First the good parts:

Came back to work full-time yesterday and morning routine went beautifully. Kids up early, husband packed lunches and fed them breakfast, childcare provider on time and connected wonderfully with baby Quinn, wonderfully warm welcome back at work complete with huge beautiful bouquet of flowers.

Day presented itself with many problems, as somewhat expected, as I am a psychologist (problem magnet by trade) and an administrator (also a problem magnet). Felt EXHAUSTED emotionally and physically by mid afternoon by new intensity of demands on brain and body and insomnia from anticipation of going back to work.

Cut to today: everyone oversleeps, husband needs to leave for work early so no breakfast/dressing/lunch help (did try to help with lunch but he bought wrong size/type of yogurt which resulted in tears and repacking whole thing), house a mess, running late, have yesterdays woes on my mind when I finally reach the elevator line at school and…

PEOPLE CUT IN LINE!! I’ve dragged my sleepy, rushed children to school somewhat on time and am waiting patiently when several students and parents form a “second line” and bust ahead of us. This isn’t Rite Aid where it clearly says form two lines and yet people still form one in an effort to go to whatever register opens up first. Then–we manage to cram on when a first floor colleague crams in at the last instant and then gets off on the SECOND FLOOR!!! I’m thinking she is a lazy, moron–will this attitude help me today??

I’ve already vented this ridiculous tirade to the first two unfortunate colleague friends I bumped into and interrupted. Lucky them. Note to self: nobody benefits from hostile venom spewed about stupid topic particularly first thing in the morning. Sorry to them. I’m kind of chuckling now though.

Mantra on the go: Lighten up. Smile. None of this is a big deal. At least I’m not going to jail for killing and dismembering family members and throwing them in the Hudson like some guy on NY1 today.

Have a good one. Diane