Good-bye Hump Day
Hump Day...the moniker inspires different visual experiences in all of us. Right? Don't you imagine something fun? Or maybe it means that the work week is nearly over? This week, Hump Day was a day of seemingly insurmountable bumps in the road. They were not insurmountable, but they damn sure created a feeling of irritation and frustration. I'm not usually one to succumb to depression or anxiety, but it's amazing how a horrific day can cause you to feel sorry for yourself.
It started with a trip to the eye doc to diagnose my "hamburger eye"...yes, the inside of my eyelid looks like ground hamburger. Disgusting, I know! Unfortunately this condition is caused from my rosacea and it's something that will come and go as I grow older. Boo, yuck, boo. If you don't know what rosacea is, count yourself lucky. For someone living in Alaska, it means a winter of red pustules on your face and the skin on your face molting like a snake. That's a nice visual. Okay, big deal...I could've worked through the day on just that.
Then I returned to work where I discovered a big mistake on one of my projects that forecasted something incorrectly - this is bad. I won't go into it, but if my day hadn't already been on the down slide, it would surely be headed in that direction.
Then to finish out the day, I dropped my phone in the toilet...what the foxtrot?!. Disgusting beyond belief, beware! At this point I considered being a bitter, cranky girl for the rest of the day...but I came home to a sleepy, happy bulldog. It's hard to be cranky when he snuggles up and snores on you.
The good news - all that stress and frustration sent me to bed at 7:30pm and I awoke ready to face the day, no matter how horrific it might be. How do you get through a day that gives you more than lemons? I mixed myself a mandarin vodka press and ate the Halloween candy - don't judge. The lesson of the day? I don't know...maybe clear your mind, breathe, remember that these are probably small things in the scheme of things, and just move on.
It started with a trip to the eye doc to diagnose my "hamburger eye"...yes, the inside of my eyelid looks like ground hamburger. Disgusting, I know! Unfortunately this condition is caused from my rosacea and it's something that will come and go as I grow older. Boo, yuck, boo. If you don't know what rosacea is, count yourself lucky. For someone living in Alaska, it means a winter of red pustules on your face and the skin on your face molting like a snake. That's a nice visual. Okay, big deal...I could've worked through the day on just that.
Then I returned to work where I discovered a big mistake on one of my projects that forecasted something incorrectly - this is bad. I won't go into it, but if my day hadn't already been on the down slide, it would surely be headed in that direction.
Then to finish out the day, I dropped my phone in the toilet...what the foxtrot?!. Disgusting beyond belief, beware! At this point I considered being a bitter, cranky girl for the rest of the day...but I came home to a sleepy, happy bulldog. It's hard to be cranky when he snuggles up and snores on you.
The good news - all that stress and frustration sent me to bed at 7:30pm and I awoke ready to face the day, no matter how horrific it might be. How do you get through a day that gives you more than lemons? I mixed myself a mandarin vodka press and ate the Halloween candy - don't judge. The lesson of the day? I don't know...maybe clear your mind, breathe, remember that these are probably small things in the scheme of things, and just move on.
Cheers to a Happy Thursday!
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