Blue? It was never a good color for me...

Sunday’s top five cures for a crazy case of the blues.  

5.  A rousing spring collegiate field hockey tournament in the cold, crappy, misty rain.  The weather was miserable, but the games were spectacular.  I’ve decided that Sassy and I get along famously when she is 200 yards away and brandishing a wicked field hockey stick.

4.  A heart-warming message from an old friend who successfully kicked my ass. (“Quit your whining you crazy #*$&%, you know you’re awesome,” is basically what he said.)  And thanks to those of you who emailed me and commented with basically the same message.  It was (crystal) clear that I needed to take the advice I dish out at SCHOOL.  (“This is not preschool- there’s no whining HERE.”)

3.  Discovering the “Raw Humor” station on the Free Sirius radio channel in my leased car and laughing for MOST of the three-hour drive home.  (Oh Lord how I’m still chuckling…)

2.  Stumbling upon a HUGE basket of laundry inside my front door, and a gorgeous but bitchy girl asleep on my bed.  (I managed to sneak in a cuddle before I so rudely woke her up.)

Number 1?  Remembering that really, when all is said and done, a woman who has loyal friends and family really is the richest girl in town.   (Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s a cliché.   But it’s a damn good one.)