It was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Do you know this story by Judith Viorst?  Alexander was having a very bad day from start to finish:

Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in this hair.

And it got worse…

His best friend deserted him (for his third best friend). There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV!  

Yesterday was one of those days for me.  It was made infinitely worse when at the end of the day, and after finishing my post on my freaking bad day – my entire post somehow disappeared and I had to start all over …

Yes.  It was a terrible day.

My day involved a cop, an attorney (mine), a judge, a pair of ripped nylons (mine), too many meetings to make any of them on time, too many children needing to be picked up and driven at times that I wanted to be working,  And, not enough time to get a workout in (the worst!).

Moreover, I didn’t have lunch (well, I ate my lunch at 10:30 a.m., which shows you how bad it was by then)!  My ex  lost it with me in my house at the end of the day (even divorced people argue).  And, I didn’t have coffee until 7:30 p.m. (thank you to my very, very good friend who took me out after hearing me cry on the phone at 7:15 p.m. about my horrible day …  (see, you got 2 very’s)).

How did I fix it?  Well, I couldn’t really.  All I could do was try to find some peace before I went to bed.  So, I made pop corn, I finished the laundry, I put on my p.j.’s and I turned up the heat (nothing’s worse than having a bad day, being tired and being cold!), I got my yoga mat out and tried my 9th day of meditation (tried is the operative word).

I’m sure today will be better.  It always is!  In any case, when those bad days come along (and they will) try to look at the positive parts (if you can!) and remember that it’s only one day — we can deal with anything for one day!

I hope you all have a stress-free, happy, wonderful, very good day!