Do Something

Tonight I read to Joey from Joy Behar's book, When You Need a Lift :But Don't Want to Eat Chocolate, Pay a Shrink, or Drink a Bottle of Gin as we waited together in the Emergency Room for her pain medication to kick in.

Famous and noted people weigh in on how they deal with being "down in the dumps."

As for me, nothing brings me back from the blue room like getting something accomplished.

I was really down on Sunday, so I left the apartment and went to get some resume copies and I found a second job. I felt better.

At other times, I pick a repair or maintenance project that's been sitting on a back burner and tackle it. Cleaning and oiling my bicycle was a recent distraction from the blues. I like getting things done. I like handling the tools and getting oily, too.

When work gets me down, I sing oldies to myself, pop tunes, show tunes you have probably forgotten or never heard, like "I'm just wild about Harry" and "Let's Get Together." The Queen Bee is surprised at the variety and age of my repertoire.

And I think about funny things that have happened and laugh out loud and make my co-workers wonder about me and remark that I need medication.

What do you do? (Why not tell your blog and leave me a link?)(Yeah, I guess this is a "tag.")