#543 the not-so-charming day

As there is light and dark, good and bad, yin and yang, so must there be a day that is not charming to remind me of how great the charming day that I wrote about before really was.

Have you ever had one of those days that when you first wake up, you just know that something is "off"? When my alarm went off this morning, the first thing I wondered is why I had set it so early on a weekend. But it's not a weekend day, is it? No. It's Thursday. That just set the tone for me. I tried to shake it off by taking a minute to read, but the part of the book I was reading made me sad and tear-y. I tried to listen to music on the way to work, but the only song every station seemed to be playing was something slow and mellow when I needed upbeat and peppy. I turned to sports radio, but the I have decided I don't like the guy whose program was on. I couldn't stand to hear his voice!

Then I got to work. I was late (of course) and busy right from the moment I sat down at my desk. One of the fellas I work with came in to work on a project with me and he accidentally tipped over my drink, spilling my ice tea all over the desk. (Pretty comical, actually, when I think about it. Tea was everywhere!) I was trying to do an adjustment in the computer and I kept getting the sign wrong, so the adjustment got bigger and bigger and took longer and longer. I didn't get lunch, and we had delicious food brought in. I wanted to work, but I had to wait for someone else to send me information. Stuff wasn't set up in the computer and I had to wait for someone else to fix it.

All of the things are little and petty. It's just when I string them all together that it becomes nonsensical and not-so-charming. :-(

But now I'm home. We went to the Mexican place where I should have had lunch today, and I feel a little better. I have something from work that I wanted to get started on tonight so that tomorrow I can finish it quickly and easily and send it on it's way, but you know what? I think I'll have a beer instead and read a book that won't make me cry and get to bed a little early. Tomorrow's a new day. The work I didn't finish today will be still be there, and I'll be better able to handle it if I just say enough is enough today. Right?

Cheers!