melancholy?

Maybe it's because my house looks like this--
(you have to try to walk over the nails and thistles to get the true effect...)


The tiniest bit of progress is being made despite the ever present downpour.


Or maybe because the weather forecast looks like this for the entire remainder of the week (and last week). Please note the roof picture above--not a good mix.





Or maybe the chaos of the past three months has hit home and now that there isn't a crisis or a looming deadline I don't know what to do with myself.

I made the kids a list of things to do when they feel out of sorts so I decided to do the same for myself. I'm starting with 'read a book.'