My Fish Bowl

(I realise this is Marlon but I could not find a pic of
 Nemo scared without Dory!)

This weekend is officially my third month in Australia and another Sunday has arrived, another Sunday without a meeting of the grand “Vino Avengers” *sigh, and this one is especially difficult as yesterday was the wonderful Miss H’s birthday and generally we Avengers make a bit of a deal about the day of our members birth and celebrating the amazingness of who they have become!

I miss you guys “To infinity and beyond!” Buzz Lightyear

This is also a very long time without help from my friends to keep me balanced! V.A meetings are a great time to be reminded that you are not crazy, your evil feelings and/or thoughts are just that and it is guaranteed you will end up with a few compliments which sets you in good stead for the coming week!

This week over a slice of tasty cake (for Miss H’s birthday) and a glass of vino we would be talking about the trials and tribulations of life as we currently know it.

A few days ago I was feeling a bit like Nemo in the scene where he is caught and put in the dentist’s fish tank - before he makes friends with the other fish and starts concocting ways and means of escape! As a city girl I have been feeling a bit trapped living in a coastal town without her most amazing friends – with no job or income – no K Road for her to wonder for cheering up (because you always see something colourful and crazy on K Rd!) luckily for me Master Z talked me into venting at him – which I had been avoiding as I did not want him to feel that I was regretting moving here to be with him.

 

This has led to a few RErealisations – some due to the amazing Master Z, some of my own accord and some thanks to the amazingness of the internet, the main RErealisation is that Depression Lies! (shout out to the Bloggess for being brave enough to tell the world about her battle with depression).

Due to this RErealisation I have done something that I have been meaning to do for ages (this one goes out to Miss TH and Opera.com) I made a list of things that help to make me feel better when I am falling down the rabbit hole and called it “Turn that frown upside down” I added this below (or click the TTFUD link) so that you can see it and hopefully make your own list.  Miss TH also recommends that you share this list with someone you trust and will hopefully recognise when you are not feeling that great so that they can also help you to avoid falling, as often we do not realise how bad we feel until it is really hard to change these evil feelings.

So now you all have access to my list and can help me in the future also I would love to see you guys commenting on what works for you so I can get more ideas and anyone else feeling bad can also try to feel better!