Monday is the day they call Blue Monday.

If you remember, last week I revealed to all that I was down in the dumps  

I really have to give you all the hugest hugs . After watching all the music vids and then watching 3 favourite shows: Ferris Buhler's Day Off, Red White and Royal Blue, and Heated Rivalry (my favourites, don't judge me  ) and going for a longer walk, I was feeling better. I think distracting my mind for about 8 hours and then some exercise seemed to do the trick. I went to bed earlier and slept better that night and woke up in the morning feeling refreshed and ready for the day. Oh, and I read the first couple of chapters of a favourite story before closing my eyes. 

I guess when I said I hope it would be cathartic, it turned out to be  Thanks to all of you.

So how about all of you? Are you doing okay? I hope so as I don't want anyone going unprepared into Blue Monday  or feeling down in the dumps today. Read last weeks blog and know that it can work for you too  

So I know a secret, I know a secret  But, I'm sworn to secrecy  Might have to do with something outside the site or not. But I have been threatened with *them* pulling every piece of body hair off of me with tweezers and a bottle of vinegar nearby if I flinch 😮 😮 !! For that reason, I shall keep my mouth shut. I will discuss more in next week's Weekly Wrap Up.

Kind of sounds like a cliffhanger of your favourite story or tv show  Stay tuned next week...

Enough babbling from me  

On Tuesday, Myr was in the barn early that morning, saddling the horse and getting ready to ride into the Western sunrise with a Deep Dive:

Thursday, he was back to do a flashing show, oh sorry, I meant a flashback  Either way it involved Myr and flashing :

Friday, Aditus used some naughty words in the Prompts :

Now that we are onto the Words of the Day, I have to ask, how did you do?

discordant, intrepid, recalcitrant, ruthless, succulent, clarity, cadence

I got 4 of 7

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