Yesterday, All My Troubles Seemed So ... In My Face

Monday.

Wake up to cacophony of Jorge the Jabanero ironing his clothes on the other side of the wall. "Must be beating pants on heated rocks" = first lucid thoughts.

Coffee.

Look outside.

Snowing.

Want to cry.

Get ready for work.

Straighten hair.

Same length since January.

Why can't I grow hair.

Get to work, much to do before 10:00 staff meeting.

Much to do after 10:00 staff meeting.

No time to eat lunch or snack.

Starving.

Arrive home to find ants taking over kitchen.

Freak out.

Considering eating ants 1) for revenge and spite 2) to mollify hunger

Clean up ants.

Zoe watches, mesmerized.

Heat bowl of oatmeal, put pork loin roast in oven.

Walk through house to bedroom, see pile of poop on family room rug.

Clean up poop.

Zoe watches, mesmerized.

Zoe goes in cage. "Grounded."

Leave for 15 minute drive to school.

Pick up Kristin.

Unexpected sidecar occupant. Take another child home.

Drop off Kristin at our house.

Go to Wowmart. Because I hate myself.

Wowmart = lines.

Lines.

Lines.

It is Monday afternoon, for crying out loud.

Lines.

Peruse magazines while in line. Hate Gladiator shoes. Hate the big floral print "maxi dresses" that are apparently in.

Hate lines.

Home again.

Put away groceries.

Finish dinner.

Begin cooking for a meal tomorrow night at Alpha meeting.

Check blog comments.

Miss people. Sad.

Fear that people will resent that I did not come by to check on them.

Will write apology post about not coming by to check on them.

They will forgive.

Get on elliptical at insanely late hour.

Write draft for Internet Cafe.

Write draft for newspaper article.

Check blog comments.

Miss people. Sad.

Will write apology post about not coming by to check on them.

Go to bed.


Special message to 30 x 5'ers:

How's it going? If the weekend (and Monday) threw you for a loop, don't despair, and don't give up! Tomorrow will be another day ... and so will the day after that ... And we just have to take it One Day at a Time.

BTW, have you seen Valerie Bertinelli in her bikini? What do you think? What do you think about the way she lost her weight?

Do you think we should all post pictures of ourselves in bikinis on Thursday when we do our posts?!