Whiny Walrus!

My daughter loves to watch this show called Leap Frog and one of the cartoons (available on Netflix, my best friend!) is named Phonics Farm.  The premise is that the main characters Scout, Violet, Eli, & Penny have to guess which animal is behind each letter so for example behind the letter is A is an athletic alligator, K is a kissing kangaroo, and so forth.  Behind the letter W is the Whiny Walrus, I hate that Walrus!  He definitely whines and when he comes on the screen I cringe because he's annoying.  Well I realized today that somehow, somewhere, I turned into the whiny walrus!!  Yesterday was an especially hard day, not any one specific thing just one of those days where the weight of the world hangs heavy on your shoulders and you feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel.  

As I laid in bed last night and reflected on the day I could hear my brain whining: "I hate being the mean teacher sometimes. Why are teenagers so obnoxious?  Why won't my daughter eat her baby food?  I am so sick of breastfeeding.  I wish I had money to buy Christmas presents." it goes on and on but the one thought that really got to me was, "I was 300 words short of my Nano goal today."  then I realized right then and there that I was the whiny walrus!  My brain said, "I hate that walrus!  Why are you being that Walrus?"  and my response was, "You're right brain. Stupid walrus." 

It is human to be whiny, it is human to be discouraged, it is human to feel like you're spinning your wheels but the way we choose to deal with it is entirely up to us.  I have been so self absorbed in my own misery my inner walrus came out and it is time for me to grab my whaling equipment and harpoon that walrus.  (metaphorically of course!)  So today I resolve to be better!  So far it has been a good day, I spent most of the morning with my Grandma which I thoroughly enjoy, and I swear this afternoon will be better.  I may not get the house clean today, I may not get my Nano done today, and I may not get dinner cooked tonight but doggone it I'm resolving not to whine today!  Readers join me for just today in killing that whiny walrus and making the choice to be happy.

P.S. If anyone would like to watch a beautiful and busy one year old for a few hours so I can catch up on my Nano word count I would consider it a great act of service!! :)