I had a really bad day yesterday. I'm sure I've had worse but this one ranks in the top 3 at least. Here's the set up: this happened Friday night into and including Saturday. It had been a long and tiring week at work. With snow, one less keeper, a less than dependable relief keeper and baby sea lion feeding sessions I was wiped out. My body was fatigued to the point of failure and I had just one more day to get through before I could rest and recoup on my weekend. For whatever reason my brain perhaps in response to my body being in distress decides to plunge me into a nightmare that while I knew I was dreaming I could not get myself out of. For some reason it involved being stuck with an Ex and it's ensuing confrontation. Hard as I tried I could not get myself out of this dream so I slept very poorly. When thank the spirits the alarm went off I was able to escape its clutches.
So bleary eyed and feeling even more fatigued I stumble into the bathroom and flick on the light to begin the day......at first I thought I missed the switch or didn't fully flick it on... flick, flick, flick....Oh crap. No power. Great just effin' great. Not that I can't get dressed in the gray light of the day, it just was an inconvenience I could have done without. Just about every device I had was flashing "12:00" It did explain why I didn't smell my coffee when I got up. It too had lost power and as such the program that brews my morning pick me up was not there. Damn!
So sans coffee and a decent night's sleep I head off to work, already in a dismal mood. I get to the door leading into our main building and when I grab the handle to open it.....nothing happens. Our early person forgot to unlock it. *grumble grumble* It's not a big deal but it did mean I had to walk to the other end of the building to get to a door I could open. My mood was now snowballing downward and picking up speed. I believe the first things I said to a fellow Keeper were, "this day is gonna suck" Yeah and good morning to you too. I was cranky all day but I think mostly I kept quiet as not too say something I didn't mean to someone. There was definitely a dark cloud hanging over my head all day.
It would have been enough to just struggle through the day and come home and crash but alas I had to work my other job that night so I had to keep myself together a little longer. In truth I felt better at the other job. Maybe it was cuz someone asked me what was wrong as I grumbled my "hellos" the other keepers I work with are more self involved to ask what's wrong. So I vented a little to a few coworkers and felt a little better. It does always help to hear someone say, "damn that sucks" Misery does love company. I thank my night shift coworkers for bringing me out of my funk a little bit. You guys rock!
My power has returned. It was back by the time I came home to change from job 1 to job 2, and I've gotten some decent sleep and feel much more capable to take on the world and it's issues. So all is right with the world.......for now.
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