Some days the pages come out of the printer backwards and upside-down.
Some days everyone's talking in circles.
Some days you can't quite find what you're looking for.
Some days it drizzles more or less without stopping.
Some days half the kids' homework didn't get done, and paltry excuses accrue like desiccated flies on flypaper.
On days like this, it is almost certain that your Inbox will have reached its quota, and you must eliminate unnecessary emails in order to continue.
In this case, it is also virtually certain that you will delete emails that turn out to be necessary after all.
Luckily, days like these don't last forever, and sometimes even arrive with a built-in cure. The warmth of a chat with family can evaporate the cold, wet chill from the air. Learning something new and interesting in Spanish class can erase the frustration and futility of beating all those dead horses - the disobedient printer, the engorged Inbox, the guilt-ridden, wide-eyed stares of the culprits of the incomplete homework. And a nice hot meal and a cold beer can fill you up enough to cancel out the absence of that thing you never found, or the sought-after words that never got said.
Onward!
Tomorrow is a different day. Let's see what truth it holds.
Oh, those days! They still happen to me, although less often, and mostly involve annoyingly difficult phone calls trying to do simple things, items that must be searched for (whose fault is that, I wonder?) and dropping things! And yes, family and friends, food and alcohol - great cures! AJ
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