Turn that frown upside down

Today is one of those days where I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. In fact,  I feel like I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, that was in the wrong house, in the wrong neighborhood, in the wrong city, even in the wrong state...

I didn't drink enough at all yesterday. Then my little guy was jumping all around and hyper when I wanted him to be chill. SkinnyHusband couldn't find the important papers. Our little guy was getting dirt on invitations I need to mail when he was in the car on the way to daycare.

On the drive to work, I attempted to smile. Just smile-it'll make you feel better. I started listening to Disney music hoping it would help. I sang loudly as I was stuck behind 4 cars going 10 under.START SHAKING THE STEERING WHEEL PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME BE HAPPY.

Today was suppose to be my day off. I work 9 hour days to get every other Friday off. They started a new policy where you are strongly encouraged to come in on your flex if you missed any days that week (I had a stomach issue Monday this week). This is the whole reason I was in a bad mood. I have things I wanted to do. I wanted to be anywhere but in the car on the way to work.

When I got here, several of the people mentioned that they "are flexed on Monday's so if they're out that week, it's too bad, they don't have to make it up." I was on the verge of say ing "F-this ish!" and leaving.

We recently purchased a loveseat for the back porch and one of the pieces was messed up. The warranty was suppose to send a new one and now they are thinking it won't come through until 2 weeks from now. It was THAT kind of morning.

I kept thinking "get over yourself...don't spend your day upset." As I was mindlessly going through charts, a coworker from another department stopped by to say Hello. This interaction was brief but her smile was infectious. She was so happy and glowing and it made me happy. To see someone genuinely happy was the best gift and exactly what I needed.

While AwesomeBoss taught me life's too short to spend it unhappy, KindCoworker reminded me that you can't force happy but be open to it.

I know today won't be one of those "Happy-Go-Lucky" days that I enjoy so much but it won't be the worst day of my life and somewhere out there, someone is having the best day of their life and that makes me smile just a little more!  ;)


(and to make it even better...here's a Quokka!)