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2003-09-22 - 4:05 p.m.

Monday Misery

I had Monday splattered all over me today.

I was lethargic, grouchy and just a hair short of being meaner than a junk yard dog. And it wasn’t something I spent the long hours of the day working up to. I got up like that; the alarm blasted this morning and I rolled over, sucked up a big mouthful of crabbiness and stomped off to the shower. Emma, anxious to be outside and a safe distance from me, scampered down the hall and skidded across the tile floor to the back door. Most mornings I have to force her off the bed and out the door! Later, I snapped the clip on the curling iron and had to dig though the disaster that is my bathroom closet looking for another one.

I scowled through the dark on my ride to work and by the time I arrived at the office I had worked myself into a hot lather and was ready for a free-for-all with the first person I bumped into. Then I discovered: I didn’t have coffee for the little 4-cup pot I keep there and I hadn’t brought a brewed cup from home; our computer system was down indefinitely; several files of mind-numbing paperwork were stacked on my desk for completion today; at eight a.m. the university student doing her internship with us expected a thoughtful and insightful discussion about both theory and her student caseload.

Oh, PLEASE!

I had also awakened with a chest-piercing cough and a scratchy-going-to-sore throat. By late morning my nose was running. I suspected a fall cold was attacking. All I wanted to do was go home, curl up alone with my blankie and ill temper and start over tomorrow. Then I remembered I couldn’t go directly home tonight after work. I had to make a stop at Wal-Mart first. My early morning expectation of a free-for-all then escalated to a desire for all-out war with plenty of blood shed!

At Wal-Mart I charged my cart at break neck speeds through the aisles, snarling at anyone who got in my way, then got all bollixed up at the checkout. But I’m finally home, and I’m headed to my recliner to work on a better attitude for tomorrow.

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