One of Those Days

    Have you ever had one of those days where by 9:00 am you just want a do over?  For me that is usually Monday.  Mondays have always been a day that I want a do over.  In my world Murphy's Law rules on Monday.  When I worked in the Operating Room it was always a quirky day.  If I made it through a Monday unscathed I counted myself as lucky, because I knew someplace in that community there was somebody that wasn't feeling the love.  So what do  you do when your day is spinning out of control?  Today, believe it or not, I let it get the best of me.  As I'm writing this I'm trying to think how I can spin a bad day and find some nugget of wisdom, and I don't know that I can.  I guess the best thing to do is just acknowledge it, and move on.  I know one thing, if you dwell on it and wallow in all the "bad juju" it will eat you up.
     One way that I've learned to throw out a bad day is to exercise as soon as I get home from work.  I get the dog pottied, change my clothes and off I go.  Today was no exception, then when I'm done I recoup for a minute or two and fix myself a nice healthy dinner.  Tonight's fare was grilled fish tacos.  I made grilled white fish fillets that were marinated in my own concoction of lime juice, fresh herbs, a little chilli powder and some canola oil.  I topped them with purple cabbage slaw that was drizzled with some of the marinade and fresh cut salsa.  Delish!  After dinner I played a couple of games of Mario Kart with my daughter.  We laughed, we crashed, we fell of bridges and waterfalls and just had fun.
     One of Those Days actually turned out ok.  As we were leaving to get to Kaysie's martial arts class I looked up in the sky and there was the most beautiful rainbow!  It was so bright that it looked three dimensional.  A friend of ours lost her precious son back in March.  He was an amazing artist and when we see rainbows we say "Sammy is painting the sky."  He painted a good one this evening.  That was the final touch - my day gone wrong was completely right.  Tomorrow will be better because it will be a new day and after all, it's Tuesday!