...but lately it seems that several days have attacked me at once
Today started poorly. Which is pretty much par for the course this week, as each day has been a series of mildly crummy events. Nothing too drastic, mostly little things, but crummy all the same. I slept in. As is often the case, it was a result of my having had too much to drink last night. So it goes. There is one bus that comes early enough to get me where I need to go. I have found that if I walk out the door at 4:27, I will make the bus. I have also found that waking at 4:24 gives me sufficient time to make it to the bus stop by 4:27, if I try really really hard. In some sort of a sick joke, today I woke at 4:26. No matter, I thought. I'll ride my bike. I've done it before. So I get my stuff, leave my house, and make it a mile down the road before I realize that I've forgotten my identification. Damn. Turn around. Go back home. Call a cab. So another $12 for another five minute cab ride downtown, just so I can catch my train to get to work on time. Which I did. And then for one, brief, shinning moment, things looked better.
It was about 6:20. I looked to the west, over the river valley, and I saw the sun rising up over some big, puffy clouds. It was hazy, so it was a little blurred. It looked like a big pat of butter sitting atop a giant pile of mashed potatoes (snaps to anyone who gets the reference, by the way). May it won't be so bad, I thought. It was pleasantly cool, that nice just rained last night smell was hanging in the air. It looked to be a beautiful day.
Well looks are deceiving. The sun went away, and the clouds taking its place began to weep. Any energy mustered earlier is now gone. I'm tired, I'm wet, I'm cranky, and I cannot wait for the day to be over. So it goes.
It was about 6:20. I looked to the west, over the river valley, and I saw the sun rising up over some big, puffy clouds. It was hazy, so it was a little blurred. It looked like a big pat of butter sitting atop a giant pile of mashed potatoes (snaps to anyone who gets the reference, by the way). May it won't be so bad, I thought. It was pleasantly cool, that nice just rained last night smell was hanging in the air. It looked to be a beautiful day.
Well looks are deceiving. The sun went away, and the clouds taking its place began to weep. Any energy mustered earlier is now gone. I'm tired, I'm wet, I'm cranky, and I cannot wait for the day to be over. So it goes.