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I cut myself on a butter knife this morning. I sliced my thumb.
I didn't let it get me down. I finished emptying the dishwasher. Once I finished, I decided that I would fill it back up again (with the dirty dishes that I left in the sink last night). I turned on the faucet, was distracted by a screaming baby, returned to rinse off a plate and burned the hell out of my hand with scalding hot water. I cursed. I didn't let it get me down though. I put the baby down for a nap and we both slept for three hours (thank god!).
We awoke from our slumber to the ringing doorbell. It was the rep from GA Power that I had made an appointment with to assess our house. I completely forgot that she was coming today. The house was an eyesore. A layer of dog hair covered most everything. There were boxes of random shit in the most inappropriate places. Not to mention dirty diapers that I have neglected to throw away. All I could do was apologize. She seemed alright with the monstrosity. The outcome: Our house is the most inefficient house she's seen in awhile. GREAT. I didn't let it get me down though.
I bundled Audrey up and we went on a walk. Before we hit the street I decided to be somewhat productive and water the freshly seeded lawn. So, I set up the sprinkler and we were off. About half-way through our walk I looked across the street and saw these two little boys RIGHT UP on the busy road. I stopped and said, "Hi fellas! What are you doing?" They were no older than 3- tops! I couldn't believe they were out there alone. I crossed the street and asked them where their parents were. No response. I even asked in Spanish. No audible response. I started to get them to back up off the street when I noticed a woman walking down the hill from the apartment complex. Relief and anger. She was so nonchalant about it. She said she thought they were in the car. They could have been killed. It pissed me off, but I didn't let it get to me. We finished our walk.
When we got back to the house I noticed the sprinkler had not been rotating. All that got watered was my car and the driveway. What a waste. I didn't let it bother me. I just decided to pick it up and water the lawn myself. Stupid sprinkler. When I went to grab it, the force of the water coming out twisted it perfectly to spray hella-cold water right in my face! Freakin' shit! I started to get upset. The entire day had been like this. WTF?
I watered the lawn, put up the hose and saw that the mail had come.

Nothing beats depression like early birthday presents in the mail!
Thanks Jen, Ali and Kelly Malizia. I got your parcels today and they made me smile. You saved an otherwise horrible Thursday. After I opened up your mail, I had some motivtion to tidy up the house. Yay!

I wish I didn't have to work tonight. I feel like I might be coming down with something. At least I get to bartend tonight- FINALLY! I hope we're crazy busy. The type of busy where you don't have time to think about anything and before you know it, it's time to close up and go home.