Meg's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

I woke up in the morning with a sore throat and painful sinuses. The expensive humidifier I bought had run dry in the middle of the night. I knew it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I got up to fix breakfast and nobody was ready for it. By the time they were ready the eggs were overcooked and the toast was cold, but I made them eat it anyway. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I forgot to bring in the Christmas lights and artificial garland I had bought in Denver so I had to go outside into the cold and wind to get them. When I opened the back of the car the reusable shopping bags I keep in there blew down the street. One of them lodged under a car and I had to roll around on the ground to get it. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I was carrying a big armload of garland into the house when I missed the step onto the deck and fell, twisting my knee. I wasn’t hurt, but when I got up I had to chase after all the garland before it blew away. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

When I got inside I realized that I had stepped in some animal poop. I had to clean it off my shoe with paper towels and cotton swabs. Then I had to go around and clean up all the places I had been. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I started to put the lights onto the garland and kept ending up with too many lights at the end or too few. It took me three times to get it right and then I had to do it all over five more times. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I took a bunch of medicine to help me deal with the cold I’ve had for more than three weeks. The medicine made me feel Sleepy, Dopey and Grumpy so I made an appointment to see the Doc. I was not Happy. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I packed the humidifier back into its box. It’s going back to the store tomorrow. I am going to drink some hot tea with lemon, ginger and a huge slug of bourbon. I know the best way to get over this day is to sleep through it.

It’s been a TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY!

My thanks to Judith Viorst, author of the wonderful children’s book, Alexander’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, for helping me deal with my day.