Let me get one thing clear. I am not (and I mean, really not) a morning person. You can bet that if I have to be up anytime before 9AM, whether it’s for work or class, I am not going to be a happy camper. You know those days, where you wake up *on time* (but it feels like you haven’t slept enough), and you’re already somehow running late…you can’t find your Metropass, your bus is taking forever, your hair doesn’t look the way you’d like it to, and it just started raining…They don’t help the whole not-a-morning-person thing, do they? The way I wake up affects my mood for the rest of the day. I’m pretty good at hiding it at work or at school, but nothing can stop the grumbling and complaining in my head if I haven’t gotten enough sleep (and let it be known that I am a huge baby when it comes to that; I need a good 9-10 hours a night). That is, until recently. I used to think that when I started off a day by being cranky, it could only get worse from there, not any better.

I was already attacking the remaining hours with a pessimistic mindset. I started off my day thinking I would be miserable for the rest of it, and nothing could make it better. But I’ve started noticing a change. After beginning a day with my usual crankiness, I actually took a few minutes at the end of it to reflect on how much my mood had changed. Some people think the universe (or some other forces) respond to your attitude and thoughts; if you’re negative, you will attract even more negativity, what you focus on grows, etc. Despite my moodiness, I realized that many days that began on the wrong foot turned out for the best in the end. Whether it was a sweet smile or comment from a stranger, a nice bus driver making small talk, friends or teachers cheering me up, my spirits were somehow lifted. Cranky days ended up happier days, because they were filled with life talks, good news, or otherwise cheerful thoughts. So maybe it WAS the universe giving me a little boost, throwing some positivity my way.

Maybe I got lucky and caught a timely break on a bad day. The fact is that I shouldn’t have to wait for a little boost or sign from the universe to change my thinking habits. I can’t just wake up in the morning and accept the irritability without trying to change it. So from now on, I am making a conscious decision to change my train of thought! A few days ago, I came across a challenge on my friend’s Facebook account. The challenge is to try one day, just 24 little hours of no complaining. I know this sounds way easier than it really is, but it’s a challenge I wanted to take. The differences might be small in just one day, but I’m positive (see what I did there) that I will see a change if I try (even without succeeding 100%) to stop complaining. Even if it doesn’t concretely change much in my day-to-day life, focusing on positive thoughts will definitely affect my mood, and the way I tackle problems. When I put my day into perspective, a lot of the things that make me cranky turn out to be petty little problems;

small inconveniences at best. If my usual drink isn’t made the right way, or a comment made by one of my friends bothers me, it shouldn’t dictate the way I act for the rest of the day, and I can’t let my negativity get the best of me.Hunter Ceiling Fans With Lights Repair Let me know if this is a challenge you plan on taking, and how it goes! Boxer Puppies For Sale Orlando AreaWhat are some ways you have to combat crankiness and irritability? Homes For Sale Everton MoTweet me @FrancetteMGL :)

Stashed in: GoT, GOT Talk about your Wedding Crashers. Sheesh, Walder Frey and Roose Bolton.

Way to ruin it for everyone! Red Wedding WTF George Martin?! "Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?" "The Red Wedding is a necessary moment for the longevity of the series, a truly stunning turn of events that throws viewers off balance once more, making us wonder who will be the next character to face death and leading us to question whether anyone on Game of Thrones has any chance at long-term survival. As terrible as it is to lose Madden’s Robb and Fairley’s Catelyn—whose final moments are alight with the fire and gritty determination that we’ve come to expect from her—those deaths count toward raising the narrative stakes. They’re every bit as important and vital as Ned’s death or the blade slicing downward on the sword hand of Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). They’re permanent and palpable signs of the frailty of human life of the transitory nature of all living things.

And, most important, these moments will reverberate sharply through Game of Thrones, for they remind us that, though this game may have rules, those rules can and will be broken." I guess we had a little foreshadowing: Jon Snow really does know nothing. Let me stand first. Let me go with a bit of dignity. When the war was lost: The moral of the story? Listen to your mother! The wine really did flow red and the music really did play loud with Lannister themes. Thanks a whole lot, Walder Frey: Us watching the latest Game of Thrones :( Seriously, Arya, did you HAVE to give Tywin that idea?I see what you did there... Lucky for Arya she has The Hound! On that last gif: On the Red Wedding: The Stark Minivan after The Red Wedding: "The Northerners will never forget..." Actually, we're nowhere close to an ending... ...because there are at least two more books after A Dance with Dragons!This is more like S1 EP9.