Screamin' Green

     I colored last night. Real coloring. In a real coloring book...The Princess and the Frog coloring book to be exact. As childish as it might seem, I really enjoyed it! It was not only relaxing, but it was fun to just sit down at my desk and use it for something other than schoolwork. I forgot how much fun being a kid was.

     I think incorporating childish acts into my life might be useful with my stress levels. Childish acts in the sense of doing something just for fun, not kicking and screaming on the floor because I didn't get what I want. Childish acts that will still make me look a tad mature...if that's possible.
So coloring was a good step. Taking some time to just do something for myself is really beneficial I found out last night. Plugging in some good tunes and just opening up my mind to that childlike innocence is great. I wasn't worried about my story due for journalism class in less than 42 hours or the crazy day I had coming up. I was thinking about what color to use for the grass (screamin' green...my favorite) and what colors would make Princess Tiana's dress look fabulous. My stomach wasn't in knots over the impending and long-awaited grad school decision. It was just a stomach for once, content with the pasta sitting inside of it. I felt normal for once. I felt like everything was going to be fine.
     As I think about it now, I like that feeling. Like nothing is wrong and nobody would do anything to bring me down. It would be sufficient for me to say that feeling like that should become a priority in my life.
It might not be coloring every day, or skipping through the halls or anything else children like to do, but it's whatever puts me in my own, little world far away from the real one. I think visiting that world on a daily basis would do me some good...a lot of good.
     So that's it! The decision has been made. I need to try to live in "Maddie World" for at least a little bit everyday. Even if it's only long enough to color half a page or weave half a boondoggle, as long as I make it there.
     So I'll sharpen my box of 72 Crayola crayons and get out the boondoggle string...it's time to enter "Maddie World!"