I think my moods are in sync with the weather lately. One day everything is bright and sunny and the next it is overcast. I am vacillating between being cheerful without a care in the world to being completely melancholy. And I don’t even know why. However, whenever the clouds move in, I just feel the cloud descending over me as well.

Did doctors bleed patients for melancholy in the 1800s? Would that help?

There is too much going on around here. We have a team of inspectors coming in to make sure we’re up to grade for accreditation. I’ve got at least one meeting a day. I’m waiting on one person to fix a part of her database so that I can work on my part of the database.

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I’m tired of hearing about people killing one another for reasons that are so varied and difficult to fix that there seems to be no way to end it.

I am also so tired of the polarized views that people take over the middle east. It’s so easy to judge from outside of the area. But there are real people on both sides…many of whom are not involved in terrorism – state-sponsored or otherwise…and they are the ones being caught in the cross-fire.

Can peace come from people who’ve been born and raised within a time of hate and rascism? Who’ve been taught to hate and uphold the status quo? Is it possible?

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I put scented candles on a cup warmer in my office to make it smell nice. It’s better than having an open fire in a public building and it really creates nice scents. My favorites, lately, are those from Gold Canyon Candle Co. in Mesa, Arizona. They have the best scents. Right now, I’m smelling Berries Jubilee. Yesterday, I had Mango. I like the fruity smells.

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My niece, who is 3, has been away for nearly a week. My mom and sister (not her mom) took her to California to visit other family members. My brother (her dad) and I are lamenting about how much we miss her. She’s the cutest little redhead. She just makes me smile. I love that.