You know those days? Somehow you miss walking through the doorway and bump into the doorframe. The toothpaste falls off the toothbrush. You fail to see the new red sock in with the new white sheets. the car keys keep hopping from one random unlikely spot to another. You type the wrong word, erase it and type it again.
Those days have a power of their own. They snowball, change shape, snowball some more, pick up speed and then run over your foot. I am not sure if it is constructive or destructive to write on those days. It is something in the breeze or the lemons or the shampoo or the apples. I get the feeling that whatever I write I will unwrite tomorrow. And so, I am going to swim in the ocean, read about the death of the corset, get sandy feet, wash the salt out of my hair and start over.
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Ah, I know those days well! I hope yours gets better.
ReplyDeleteI had one of those days last week. I locked myself out of my phone by forgetting my pin number, spilled coffee all down my dress and tried to use three different ATM machines none of which worked. This all happened before 9a.m. I just wanted to go back to bed! x
ooh--coffee and electronics--such a bad mix. i hope it improved!
ReplyDeleteSome days you just have to go back to bed! :)
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i had a day like that today!!! what did i do? i stopped around 11am, took a shower, sat on the couch, read a chapter in my gardening book about planting carrots (boring and unrelated to anything i wanted to be doing), and ate a bite or two of some leftover cake. that seemed to help. but i too, never know what to do on those days. i think in general, stopping and putting your feet in the sand is a good choice. if there were sand near to me, i would do that!
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ReplyDeleteI've just finished some re-writes and am waiting on my editorial letter for another piece. In between, this is my reading week.
rachel, thank you! i will check it out!
ReplyDeleteariel... we have some sand... hop on the plane... you know you want to!
caroline starr rose, how industrious! how organized! i am so impressed!
Some days are like that, but I think you've come up with the perfect solution - a swim in the ocean. Perhaps tomorrow you'll see what you wrote today wasn't as bad as you thought.
ReplyDeleteHere's to a better day!
Mimi
Me today: white shirt + coffee before I even started my day=oh well, could be worse--we could all still be wearing corsets!
ReplyDeletebibliophiliac, ooh--coffee to be avoided on days like this!
ReplyDeletemimi, that is a lovely thought!
Ain't that the truth. Oh boy, I know those days and know them well. Priya, I think you've done exactly the right thing to thumb your nose at this one.
ReplyDeleteOn these days the only thing to do is to stay in bed (trying not to fall out) with a good book (being extra wary of paper cuts). Have a good day.
ReplyDeletedoctordi, what happens? it is like the train forgets how to run on the rails?
ReplyDeletepetty witter, that is exactly what i wanted to do!
I wish I knew! But that snowball effect is unmistakable, and so as time goes on, I just try to see it coming and jump out of its path in time.
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