March 19th
Today begins Act Happy Week, starting with Let’s Laugh Day. It’s a proven fact that even if you aren’t actually happy, acting happy and finding things to laugh about raises the levels of serotonin (a feel-good chemical) in your brain. In fact, every minute of laughter produces approximately $10,000 worth of good chemicals in your body. It reduces stress, eases pain, promotes a boost of oxygen in your blood, releases antibodies, moves around lymph fluids, and improves your immune system function.
It’s also National Poultry Day. For some reason, rubber chickens are funny. Not so much when they end up on your plate at a banquet though. Chickens were one of the first animals domesticated by prehistoric people. They can lay eggs all year long, their feathers are good for lots of purposes, and their meat can be prepared a zillion different ways.
For my Catholic friends, today is St. Joseph’s Day. Apparently, we’re supposed to wear red, orange or purple today. I started out with a red shirt on but realized it had a stain in an awkward place so I changed into a blue one. When I worked in a book store, people used to come in looking forSt. Joseph statues all the time. They would bury them in the back yard, upside down, to help them sell their houses. I have no idea if that works, but people swore it did.
Finally, today we celebrate National Chocolate Caramel Day. I don’t know about you, but there is almost nothing in the world better than the combination of chocolate and caramel. Thinking about it kind of makes my teeth hurt though. Of course, if I laugh about it, the pain will disappear