I’m Having A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Gerri Brousseau

Today was one of those days when things all went down-hill and you just felt like getting back in bed and pulling the covers over your head.  It all started with not being able to access WordPress to post the blog.  It kept freezing my computer, which caused me to have to press the off button and manually crash it.  Then I noticed the battery was low on my lap top.  When I plug it in it usually displays a little plug beside the battery icon in the lower right hand corner, but not today.  Hmm, I wonder what’s up with that?  Well, the battery level hits zero and a little window pops us and tells me to either plug my computer in or replace my battery.  I have never heard of anyone who had to replace a battery in their lap top … ever.  Ok, now what.  I call Office Max and they tell me they do not sell computer batteries there and I have to call the manufacturer.  So, I drag out the paperwork and call the 800 number.  Of course, I don’t get a real person, but an automated routing and it goes round and round in circles and finally hangs up on me.  Ok, now I’m getting slightly irritated, so I decide to go out and do some errands.

I had to get gas, so I pull in to the pump and someone drives in from the other direction, which is fine because there are two pumps.  I get the gas and I’m ready to leave, but of course the driver in front of me isn’t done yet so now I have to back out.  Well, that’s ok except there is this guy who has his car right up against the rear of my car …Good God does he think someone will beat him to the pump?  So I put my car in reverse.  He backs up, but not enough to let me out.  Now I’m jiggy jagging my car to try to get out and the gas station attendant decides this would be the most opportune time to walk behind me and head toward the dumpster.  Still, the guy behind me is not budging an inch because he is afraid someone will scoot in front of him.  Ok – so finally I get out.

Next thing on the agenda is to go to place some flyers around town … shouldn’t be a problem.  Yeah … guess again.  I go to back out of my parking space and someone is backing out of their space across the row and they are not looking … lucky I was.  Then there was the guy trying to walk behind both cars as this is going on.  I finally get out of the space and I’m driving toward the main road to get the heck out of that lot and some girl, who also wasn’t looking, pulls out of her parking space and nearly hits me!  Then there is this big Dodge Ram truck trying to dodge a speed bump and drives on my side of the road.  I mean seriously, he was in a HUGE Dodge Ram, and it’s only a speed bump!  OMG I just want to go home, but I can’t because I have to get up to Office Max and find out how to solve my computer problem.

I get up to Office Max and find out it was my power cord that crapped out (thank God because that was the least expensive fix).  Now, I get back into my car, and again with someone backing out and not looking.  Now I’m getting on the high way and praying, Oh God, please just let me make it home safe and I promise I’ll stay in for the remainder of the day!  One would think my name was Murphy … oh, wait … that was my maiden name!

I finally got home in one piece and thank God the power cord was the issue and now I’m up and running again … but this entire experience gave me a wonderful idea for causing a hap-hazard day full of frustrating and unfortunate events for my hero in the book I’m working on now.  I think we have all had days similar to this one, so why not in the book?  I have to admit, I have not read a book in which someone has such a horrible day they just wanted to climb back in bed … but you have to admit, we all have them.  What do you do when you have a day full of road blocks and frustration?  Do you go back to bed and cover up your head, or do you incorporate it into your novel?

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