The phrase Blue Monday was thought up by a travel company trying to encourage people to book a holiday in January.

It gives many of us an excuse to feel blue. I would have lapped this up in the past.

I still felt really low when I woke this morning and I was determined not to make it a bad day. I invented Happy Yellow Monday 😆💛💛💛. I worked hard to feel bright and upbeat.

I tried to be fully present in the shower instead of rushing ahead with my day. I felt grateful for the warmth of the water, smiled at the lemon scent of the yellow shower gel…. You get the gist…. It’s cheesy but I really have to work at that.

My FB feed gave me so much this morning. I’ll share everything that meant something to me.

Coffee and Quotes is always there with a smile for the day. 😘

I did feel rough this morning but I honestly think this helped.

One of the girls at work bought me this happy avocado to counteract my wee sad olive last week. How lovely is that?! It’s the cutest.

The sun came out today and it’s been lovely to see. We have storms coming against the end of the week.

I came home via the post office, to post another Vinted sale, the chemist to pick up my increased HRT prescription and the village hall, where they were giving us feedback on the Garnock Valley questionnaire on improvements. That was a lot of words to out in one sentence. I’m not sure it made sense! It did to me. They are looking for suggestions for improvements in our local community and it was good to see how they collated that feedback. We will see what they do with it now.

So it was veggie haggis and neeps (turnip) for dinner tonight. Bhru is not impressed. 😆

My friend Emma came to pick up a cat basket for a vet trip tomorrow so I had a good chat with her and she’s just away!

I feel very tired but definitely brighter than the weekend.

Finally my head might be slightly more calm.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️