You can't control your emotions; you can control only what you do about them

[traceroo]

I remind other people so often that you can't control your emotions; you can control only what you do about them. I had to take a dose of my own medicine today. A good friend gave me the honor of making me one of the first friends she told that she's expecting -- and no, I don't believe a single one of you out there reading this is friends with the mother-to-be. When I met her, she was a 28 year-old virgin, waiting until she was married to do the deed. She just got married last summer, and within 3 months of her wedding day, they conceived. People I know who never wanted kids now have kids. Even the virgin is pregnant! I really am happy for her -- but I'm also made sad about my own situation. I've turned into that woman who has trouble being happy for good news in others' lives because that same situation is absent in mine -- and that is just plain SHITTY! I refuse to be that person! I can't control that this news brings me down -- but I can control what I do about it. So I got off my duff and went into a private office to make a couple of appointments that I've been dragging my feet making -- just annual physicals which I need to take A) anyway, and B) in order to proceed with any sort of fertility advice or treatment.

I really do feel a bit cheered up after taking some real action here. It's a good reminder of an important life lesson.

Trace