Cause I've Had a Bad Day

We all have bad days every now and then. Here's how I handle mine...

I had a bad day today. And yesterday actually. I have two big projects at work that I’ve worked really hard on and right here at the last minute before the projects are ready to be rolled out, I have to change a lot of both of them. It happens. It’s no one’s fault. But knowing that doesn’t make the day suck any less.

So here’s what I am NOT going to do:

• I am not going to stay up late tonight working on the projects. I didn’t get home tonight until 7:30, and I still had a lot of work to do before my Friday deadline. But I’m exhausted and frustrated and I would not be doing my best work if I tried to push through tonight.

• I am not going to rehash my entire day to Chris. He knows my day was long and I texted him on the way home that I was pissy and tired, and he texted me back that he was waiting to give me a hug when I got home. So, that’s what we did, and then we had dinner with the kids and life moved on.

• I am not going to cook dinner. Thankfully, Chris cooked while I was on my way home, but even if he hadn’t, I wouldn’t have cooked dinner tonight. I would have ordered something because life’s too short.

Here is what I am going to do instead:

• I’m going to think about what I feel and why I feel it becaue Therapist Mary said that was good for my dumb mental health.

• I’m going to take a shower and put on warm jammies. Nothing washes away a long day like a hot shower.

• I’m going to hang out with my family. Even if I don’t feel like talking to them, just hanging around with people who I love fills me cup. So, I’m literally laying on my couch right now while they goof around and watch old episodes of The Office.

• I’m going to take a sleeping pill and go to on time. I know after days like today, I will not sleep all the way through the night. So, I’ll take a little magic pill to help me sleep like a baby.

• I’m going to wake up super early tomorrow and finish one of my projects before I go into the office. After a good night’s sleep, I’ll be able to work better, faster, and with less mistakes. And I know that walking into my office tomorrow with only one project hanging over my head instead of two is going to feel so good. I feel better now just thinking about that.

And if all of that doesn’t work, I’m going to stare at this picture of my sister-in-law’s cat wearing a Batman mask. That should fix it.