A Spot Of Brightness Amidst A Storm

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You know those days where no matter what you try to do, everything goes wrong? That was my day today.

It started with me feeding the chickens. Favorite (named because she loves to be picked up and talked to) pooped on my foot as I was holding her. A nice fat juicy splat of white nastiness on my black shoes.

Then, I go to change the chick’s water, and stick my head into a cobweb. As I pulled away quickly, a giant banana spider sat taunting me. I almost pissed my pants.

Then, my husband wakes up and is sicker than a dog. There goes the plan of going to the farmer’s market together. That’s fine. It gives me time to get some things done around the yard, right?

I go to mow the front yard, and the mower is out of gas. Thunder starts rumbling which meant if I was going to get it done, I’d have to hurry. Down to the “Man Can” I go, and then I have to lug the five gallon can of gas across about an acre to fill the mower.

By this time, it’s about ninety-five degrees with eighty percent humidity. I was already hot and tired and hadn’t even started yet. Needless to say, I only got about half of it done.

Then, the rain came.

Now, with a bunch of chores not done, no trip to the farmer’s market, and a sick husband coughing all over the house, I’m…