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October 01, 2010

Just one of those days...

You know the kind of days I'm talking about; the kind of day where things just keep going wrong. It wasn't just me today, though. I know people who broke bones, fell ill, had relationships come to abrupt endings, and more. It's like it's all part of some weird, messed-up, international holiday where everyone gets to celebrate something crappy happening in their lives.

I've decided to call it the International Day of Unjoyment.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm not whining. I've figured out that good things always come out of bad things (eventually).

As many unjoyable things happened to me today, this evening was the icing on the cake. The cherry on the sundae. The flag on top of the mountain.

Jade threw up in her bed. Fawn went down to attend to matters but asked me to bring down a bowl of warm water and a couple of wash cloths. I waited around until she was done with the bowl and then brought the bowl full of barfy water back up the stairs to the kitchen. Except that, as I neared the top of the stairs, I tripped on one of the steps. And then I cracked my knee on the metal plate at the top of the stairs. And then, warm, barfy water sloshed up and out of the bowl and into my face. And my into beard. And down my shirt. And into my pants.

Yuck.

So what good could possibly come out of that?

Maybe the next time you're having a cruddy day you'll remember my barf-water experience and your day won't seem quite so bad. It's only, after all, one of those days.

8 comments:

Allmycke said...

Point proven - I think. Barfy water in your face and down your chest + a cracked knee tops a lot of other miserable events... Hope Jade feels better and your knee won't give you trouble in the future.

Megan said...

AHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Sorry.

Matt, Kara, Hunter and Cavan said...

Oh that is so nasty!

dogsled_stacie said...

ewwww, now I feel barfy...

Dog Hair in my Coffee said...

Oh, yuck. Well, in comparison, I've had a GREAT day, so thanks for the reminder that it almost always COULD be worse. You win!

Melissa said...

:( icky.

Scientific Chick said...

When I read your first paragraph, I had to double-check when it was written. Alas, it's now October 4th, and it's a big time crappy day over here. Maybe in Vancouver it's delayed or something. Like a time difference, but it's a Day Quality Difference.

Anyway, sorry to hear about the knee, and the pukey water. That's just gross.

Meandering Michael said...

Oh, it's all good. It takes more than physical injury and a face full of barf water to get to me these days. Microsnot Word crashing a bajillion times, does the trick, but otherwise I'm good.

Sorry to hear about your crappy day. I believe that BC has its celebrations on different days.