The Grumpies...

“The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.”

~Friedrich Nietzsche

Can I just be honest with you guys? I have been in a HORRIBLE mood today! I am not exactly sure the origin of the mood. But after finding out I had not been chosen (yet again) for the most recent jobs I had interviewed for, and spending the entire morning feeling overwhelmed as I surfed different employment sites (Sidenote: Can anyone give me any advice for navigating these sites? I have NOT figured out the system yet! I get so overwhelmed by what I want to do , where I want to be-Virginia?Georgia?California?-that an hour later I will have applied for one job, read all about teaching in China, researched a job exchange program in New Zealand, looked into becoming a missionary, and seriously considered adding E-Harmony to Monster Jobs. com on my list of options-ha!)-I was just kind of over the day!

I really don't enjoy being in a HORRIBLE mood. It is definitely one of those spiritual jiggly spots I was talking about yesterday. When I allow myself to indulge in this attitude, there is nobody in doubt of my sin nature! My HORRIBLE moods tend to manifest themselves in things that on an everyday bases would cause me some annoyance, but on these days allow an irrational rage to rise up inside me! I will give you some examples:

Personalized License Plate Tags in VA (EVERYBODY has them here with clever sayings like $$$$$ printed on them ): on a normal day I might feel a mild irritation, but on a grumpy day I literally want to rip these people's tag off and hit them with it!

Charmin Bear Toilet Paper Commercials: on a normal day I may just get creeped out and change the channel, but on a grumpy day I want to write a hate letter to whatever genius thought it would be "cute" to show little bears dancing around with toilet paper on their rears-it's just creepy.

Cake Boss on TLC: on a normal day this would maybe not even register, but on a grumpy day when I really just want TLC to replay their Exclusive Sister Wives Interview (please don't judge me) so I can see it-the excessive Cake Boss reruns may cause me to vow never to watch TLC again!

Ya'll I am a SINNER, and I need Jesus every second of everyday! I am SO glad He chose to save me despite of not because of myself! With this being said, I think I should probably go get myself together and start this day over!