Warm day, no pain

I have been swamped with work the past 4 weeks. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed that I want to cry, but I don't have time to cry because I have too much to do. I just keep plugging away day after day without rest. It's a good thing I like my job because it would be hard to keep this pace if I didn't enjoy my work.

I have been in a funk the last few weeks. I could not figure out why I was feeling so sad. I thought it was because I felt so stressed and overwhelmed at work. Today I figured it out. I was walking down to the mailbox and I was sweating because it's finally warm. I felt a wave of joy crash over me. I realized that my mind has been telling me that I should be warm because June is supposed to be a warm month. But I've been wearing long sleeves, jeans and a jacket (and warm pajamas) just like I would wear in winter because it's been so cold. I have been depressed because it's supposed to be warm and I'm freezing cold! How can the weather have such a huge impact on my mood? I don't get it.

The other thing I realized is that my constant neck and shoulder pain is a big contributing factor to my bad moods. Daily pain is not fun to live with. I started going to physical therapy this week at the recommendation of my doctor. After 30 minutes in physical therapy today, my pain was gone. Totally gone. A warm day with no pain - no wonder my mood improved so quickly!