Lindsey & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week....but, she is still smiling :)

I went to sleep with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning, I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day....

I think I'll move to Australia...

In sum, this is what has happened to me in the past ten days:

My 2yr old laptop crashed at the start of my Corporations Class on Valentines Day. I thought I would end up missing my Valentines Date with Heartbreak (Hill) to get it fixed. Someone on the Best Buy Geek Squad told me that: "The motherboard's gonna blow very soon. You should probably back up all your documents asap." So I bought an external hard drive for 80 bucks to back-up my computer. Then, when I got home after Best Buy, I couldn't even turn on the computer. I had to re-write my direct and cross examination for my Trial Practice Class. And now, I have to rely on others for their notes from my classes since the first day of this semester until I get a new computer.

Next week, I said, I'm going to Australia...

About 13 miles into the 15 miler out of Wayland last Saturday, my foot started to hurt. The top inside part of my right foot was all bruised when I took my shoe off. Then on Sunday, I heard the dreaded words from Coach Jack Fultz: "You shouldn't go on the roads for a bit. Rest and Ice it."

There were lima beans for dinner and I hate limas. There was kissing on TV and I hate kissing...

On Tuesday, I woke up in the middle of the night with a fever, the chills, and I desperately needed some Benadryl to help me sleep. I missed school on Wednesday cause I was coughing up a lung and could not keep food down. I missed school on Thursday because I was so drained from not being able to eat much of anything on Wednesday. I am never speaking Spanish with strangers again.

When we picked up dad at his office he said...don't fool around with the phone, but I think I called Australia.

I woke up from a nap on my couch on Friday night and when I stretched my arm out, I knocked my cell phone (which was under my pillow) into a big glass of ice water on the floor. My cell phone wouldn't turn on. This was the second cell phone I ruined due to water damage. I had my friend Ali call my parents to tell them that they could only reach me via email. My mom said: "She's a little spaced out sometimes. She's my daughter, but your friend." I went to Verizon and they told me I cannot have a new cell phone until Monday. I went to Ali's house on Saturday night and her buzzer wasn't working on her door. She didn't hear me pounding away at her front door. I went to the corner of the street and asked a group of people if they had a phone I could borrow so I could call my parents so they could call Ali. They turned me away. I asked another group because I watched one of the girls put her phone in her purse and then she said to me, "we don't have cell phones."

Unlike Alexander and his "day", I was not all that bummed out about my week. I knew it could have been a lot worse. I was grateful that the computer crash did not happen during finals. I am lucky that my foot injury (knock on wood) was not in the middle of when I needed to do my 20 milers. I am hopeful that I won't get the flu again this season. And, I am lucky that THIS time, I insured my cell phone. Today's run, my first run in over a week, felt good. And, once again, I love weeks that begin (or end) with drinks, food, and quality time after a run with the DFMC'ers. I am convinced my new attitude about a week like this one will help me get through tougher times in the future.

It had been a terrible, horrible, no good, very day. My Mom says some days are like that.

Even in Australia.

(thank you Judith Viorst for the excerpts from your book)