sunny and 75 degrees? The horses are shedding gobs of hair now, the grass is starting to turn that really bright spring-green color, and you hear lawnmowers starting up around the neighborhood.

I am working very hard trying to remain positive even tough I am faced with depressing news at work. Maybe I need to step back a bit from this job, not put so much heart and soul into it. Maybe I should save those deeper parts of me for the more important things in life, like my husband, family, home, and personal activities. Just do the job, and not an ounce extra! You know - mark time, tread water, etc. Do what I gotta do, come home and enjoy life.

Just repeat after me: There are more important things in life, so who cares?

Here are my summer plans:

• Show every possible weekend, and have a blast doing so!]
• Improve my home life, make Kevin happy and make us happy being together by developing much more patience and being more willing to self-sacrifice and give of myself no matter how tired I am or how bad I feel
• Take more photos!
• Learn to play the guitar
• Stick to a budget...somewhat
• Find a way to earn extra cash this summer, sell something
• Go running at least 4 times a week, encrease my endurance and strength
• Spend at least one late night out in the backyard with my dog and the kids playing some silly game or just hanging out laughing
• Increase the happiness quotient in this house
• Be POSITIVE even when faced with and drowned by someone else's negativity. Find the old POSITIVE, OPTIMISTIC Jan and become her again!
• Do NOT get intimidated by the toughest competition in the country - grab the bit and go for it!
• Fall in love on a daily basis
• Remember that THIS: is what's really important!

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