Feeling Blue

Feeling Blue today - my partners are leaving for an outdoor show in Ponchatoula. The weather is beautiful for once here. They will have the weekend outside in the weather doing one of our favorite shows. I know shows are work - but that is work we love. I am grateful we are able to participate in the show. I am trying to see the positive - we are hoping to have a great show and use the funds to start laying down the foundation of our new venture .
But, at the same time I am sad that I have to stay behind and be stuck inside at a job I hate. So my rambling leads me to this: Out of curiosity I looked up the origin of feeling blue. I found the following explanation on google - it comes from a navy terminology - "If you are sad and describe yourself as "feeling blue," you are using a phrase coined from a custom among many old deepwater sailing ships. If the ship lost the captain or any of the officers during its voyage, she would fly blue flags and have a blue band painted along her entire hull when returning to home port."