BAD-BACK-TO-WORK-AFTER-VACATION-WEEK!!!
With Christmas and New Years vacations, it’s been
two weeks since our family has had a full week’s work. How was it for you? Ours could have been better. They say
picture is worth a thousand words, so let me explain last week in just
one picture…
Yep…that was pretty much how every day felt.
Some days I felt like it would have been better to
stay in bed. Of course, I usually feel
this way after I’ve made my attempt, hindsight being 20/20 and all. But here’s the thing, if we can just push
through to the next 24 hour period, it usually all works out. The thing about bad days, is that they
usually only last a DAY. (Even a bad
week, in the grand scheme of things is just one week…) And I have found that
this is true as well…
That’s right!
I have a pretty good survival rate when it comes to bad days. Not too shabby if I don’t say so myself.
I have
found the best way to “survive” or “endure” a bad day is to laugh about
it. I’m not going to lie – I’ve had some
pretty remarkable bad days – like not even Hollywood could write a storyline
like mine – you just could not make it up!
The badness almost becomes hysterical!
But I have survived! One
particularly bad day came a couple of years ago. I was sure my car had been cursed. My “cursed car day” started out with it deciding
to lock me out for no apparent reason.
Obviously, we all love reasons that make us late for work, so this
little episode made for a delightful start to the workday. After finding my spare set of keys, I was off
to school determined not to let this setback ruffle my feathers. However, after work I came out to the parking
lot to see that not one, but two of my tires were flat and needing repair. Really?
How does one get TWO flat tires?
My husband came to assist me and by the end of the day we had two
patched tires and thought this the end to our car woes. Little did we know that this was not the
end. The next morning as I was driving
to school, with the kids in the back seat, a turkey flew up out of the ditch
and straight into my driver’s side window.
I’ve never been face to face with a turkey and I hope to never be again. It hit the car so hard, we pulled over to
check for damages. I was shocked to find
that there was none. As we were
examining things, my oldest son piped up and said, “Mom, I didn’t even know
turkeys could fly that high!” Me either
junior, me either. I was sure there was
a gravitational force of “all things bad” being pulled into my car’s
theoretical orbit. At this point
standing on the road side, dazed turkey waddling away, I started laughing. Seriously!
What had just happened? A turkey
flew INTO my car! What do you do but
laugh?
This week was no different. The frustrations and issues that came about
were nothing major just irritating.
Sometimes hilariously irritating.
So what do you do, but laugh?
When I was teaching I had this poster up in my
room. It was a quote by Charles Swindol
Isn’t this the truth? Our attitude has so much to do with how our
day is going. Even a good day can be
made bad if we have a cranky attitude. Don’t
get me wrong, it’s easy to get frustrated when so many things go wrong. You don’t feel like putting a smile on your
face – frustrations are powerful “good-day-zappers”!! I hope if you’re experiencing a bad day (or
even a bad “back-to-work-after-vacation” week) that it won’t last long, that
you have friends that can lift your spirits or at least a nice place to rest at
night before taking on the world again the next day. (And maybe access to nice glass of
wine…merely a suggestion…)
Over the years to encourage others, I’ve written poems to help them through. Here's one below you might find comical. Maybe these will make you
laugh or lift your spirits on a crummy day.
BAD DAY
Alarm clock didn’t sound today
Ran in late to work
Got a speeding ticket on the way
Policeman was a jerk
Missed a meeting – spilled my coffee
Look as frazzled as I feel
Ttripped while running down the stairs
Now my shoe’s without a heel
Ever have a day like this?
I’m trying hard to cope
Still I think I’d miss the water
If I feel out of a boat
Here's to surviving bad days!! We can do it!!
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