Anybody Got a Mood Ring?

I know I am a slack blogger lately.  I never mean to let so many days go by without posts, but it happens before I realize it.  I haven't been particularly inspired this week, but in my down time each day I do spend a bit of time searching my thoughts for viable blog posts.

You know what I realized today?  What and how I'm going to write depends entirely on my current mood. And my current mood changes a lot.

If I had written last night, the post would've had a melancholy tone.  Also, I probably wouldn't have been able to string together three words. I've been exhausted this week, I think because I've had to be extra extroverty with no recharging introvert time at night.

If I'd written this morning, I would've been all, "I can do this! One day at a time! Motivation, motivation, motivation!"

If I'd written tonight when I got home, I would've sounded defeated. (See above explanation about exhaustion and then recall from some previous blog post about a year ago that when I'm exhausted my guard is down, and I eat poorly.)

But then my friend Taylor D. called, and we talked for a long time (See, I can use my phone for something other than a camera and playing Words with Friends!) about her exciting new job and my plans to visit her, and I'm all pepped up again!

Really? Have I really run through such a cycle of emotions in 24 hours? Does all of the down-up-down-up mood swings count as exercise? Cause it should.

You may be wondering if this blog post has a point. Well, yes, I suppose now that I am in once again in what I would consider my rightful happy state, I would say that I need to remember not to let emotions bring me down.  I don't want to let something as fleeting as a mood or emotional state affect how I eat, drink or treat others around me.

But emotions are strong little buggers. So just realizing that now is not enough.  I need to guard those sneaky mood swings, and I'm open for suggestions.  Any ideas?