I guess you can fill in the blank. Nothing bad has happened, and yet, this one person in our office loves to grate on my skin. Since my boss is on vacation for two weeks, this person had decided that - without asking - she can take over my boss's office. I say she has the 'short person syndrome' and you know how those people are! (Yes, I know I'm 'short' - but I'm taller than her! Shoot me if I ever act like her!) With my boss's office right next to me, I get to hear her loud voice throughout the day, when she hasn't shut the door so that she can "concentrate". I even have a note on the door that the room is reserved from 12-1:30PM today for a scheduled meeting (previously approved) and she is just ignoring it. She WILL be asked to leave so that the meeting can take place.
Other than that, it is a good day, I guess. Traffic wasn't too bad and I was able to get to work fairly quickly. I have one set of minutes yet to complete (finished one up yesterday). Nothing pressing at the moment and I like days like this - except I prefer being kept busy. Next week I have four meetings so I will be busy next week. I am working from home part of the day tomorrow cause we need to leave early to head to Chandler for a wedding rehearsal. I'm taking Friday as a vacation day cause I don't know what time we will get back home and I don't want to stress about needing to get home. Nothing really planned for Friday for me. There are things I need to do, of course, but nothing specifically planned.
Regardless of the grating voice next to me, I am determined to keep focused on my work and get things done today. Found a story to share with you....
Have you ever had a day like the small boy had in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst?
“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
“At breakfast Anthony found a Corvette Sting Ray car kit in his breakfast cereal box and Nick found a Junior Undercover Agent code ring in his breakfast cereal box, but in my breakfast cereal box all I found was breakfast cereal.
“I think I’ll move to Australia.
“In the car pool Mrs. Gibson let Becky have a seat by the window. Audrey and Elliot got seats by the window too. I said I was being scrunched, I said I was being smushed. I said, ‘If I don’t get a seat by the window I am going to be car-sick.’ No one even answered.
“I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
“At school Mrs. Dickens liked Paul’s picture of the sailboat better than my picture of the invisible castle.
“At singing time she said I sang too loud. At counting time she said I left out sixteen. Who needs sixteen? I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
“I could tell because Paul said I wasn’t his best friend anymore. He said that Philip Parker was his best friend, and that Albert Moyo was his next best friend and that I was only his third best friend.
“I hope you sit on a tack,’ I said to Paul. ‘I hope the next time you get a double-decker strawberry ice cream cone the ice cream part falls off the cone part and lands in Australia.’
“There were two cupcakes in Phillip Parker’s lunch bag and Albert got a Hershey bar with almonds and Paul’s mother gave him a piece of jelly roll that had little coconut sprinkles on the top. Guess whose mother forgot to put in dessert?
“It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
“That’s what it was because after school my mom took us all to the dentist and Dr. Fields found a cavity just in me. ‘Come back next week and I’ll fix it,’ said Dr. Fields. ‘Next week,’ I said, ‘I’m going to Australia.’
“On the way downstairs the elevator door closed on my foot and while we were waiting for my mom to go get the car, Anthony made me fall where it was muddy and when I started crying because of the mud, Nick said I was a crybaby and while I was punching Nick for saying crybaby my mom came back with the car and scolded me for being muddy and fighting.
“I am having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day,’ I told everybody. No one even answered.
“So then we went to the shoe store to buy some sneaker. Anthony chose white ones with blue stripes. Nick chose red ones with white stripes. I chose blue ones with red stripes, but then the shoe man said ‘We’re all sold out.’ They made me buy plain old white ones, but they can’t make me wear them.
“When we picked up my dad at this office he said I couldn’t play with his copying machine, but I forgot. He also said to watch out for the books on this desk, and I was careful as could be except for my elbow. He also said ‘don’t fool around with the phone,’ but I think I called Australia. My dad said please don’t pick him up anymore. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
“There were lima beans for dinner and I hate limas. There was kissing on TV and I hate kissing.
“My bath was too hot, I got soap in my eyes, my marble went down the drain, and I had to wear my railroad pajamas. I hate my railroad pajamas.
“When I went to bed Nick took back the pillow he said I could keep and the Mickey Mouse night light burned out and I bit my tongue. The cat wants to sleep with Anthony, not with me.
“It has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. My mom says some days are like that. Even in Australia.” (Published by Atheneum Publishers, new York, 1976.)
Here are some rules to remember when you have one of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days and your attitude starts to plummet:
Rule 1: Maintain the right attitude when the “going gets tough”.
Rule 2: Realize that the “rough weather” will not last forever.
Rule 3: Try to make major decisions before the storm.
Rule 4: Keep in contact with the control tower.
As my mama always said…… “This too shall pass”. And that is what I'm counting on. No matter what is going on in your life right now, you are never alone in your walk. Trust in God to walk with you through it. This too shall surely pass.
My brother in law began chemo treatments yesterday - and from what I hear, has already started the throwing up. I remember my daughter going through that when she had the chemo. Will he be as determined as she to get through it and live? I don't know. Each person's journey is different. I believe he is determined to get through all the chemo, but I'm sure there will be times he will want to give up cause he will be so sick. Everyone is helpless when this is going on for there is nothing one can do to make it all better. Please keep him in your prayers.
If you feel you are having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day..... remember this story....and apply the rules.
Blessings!
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