Good day, bad day, one of those days

Today was one of those days. I was saying that it was a bad day, but was told that if I said that, then it was. If I put it into perspective, then it really isn't.

Some days I can handle lots of bumps in the road. Today was definitely not one of those days. It started this morning when I turned off my alarm (set for 6:20) only to realize/remember, at 8:35 am, that I had turned my alarm off last night, and the alarm I had turned off was the 7am alarm. I was late for my 9:30 appointment in downtown DC, and late getting back to the office. I made it to my 11:00 (pushed off to 11:30) meeting, but had to leave early to make a 1pm conference call. At 2:15 I started running reports for my client, and finished about 3:00pm. That's when my client -- whom I really do love -- called to tell me about more changes she wanted made in another report on the system. I think I held it together until I got off the phone, but after that I had to get out of the building. A very long fresh air break later, it's actually time to go home, but at least I am not all riled up, and can face my family with calm.

Oh -- there's one more trick to the whole perspective piece. My 17-year-old son chose 4:00 am last night as the ideal time to tell his parents that he had started smoking in July. 'Nough said.