• The Sound of Music. Not like, the song “Favorite Things,” but the whole movie. Maria is completely likable and reminds me of someone I would be friends with, and not only is Captain VonTrapp kind of dreamy, but when he’s on the balcony looking out at Maria on the veranda? *sigh*
• The X-Files. Pretty much any episode from first seven seasons. My love for the unresolved sexual tension between Mulder and Scully knows absolutely no bounds, and the stories and plots are well-written and refreshing enough to give me complete escapism for however long I’m watching. Now, seasons eight and nine? Not so much. They kind of bum/stress me out more.
• Chocolate. Preferably dark chocolate. Bliss in 360 calories.
• Country music. I know there are a lot of haters out there, but something about it grounds me. It reminds me of home and simpler things and often times it’s catchy.
• Rereading an old favorite like one of the books from The Chronicles of Narnia. “The Horse and His Boy” is a personal favorite, followed closely by “The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe,” and “Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”
• The Client (movie version). No matter how bad my life gets, at least the mob isn’t after me.
• The Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, The Magic of Ordinary Days. Just… go with it.
• It starts with “fa” and ends with “iction” and I’m not going any further than that.
• Lately, as cliché as it sounds, exercise. Not only do I feel like I’m doing something productive and healthy, but I don’t actually hate it.
• Movies in general. Particularly superhero movies and romances. I was going to laundry list my escapist movies more exhaustively, but that would take forever and more bandwidth than Diaryland has.

I’ve been both totally bumming and completely stressed out lately, so I needed to remind myself of the things that take the edge off. Maybe I should partake?