Bad Day Solutions...

...According to me. You see, this Sunday I got a major case of Bad Day. PMS, stressful life situations, and my whole family being gone for the day just got me in a tizzy. The emotions bubbled over and I proceeded to sob for an embarrassingly long time in an empty house while my dogs looked at me like I was insane. It was pretty dramatic...a total "woman moment" (or "estrogen fest" as my boyfriend would lovingly call it), and it made me feel pretty pathetic and hopeless. However, I self-medicated with these things in this order and they did wonders:

1. Gilmore Girls. Lots of it.

If you know me, you know how I feel about "Gilmore." It is simply my bread and butter of life. Gilmore is just the perfect combination of wittiness, comedy, girliness, fantasy, reality...it just has everything. It entertains me, it comforts me, and I always emerge from a few episodes' viewing feeling a whole lot better about life. Besides for it just being a great show with amazing characters played by great actors, it also takes me back to simpler times, when I was in high school sending IMs to the boy I liked instead of stressing about how the IRS wants to makes our lives miserable. Gilmore is better than happy pills, I swear. Oh also, one of the episodes I watched was Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving, which made me think of one of my favorite holidays...Thanksgiving. I LOVE Thanksgiving. Which brings me to my next point...

2. Food. Lots of food.
So since I'm a wannabe actress, I've been trying to be "mindful" of what I'm eating (whatever that means). You know, keeping an eye on portion sizes, eating more fruits and vegetables, cutting back on sweets...blah blah blah. But on the Bad Day, I knew I needed to just eat whatever I wanted and not worry about it. I ate half of a thin-crust margarita pizza, a can of Progresso Beef Barley soup, lemonade, a couple of mini brownie bites things with milk. Basically I ate until I was stuffed. It was just necessary.

3. Dog walking.
I took my small pooch Molly for a walk while listening to some sweet tunes once my food had digested a bit:

Put on my sneakers, enjoyed the sunshine, listened to showtunes, made one doggie very happy. It was great.

4. Took a Shower

Because being clean and fluffy always puts me in a better mood.

5. Wine, Cooking, Feeding Others.

I poured myself a big fat glass of Chardonnay with ice and proceeded to cook...chopping up huge heads of broccoli and little grape tomatoes (chopping vegetables soothes me like nothing else...go figure), boiling up pasta, sauteeing some shrimp scampi. Then my parents came home, my best friend came over, and we all ate. I love eating, but I especially love cooking and feeding other people. Great feeling.

So these are my five steps. I encourage you to try any or all of these things next time you feel like the world is raining on your soul. While I wasn't completely cured until my hormones finally decided to get a grip the next day, I felt markedly better and confident in my ability to be alone and ok. Onward.