One of 'those days'

You know those days when you don't think the sun will shine, when you think that the stars have aligned against you just for amusement, and when you feel as if no can possibly understand EVERYTHING that you have to do and go through? We're having one of those days.

'Those Days' often begin innocuously, with no outright indication that it will be 'one of those days.' You wake up, maybe have something to eat, shower, and if you're really ambitious, you plan a few goals for the day. And then, before you know it, there are no clean towels, the dogs decide that the doormat is just as effective as the grass for their 'business,' your child decides that he should scratch his face so that when you take him to the doctor 24 hours later, your parental qualifications are questioned, and then you realize you have no food even though you just went to the grocery store. Fabulous. Love it.

Without fail, when you have 'one of those days,' you are smacked in the face with people who seemingly never have 'one of those days.' There must be rainbows in these other people's lives every day, even when there is no rain. The smugness that 'those people' have when they talk to you becomes toxic, and all you can do is smile, look at them, and want to smack them. But you know you can't do that, so you graciously extricate yourself and then re-focus.

In the re-focusing process, you determine that your previous goals of completing laundry, going to the store, fixing a 5-course meal, catching up on work email, completing an expense report, building an ark due to the unbelievable amounts of rain that have been experienced, and going to bed early were perhaps unreasonable.

So, you decide to focus on small victories. Maybe it is enough to have clean clothes and to have been able to brush your teeth. That may be all you get today. And that may be an accomplishment in and of itself. So enjoy it. And then, when you see the smug ones who never have one of those days, remind yourself of the small victories. That is the only way you can get through 'one of those days.'

For those of you out there who have 'those days' on occasions, here's to you and your small victories. Cheers.