I’m sitting here watching Desperate Housewives and Bree just flipped her proverbial wig over the whole lemon meringue pie issue.  She said that the only thing special about her is what she can do in the kitchen.

I stopped in my tracks.

My first day on my new job my co-workers took me to lunch and at some point they turned to me and said, “So Diva….tell us all about yourself.”

silence

I had nothing to say.  Nothing.  There is absolutely nothing special enough about me to share in my mind.  So when Bree made that comment, it kinda caught me.  I actually got sad that she thought all she had was what she could do in the kitchen.  There should be so much more to a person than that.  The worst part is that how can you truly value yourself if you don’t know what makes you special?

Being special

Self worth

Value

Bunch of shit to think about when you’re sitting on the couch feeling hurt.

So….what’s special about you? 

Everybody has bad moods/goes through a few days of mood swings.  Sometimes people are lucky enough to be forewarned that the person they are interacting with is in a bad mood.  I’ve done that before.  As a matter of fact, when I recognize that I’m in one I do my best to alert people ahead of time.  That way I have no liability when I snap…cause they knew.

Then there are times when either the person doesn’t realize that they’re in a bad mood or they just don’t care to warn you.  Those are the times when we are the unwitting victims.  We get to bear the brunt of their punishment.

I wrote a post earlier this evening that, at the time, was special.  Now it has been affected by a bad mood and I decided not to share it after all.

Do you tell people when you’re in a bad mood?  How do you deal with people when THEY are in bad moods?  Do you just give them time alone?  Or do you just struggle through it?  Sometimes I think that I’m just too sensitive.  I let bad moods affect me emotionally.