Over 30? Need a Whinge? Come Join Me

[sopolicha]

Ever had one of those where you just don't feel quiet right? Everything annoys you for no apparent reason. I am cranky and annoyed and I have absolutely no reason to be. My kids are happy and healthy, I can't find fault with DH, have some good friends, the weather is lovely and I can't think of anything to buy that would improve my mood.

Is it hormones, early week slump, full moon or some other chemical imbalance? I have no idea wish it would pass.

I have been putting off grocery shopping, maybe that hanging over my head is giving me the pip.

Here endeth the whinge.

[shed]

Yes, i am sure that if you do the grocery shopping your life will be complete...

[xkwzit]

I think your mission needs to be to find a reason for your crankiness. If you do go shopping, I'm sure you'll find something to justify your mood (expired food on the shelf, last packet of biscuits gone, pensioners getting in your way). Then viola, your crankiness will be well founded .

[draught]

And hence the need for the OCSC club. Sometimes you can just be cranky and out of sorts without reason. Ever read "Wanda Linda goes berserk" by Kaz Cooke? It is the pre-school version of my day quite often - cranky and out of sorts for absolutely no reason. I blame being pregnant but really I have been this way for years!

I really need to stop and count my blessings - instead I spend hours wondering why an apparently mature woman I pass in the street would think that it was a good look to wear a woollen coat complete with fur collar with bare legs and strappy sandals! Then I wonder why it bothers me so!

Ah yes - getting older, getting crankier and turning into the fashion police - just what I always aspired to be!

[xkwzit]

Wanda Linda ROCKs

[my babyemmy]

i think i need to join in here too. my life is almost perfect but sometimes for no reason i turn into this horrible and loud raving old bag

[MammaMia]

As much as it pains me to say it, Sop - exercise does seem to do wonders for the spirit. And music! Particularly a little sing along with the source of all inspiration - ABBA.

I've also implemented some new rules to help me not get so cranky - they go something like this...

"No, son, you may not eat Mum's breakfast. You have had your own breakfast, now it's my turn. If you are still hungry when I have finished, I will get you something extra."

"No, daughter, I cannot retrieve that toy that you have thrown on the floor for the 100th time - Mummy is eating breakfast. We will play when Mummy has finished eating breakfast."

Yes, I am reclaiming my meals - uninterrupted, not to wait on anyone else from the minute I sit down to my meal. I am entitled to eat, aren't I?
I figure stable blood sugars go a long way to better moods - and not feeling like the bottom of the pile all the time.

[shed]

I find a bit of Boney M gets my spirits up as well. Fully agree with the ABBA recommendation also.

Oh, and Hot Chocolate - the band, not the drink.

[Manxie]

Do any of you watch the ABC show grumpy old woman? Well.... I didnt think I was grumpy, nor did I think I was that old until I said to my DH - tell me if I say anything of the things the grumpys say on the show. His retort - it will be easier if I just pick out the things that you dont say and.....he didnt say anything, LOL!

I really am turning into a grumpy supermarkets annoy me, service in restaurants, cafes, shops etc now annoys me. Young fit looking girls annoy me Young men annoy me (What am I now invisible or something!) MOAN,MOAN, MOAN! No wonder I'm getting frown lines

[shed]

Yes manxie, you are indeed invisible to young men now.

I actually find it quite liberating although there was an adjustment period at first, after all those years of being a young spunky chick who would get the sideways glances.

But I had my days in the sun and they were great, and now I can let myself go in peace. One door closes and another one opens.