Bad Day
You know that day. The day when you wake up and from the very beginning you FEEL that its going to bad. This morning I went to get my leather jacket out of the closet (because it was only going to be 70 degrees today) and I dropped it on the floor. And I felt the bad day coming.
And come it did. Things were all bad at my work today with some a-hole ,who’s got it in for me because I’m a woman, PURPOSELY set out to make me look bad in a meeting. That confrontation was followed up with a horrible email by the Program Manager to me about how I was inadequately supporting his program (which truthfully is TOTALLY BOGUS, and I had email to prove it. thank god for technology). And it went back and forth all day getting nastier and nastier. Blah blah blah. You don’t care. I don’t expect you to. And here’s my problem…
No matter how much we say we don’t take our work personally, we do. And its hard for us to explain to the loved ones in our lives how horrible a work thing makes you feel. They don’t understand, and you’re left feeling alone in the fight.
So I decided that a trip to the station w/ a new recipe in hand would fix my mood. But then I got to the store w/ my recipe and realized it had an 8 hour chilling time. So I made my favorite peanut butter and orange honey cookies. I’ve made it a million times. To perfection. But today…. well today was a bad day. So I totally fouled up the cookies, so I run to the store for ice cream and toppings for The Boys (so I could get a much needed hug from Ryan), and then Ryan and I have miscommunications and now….
……I’m sitting at home at 9:30 at night with my second glass of wine and a trash can full of cookies. Maybe I’ll call in sick tomorrow.
You’ve already done everything I can advise you to do. Cheers.
We should chat sometime. It sounds like you work in the same industry I do. I’d bet on it, actually.
:o(
Im sorry.
I know…bad days SUCK ASS!
But as Scarlett once said “Tomorrow is anothah day”
What? you THREW AWAY cookies??? There is always someone who will eat even “fouled cookies…I mean firefighters? Baffled, I am.
But I am sorry about the bad day. Office politics are zee worst. I stay away from offices now.
Nothing like a sick day to make things right with the world!
Noooo!
I think Cookie Monster just felt a great disturbance in the Force.
70 degrees? Madness….
When I have bad days I play Sam & Dave really loud.
-Suley
Well, the cookies look good. What happened? Did you use a bag mix?
Nope, I don’t think I’ve ever used a bag mix actually. Its a Better Homes and Gardens recipe that I love, and I put orange blossom honey in it. I think the problem was that I made a double batch, then realized that my brown sugar was hard and unusable, so I used more honey than I usually do. It says you can do that in the recipe, but I guess not.
Ugh! None of that sounded good..I kept waiting for the redemption for the day..poor girl! I hope you and Ryan cleared up those miscommunications.
I can relate on the cookie thing..I can’t make a decent batch of pasta here in the Bay area to save my life..really messed up a few recipes that I normally love. I still haven’t figured out what the problem is (humidity? What is it?)…but now I dread making pasta and avoid it.. sigh.
Hope you get a chance to try out the new recipe (with the 8 hour chilling time).
Update us on your horrible day..hope it hasn’t continued today..
I am so sorry that yo had a bad day… I would have come over to eat cookies and drink wine with you. I had a really bad day yesterday…
Hmmm…did you call in sick?! I would have. but then, I would have finished off the bottle too. And then I would probably have picked up those still yummy-looking cookies from the garbage and eaten a few for dinner!
Hope that the rest of the week is better for you. Those guys you work with Suck A$$!
That sucks dude.
I’m sorry you had such a crappy day. I am having my super-crappy day today. 
A terrible day! I remember when I was teaching and had a bad day, my husband was not the greatest listener. He just wanted to fix it which was not at all what I wanted or needed.
Came by way of Michele