Jolly?

~ Jolly is the word that comes to my mind
as I look at this head with a frog on its face
if my own were the same I wouldn't look so happy
because having an amphibian stuck to my cheek
would really freak me out and I'd be screaming
and that is not how I want my visage
immortalized in stone ~

But, I will say that I did smile when I chose this picture for my post today because I am feeling rather glum at the moment. For whatever reason, I am in an extreme amount of pain and have set myself on the couch and fear moving a muscle, as it causes the ache to increase. I am running that draining low grade fever that comes now and then, lupus having that mind of it's own, that I'll never understand. My plans for this day have been set aside...again...and I find myself swallowing back tears that keep trying to spill out over my cheeks, afraid that I might seem ungrateful for having some recent good days that summer affords. The pain pills have been swallowed and will soon take effect, that dreaded dull dragging of the brain, not really decreasing the pain, just masking it with a kind of pretend tolerance...oh Lord, I sound so depressing, but really, the garden decor actually did make me smile and that is what I'll concentrate on today...silly garden gnomes :)