One of “those” weeks…
April 9, 2009Have you ever had one of those weeks were your list of things that go wrong hugely out numbers the list of things that go right? Like when you’ve been awake since 3am because your kid with RSV keeps coughing and choking on phlem. Then when you do finally get up, you watch you cat pee in the bathroom sink and stand there thinking “do I interrupt her and risk getting cat pee all over the bathroom, or do I let her finish her disguisting deed and then clean up?” Then, when you’ve cleaned up that icky mess, and you’re on your way upstairs to pick up your sick kid to nurse him and give him a nebulizer treatment you almost step in cat vomit (yeah, ready to get rid of the cats that day…). After finally getting that cleaned up, you realize that with all of the rain and the spring thaw, your basement has flooded (which is why the cat was peeing in the sink this morning). When your toddler wakes up, you put on a cheery face, pick him up and make some chocolate milk. Then you sit on the couch for a minute with the boy on your lap before you discover that his diaper has leaked – all over your shirt and pants… After another outfit change for the two of you and lots of cajoling, you somehow manage to get out of the house on time (horay! ) You drop one of your kids off at day care (the baby is still too sick to go, so he’s home with dad). Unfortunately, the co-worker that you’ve been commuting with is late (again). He finally arrives 20 minutes later, and you make it to work 5 minutes late (instead of the much preferable 15 minutes early). When the first 3 hours of your day go like this, do you smile because you know it can’t get worse, or do you sigh and wish you could crawl back into bed and hide under the covers until tomorrow?
Aw, that does sound like a truly rotten day Sara! What was that children’s book called? “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” ? At least the weekend is almost here! Sending good thoughts your way.
And hey, at least the cat peed in the sink and not in a plant or on a rug. 
My mother has always said, “You have to have bad days so you know when you are having a good one.”
Doesn’t always help, but makes us appreciate the good days a little more.