By the time I got to work today I was beginning to wonder if staying in bed would have been a better option.
Firstly, I reversed off my drive and did my usual visual check to make sure no windows or doors were open. Then I started to drive off and notice that the locked gate was wide open. I was about to reverse back so I could get onto the drive to check it out when a car came up behind me. I had to do a journey round the block to get back to my driveway. After a quick check and a phone call I was informed it had been done on purpose and that I wasn’t supposed to notice the gate was open :-/
My next port of call was the petrol station to top up with petrol. The petrol pumps seemed to be on a go slow, which meant standing around in the ice cold wind for several minutes. I turned up at work feeling rather windswept, only to encounter some wise cracks about my time of arrival.
At lunchtime I went to the local Town Centre to buy some lunch, and do some business transactions. Unfortunately I had forgotten it was the night before Christmas and was irritated when I saw the queues to the car parks. Finally I got parked up and managed to do some of the things on my list, but not all of them. To my annoyance the sandwich cabinet was quite bare, so lunch wasn’t quite as planned. I have made a note that the TC is a place to avoid until after Christmas.
Then just as I made my final approach back to work after lunch, a foreign lorry was driving way to slow and rather erratically in front of me as another lorry was speeding up behind me!!!…
To escape the situation I had to turn into my works car park with no room to maneuverer, but just as I did that a man stepped out in front of me. I had to drive forward as much as I could without hitting the man and hope for the best. I did pip my car horn at him but he just turned round and smiled quite oblivious of what was going on. I waited for the crunch which quite amazingly didn’t happen.
Maybe I should have stayed in bed…
Staying in bed is always the best alternative. Laziness is the key to the future.
Staying in bed late on occasions helps to refresh the body and spirit. Laziness is the key to the past…
All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.
[Dr. Johnson]
Ahh Yes! leisure time allows for contemplation and intellectual thought. Which of course in some instances can lead to an improvement
“The road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.” from Bertrand Russell (In Praise of Idleness.)
You are all beginning to worry me now…
The common message you give, is be lazy be happy.
I think I would still rather be busy and happy and campaign for what is right. It is the only way for me to be happy
So busy and happy, all the way for me 
We linger alone
Bodies confused
Memories misused
As we run from the day
To a strange night of stone
I am hoping it is just a one of strange day!
Yes, I too have days like that, when nothing goes right and I get into bed at night, thinking thank heavens that’s over!
Today, so far has been much better.
Sounds a nightmare. Mine was yesterday, Thursday but today was better. Hope that doesn’t happen again.
It was quite stressful. Seems like we were both have a bad day, what happened to you?
Glad today was better for you xx
good to have a bad day now and and again… it makes us appreciate the good days even more
One day I will lie in bed till lunch time drinking tea and reading ….. well i can dream
Oh yes Sally that is so true. I always say if there weren’t any bad times I would never be able to appreciate the good times
Ach I know those days. The best thing is not to get homicidal of course!
No homicidal thoughts. Just step back. Then onwards and upwards! Until the next time…
[...] on from Thursday it seems that my spate of minor irritations are not quite over.
Bed would be very inviting after a day like that, I’m sure. Funnily enough, I had one yesterday!
Oh dear, what happened? I hope you had a better day yesterday.
Bad days always zoom in on one complete with clusters of ghastliness, don’t they? I suppose they’re a challenge to our innermost fantasies about being in control of our lives – but without them, the good ones wouldn’t be as good!
the good ones wouldn’t be as good
That sums up my philosophy on life
You always need the bad times so you can appreciate the good times