We all have those little signs we read as omens of a bad day. (Don't we? Please tell me I'm not alone in this.)
I woke up about an hour before the alarm. Too early. (That's not the omen. That just happens. Keep reading.) I tossed around for a bit hoping to at least slip into a nice light dream state, knowing I would not. Then I gave up and went to the bathroom.
I've been moving furniture and cleaning in prep for the holidays. The other night I noticed the kitchen cabinets looked bad -- the lower ones, I took the doors off of the upper ones years ago. But I already have a long list of serious cleaning chores and kitchen cabinets are definitely not on the list. I'd have to seriously cut into my goofing off time to clean them.
Since I was up early, I spent that extra half hour scrubbing drips and general crud off of the cabinets. They look lovely now, thank you. Then I showered and ate breakfast and sipped coffee while reading the news online. And then bam it hit. You know the feeling. That "I've got to lie down or I'm just gonna drop on the spot" feeling. I needed a nap at 8:05 am.
That was my sign.
Think about. There's no way today plays well for me. Even if I got a second wind to get me through the drive (I didn't) and first hour or two of work (I haven't yet), I'm here until 7:00 pm with another long drive home. I feel like I've been awake, been pushing myself for hours beyond bedtime. But I've only been awake for five hours, been up and doing for four and a half hours.
With eight and a half hours to go until I can get into pjs and crash on the couch.
That's a long time.
But, you ask, has your omen proved true? Is it a bad day, really, beyond the struggle to stay awake?
Yes, or at least it's off to a bad start. I won't go into the whole sordid-yet-dull details of the low-grade feud between the library and our closest neighbors (and their random loose children and increasingly aggressive loose dogs). I'll just say the cold war may have turned hot. God knows what the reprisals will be.
Definitely a day to spend in pjs on the couch.
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