Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Too much of a good thing: Happiness and Story Time

30 DBC - 16th September - Prompt: When is too much of something not a good thing?

When it's the first thing you do when you get up?? No, maybe not because that would include coffee and checking WDC for writing prompts... then sitting down and answering them Scrap that idea?

Maybe when you start to feel a bit like your face is being weighed down?

Or or or when you know full well you have far too many Apple products but you've just ordered another one for good measure...

(this is aimed at me by the way)


Ah I know, information overload. Some people love information and want to know more more more. But then this happens:

Or is it just about happiness?

Everyone wants to be happy, but everyone knows that sometimes too much of something can make you miserable. Money - you get it and it makes you happy but sometimes the price (fame/requirements/loneliness) can be too much. Glory - that can make you happy. But again, only to a point!
Quick story time:
In 2009 I had to have major surgery on my shoulder and the Doc told me I'd never swim again. A year later it was time for my usual "prove them wrong" piece and I went to the World Championships. I won a very unexpected gold medal! Wooo I did it, you were wrong! Happiness!
A month later, I was diagnosed with depression - all my happiness had gone. I thought I knew why but it was still odd. I continued to fight on in my sport because I thought that was the one thing keeping me going.
The next July I went to the European Championships. It was awful, I swam badly and I felt miserable. But while I was there, I looked down from the stands and decided I was done. I wasn't allowed to announce my retirement until October but as soon as the day came and everyone knew, I started to feel better! I didn't realise that I was depressed because I'd had enough. Nothing was wrong, per se. I mean I was number one in the World - that's never a bad thing! I'd just had enough. Too much of a good thing.


In Other News:

I really must continue with my accounts today - as fiddly as it is. The joys of being self-employed.
Speaking of employment, I really wish I had senior management experience because I'd love to go for this job: CEO of the Blue Smile Project   .... technically I have the qualifications but I'm just not qualified! Plus I freak out when I see budget reports! Shame
I want to spruce up my Port - organise it, add colour etc. Maybe after I do my numbers today.

Today's Yellow Brick

There will be a posh meal involved

Clues so far:

I am not pregnant
It has absolutely nothing to do with bricks
14th October 2014
I'm going somewhere
I'm not actually leaving my city
I've got four guests going with me!
I need to find something to wear

Guesses so far:

You've been contacted for publishing your autobiography. - LostGhost: Seeking & Learning
Is it another advertisement poster but this time featuring divorce? - Mitchopolis
You're going to take up swimming again - Elle
You're going to speaking at a conference - Elle
Your going to grow pineapples - Lyn's a Witchy Woman
You're getting promoted as a regional manager or something along that lines for your area - LostGhost: Seeking & Learning
Another go at the honeymoon? - Jack-check out 7YS
Your going to a writing conference! - 💙 Carly: poems & novel
You're coming to see me!!! - Elle
A new house of course! - Jack-check out 7YS
You're going to speak at the university? - Elle
Some kind of public speaking event at the University. - 💙 Carly: poems & novel
You're going to a family event - wedding or christening - Elle
You're going to a party of some sort. Maybe someone's honouring you. - Jack-check out 7YS
Your graduating from the university! - 💙 Carly: poems & novel
You're going to be a grandmother - Lyn's a Witchy Woman
going out to celebrate the publication of your first book - 💙 Carly: poems & novel
Are you going to the Footlights International Tour Show? - River
You're going to give out awards at a ceremony? - Elle

I'm hoping that by the end of this challenge (30th September) I will be allowed to share. So, for the next twenty days, I will give you a yellow brick at the end of each (or most) of my blog entries. With each brick will be a clue pointing towards what my top secret secret is! You can all have one guess each day. The first person to guess correctly will win a Mystery MB from me. I will NOT tell you if you're right or wrong until I know I am allowed to announce. If I am allowed to announce before the end of the 30DBC, the clues will become more obvious.
So, to sum up, use my daily clues to guess my secret. Be the first and you'll win a Mystery MB.