Suggestions on How to Handle August?
This is from a thread I started in 2009:
It seems quite often that around my birthday, something majorly craptastic happens and I can't enjoy what is supposed to be a special day.
In '94, my fiance of 6 years moved across the country without even saying goodbye. I sat in a trance for almost 3 days then hauled myself back to college where - lo and behold - I met my alcoholic hubby to be.
In '03, the day before my birthday my now ex served me with divorce papers. Nice timing.
And now August is coming back around again and I am feeling very anxious and stressed. I just hate August - it is so full of bad memories. My so-called soulmate leaving me forever - divorce papers - school crap....
I feel things in my head starting to tighten up and I really don't like that.
I want to make August really memorable in a good way this year. I need some ideas. Something a little bigger than having a spa day and something smaller than shaving my head. Ideas??? I wanna rewrite my memories of this month!