Catching Idle Butterflies

Maudlin

Last night I sent off my latest Christian Writer's Guild assignment, and one part of it I was required to think of 6 emotion words (such as love, hate, fear, etc) and then add 10 simliar words describing the same. My thesaurus sure did get a workout!

I'm still in that mode, trying to think of different ways to say the same thing.

So today in describing my mood begins with "maudlin".

Equivalents (according to Microsoft Word's thesaurus): over-sentimental, mawkish, sappy, slushy, mushy, syrupy, weepy, self-pitying.

Self-pitying seems the most apt, though I don't know why. Sure, a few things are bothering me (and so early in the day, that's not a good sign!), but nothing so important as to be the root cause.

For part of the reason, you can check out my latest entry in my publication journal, "Hello?" .

It could also be as simple as my coffee not doing its job yet, or a natural down since I was in a really good mood yesterday.

Do we always have to have an external reason to feel the way we do, or could it merely be a hiccup in brain chemistry?

Hmm. Looking at it that way, perhaps all I need is a bit of chocolate or some other "happy" food!