Down in the Grumps

I am in a mood.

Not a good one. 

How do you deal with bad moods?

Here is what doesn't work:

• Exercise (just makes me angrier)
• Count your blessings (just  makes me angrier)
• Take deep breaths (no change)
• Pet my cat (the evil thing runs away)
• Watch a movie (temporary relieve, but then it all comes back)

Here is what I'm going to try today:

• Chocolate
• Read a thriller for half an hour
• Go for a hike (if I can find the time)
• Play the piano (if I can find the time)
• Take deep breaths (because what the heck- it doesn't make anything worse... maybe if I do it long enough it'll make me feel better... or will make me pass out which would be somewhat of an improvement over my current state of mind)

Somewhat unrelated:  It's June 1 - International Children's Day (at least it used to be back in the USSR). Or perhaps not so unrelated because, in part, my bad mood is courtesy of one nearly-teenage child.