Have you ever noticed that when you're mad about something, everything else that happens in your life seems to piss you off too? It's like your brain is so focused on the anger, that you can't cope with even the smallest annoyance like you usually do. I hate that.
I've been having a rough couple of days because life has thrown me a few curveballs. I've been in a really bad mood. And I think bad moods attract crappy things into your life because someone up there must want to see how far I can be pushed before I snap.
Yesterday for example I got up and immediately stepped in a pile of cat barf out in the hallway. That's not a great thing to squish on your bare feet at any moment, but certainly not when you've just woken up. It's usually an indicator that the day will suck pretty badly.
It gets even worse when you realize one of the cats must be pretty sick because as you venture out to the rest of house, there is cat barf everywhere. And then you go out to the garage and see that someone had to crap really bad and didn't even make it to the box. There were piles of disgusting runny cat crap all over the floor.
Cleaning this mess is not fun, even when you're in the best of moods. But if you're already pissed off, you just want to scream or go back to bed and hope that when you wake up it was all a dream. I love my cats, but this was just gross and disturbing to deal with.
And it wasn't over yet either. We figured out which of the cats was sick when she hurled right in front of us. Magically an enormous hairball that looked like a dead hamster landed on the floor. But I won't describe what this mess smelled like. Let's just say she tried really hard to clean up her ass region from the mess out in the garage and then she got sick afterwards. Our living room smelled like evil. I'm not sure what evil smells like, but I can assure you that this was it.
The cat is all better now. I think that dead hamster looking hairball was the culprit. She seemed pretty chipper and excited to have that thing out of her system. I don't blame her. Thank God our carpets are an ugly shade of rusty brown to begin with so they don't stain easily. And I really love Resolve carpet cleaner too.
But this made my bad mood even badder. I was a lost cause. I got pissed because I was out of shaving cream. I was mad that my internet wasn't working yet again. Luckily for only about ten minutes though. Small favors. Then I got upset when I saw we were out of sugar for my coffee.
I ran up to the store and realized I'd forgotten my phone. And ridiculously enough my first thought was, "I need to call Natalie and tell her I don't have my phone in case she tries to call me..." Duh. Yeah, that makes sense. I'll just pull out my invisible phone and call her to tell her I don't have a phone. Clearly I'm brain dead.
The whole day just seemed like a chore to get through and it had barely started. But that's just because I was already feeling bad. None of these things were that horrible, but I made them horrible in my mind. Maybe that's an accomplishment right there that I realized that?
Luckily I eventually cheered up. Someone I know is really good at doing that for me. It's amazing she's willing to put up with my bad moods and cursing the gods over sugar and shaving cream. I'm really lucky. I'm not sure I'd be willing to put up with me sometimes. But I'm glad she can look past it all and still find it in her heart to try and make me laugh.
It works every time...
-evil_twin LA
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evil_twin posted on Jan 13, 2008
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travelr712 said on Jan 13, 2008....
all that, and she's cute too! sometimes i don't think you realize how good you really have it my friend, but then, sometimes you do :-) -
evil_twin said on Jan 13, 2008....
trav--Sometimes I think I take for granted how lucky I am. And that sucks. So I really want to make sure I don't keep doing that. And yes, she is cute too! -
Actorguy said on Jan 13, 2008....
I definitely get like that! If its a major catastrophe, I usually can stay calm and figure out a solution. But sometimes a little thing will irritate me and then it seems that everything that happens just pisses me off more!Unfortunately, my wife doesn't coddle me and make me laugh, she just tells me to "get over myself" and that usually works LOL' -
crybabylu said on Jan 13, 2008....
I think most people can relate to this post. I know when my mood isn't quite cheery, it affects my entire day. I love your posts. The way you describe things. It's like you a paint a picture, and we get to watch it as it is happening. -
evil_twin said on Jan 13, 2008....
actorguy--I guess I really am lucky then because I didn't get told to get over myself. But I bet she was thinking it! :-P Normally I'm fairly laid back with small snags in my life, but if I'm in a mood, everything is the end of the world.
crybaby--Thank you :-) I'm glad you like my writing! I guess we all get in those moods and then everything just drives us crazy even if they're not a big deal.
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kruuyai said on Jan 13, 2008....
e_t: I'm glad the kitty is feeling better. Maybe you should follow her example and just cough up a big ole' furball. That might put you in a right chipper mood. :)
I do believe we are magnets for the manifestation of whatever is on our mind. And sometimes, our aversion to something seems to draw it to us more compellingly than our desire for something. That's just God applying Murphy's Law, I guess. And I never even knew that God was Irish!
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the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 13, 2008....
I totally get like that sometimes. It sucks! I hope today is much better. :)
~Infernal
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CreativeWoman said on Jan 13, 2008....
I get that way sometimes too. Luckily it's not my my everyday mood, as I'm sure it isn't yours either. :-) You are blessed to love and be loved so much.
CW
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evil_twin said on Jan 13, 2008....
kruu--Maybe I did need cough up a furball of my own? It might have made me just as happy as the cat! And you're right, we seem to attract more of the same to whatever is on our minds.
infernal--Today is much better. I knew the moment would pass eventually :-)
CW--I'm glad this isn't my everyday mood either. But we all get like that sometimes I guess. It's only human. I am very blessed and lucky :-)
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destinydiva said on Jan 13, 2008....
aww you did have a rough day! I hope it got better!! and you were right...it was an accomplishment that you realised that a lot of the stuff was so bad cus you were feeling bad...hopefully that stopped you feeling so bad about everything?
glad the cat survived the hairball!! I must admit i'd sooner be the cat spitting out the hairball than the one having toclean all that mess up!! :-) xx
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evil_twin said on Jan 13, 2008....
destiny--My day did get better yesterday. I just needed a little kick in the butt I think. Today has been good though. No problems or sick animals messing all over my house! -
Mamie said on Jan 13, 2008....
oh, Bud, that was so funny! You are such a story teller! My family thinks I am silly now because we are all sitting together watching football and I am laughing out loud! I am sorry about your sick kitty. Ick! But yea, the day HAD to get better. Tomorrow, I hope you venture out with at least your slippers on. hehehehe, mamie -
Twylarants said on Jan 13, 2008....
Oh yuck! I remember those hairballs, and I am so glad we no longer have cats!
I've done the phone thing too ET, except instead of thinking I'd call him to tell him I had no phone, I'd text him. Duh. I'm glad it's not just me.
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Mr_Box said on Jan 13, 2008....
So this was why you were all gloomy yesterday? You stepped in cat barf and ran out of shaving cream and sugar? Now it all makes sense.
I'm being a little sarcastic. Sorry. We all have shitty days like this and you're right. When you're already in a bad mood, every little set back makes you want to give up on life.
I had a day like that the other day too. I was ready to snap. At least you're not going through nicotine withdrawals on top of everything else like I am.
I did have to crack up over the phone thing. I did something similar the other day. Except Melanie left her phone on the coffee table.
And my first instinct was to call her real quick and let her know she forgot it. How I thought I'd reach her when the phone was sitting in front of me, I'll never know.
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hotaka said on Jan 13, 2008....
Bad days. Sometimes I walk through the day keeping track of all the unfortunate things that are happening just so I might post about it later. I never do though. Someone stepping in front of me as I am about to get on the escalator or a series of lights turning red just as I reach the intersection hardly seems worth bitching about once I get a chance to sit down at the computer.
Cat barf all over, however, is a somewhat extraordinary event and I can see how that might get your fingers dancing on the keyboard.
Glad you put the bad days behind you... for now...
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JadeLondon said on Jan 14, 2008....
Bwah-ha-ha! Oh, ET, I don't mean to laugh, but it is all in the telling! :)I am happy to see your day and outlook grew better. I think anyone would feel as you did, really.
You're a good guy to recognize what you have in your wife.
Wishing you a day free from cat poop and barf--
(Can you not tell I have kids? Nothing like announcing you have to use the 'potty'. I try to stick with 'bathroom' or 'facility', but sometimes the other slips out!)
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evil_twin said on Jan 14, 2008....
mamie--I'm glad that made you laugh. Stuff like that is always funnier afterwards, but never while it's happening :-P Slippers would be a good idea huh?
twyla--That's a good one! Text him and tell him you don't have a phone. It's funny how illogical our brains can be sometimes.
Mr. Box--I'm glad that I'm not the only one who's made that stupid phone mistake! And yes, I was a little gloomy the other day, but this wasn't the only thing that was bugging me. This just added to it and upset me more.
hotaka--The cat barf extravaganza did seem worthy of writing about to me. That signals a really bad day when you wake up to find that in your house!
Jade--I'm glad you liked this. It was a hellish morning for me, but I am very lucky to have someone special to snap me out of it! We're not quite married yet, but almost. Fingers crossed that my tantrums over cat barf don't change her mind :-P
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merlin said on Jan 14, 2008....
Sorry you had such a bad day, hope things are much brighter tommorow -
silverwhisper said on Jan 14, 2008....
i completely agree that a bad mood feeds off itself. if you ask me, it's about perspective--like that thing about no internet for 10 mins. if you're in a good mood, that becomes a mild annoyance, you do something else instead, and figure "hey, it was only ten minutes".
but if you're in a bad mood, no matter what happens or how it gets resolved, it wasn't fast enough, or resolved quite right.
JMHO.
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rmuxagirl said on Jan 14, 2008....
I know that feeling of everything pissing you off feeling. Once one bad thing happens it seems to snowball even if it is little small things. -
uniquely-ironic said on Jan 14, 2008....
I hate when I fall into the life sucking vortex. There seems to be no cure for it, you just have to somehow survive. -
evil_twin said on Jan 14, 2008....
merlin--Things are much brighter now. Thankfully!
silver--You're totally right. If I had been in a good mood, none of these things would have been so bad. Well, except the cat mess was pretty bad. But I still probably would have handled it better in a different mood.
rmuxa--It does seem to snowball doesn't it?
uniquely--I like the way you worded that. Life sucking vortex. That's exactly what it feels like. Luckily, things eventually improve!
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uniquely-ironic said on Jan 14, 2008....
We have a "little saying" in my house when someone is having a bad day. Some wise or foolish person will look into the poor souls eyes and whisper "sucks to be you!".
Running away quickly is always a good idea.
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nursecutie said on Jan 14, 2008....
I have no idea why I didn't comment on this yesterday........I read it and then I told you what I thought, so I didn't realize I didn't type it out too.....LOL! Oh well.....you know I read it :) And of course I am not sick of putting up with your bad moody days. You put up with mine too!
Some of these little things weren't so bad......but the cat disaster was not good! I was worried about the poor kitty, but what a mess! I am just glad she's fine now and our house doesn't look like a vomitorium anymore.....LOL!
xxoo natalie xxoo
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evil_twin said on Jan 14, 2008....
uniquely--Yeah, sucks to be you is a phrase no one wants to hear! They'd better run :-P
cutie--It's no problem :-) I knew you'd read it too, but it's nice to see your comment. The cat thing was bad any way you look at it! But I'm glad my bad moods are not a deterrent. I'm lucky!
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hotaka said on Jan 14, 2008....
How do you think the cat felt?! -
queenparanoia said on Jan 15, 2008....
you guys are so cute!!! hey can you pm about the bithday book about me?
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