I woke up on the floor of my bedroom. I might have woken up a split second before then, but it’s hard to put the events in any coherent order.
My alarm went off at 11 a.m. It’s Saturday. I had nowhere to go and a book that kept me up reading until the birds started singing.
The alarm makes a horrible racket. The ringing is loud, metallic, and persistent, like a fire alarm in elementary schools. I reached over to my end table next to my bed to turn it off. I was tangled in my sheet and blanket. While fumbling for the off switch, the alarm clock fell off the table and I rolled off the bed onto the floor, still wrapped in my bedclothes.
I landed on my standing fan and cracked the base of the fan and wrenched one of my ribs.
It is said that how you start your day influences how the day plays out. My day was very productive, by my standards. Instead of thinking about doing household chores, I actually did them. My house is vacuumed and dusted, my bathroom is sparkling, and my laundry is caught up. I think I even fed my dog three times instead of twice. He didn’t mind.
I have lately been very dissatisfied with my inability to accomplish daily tasks. I just don’t have the motivation. It’s probably because I’m at loose ends since I lost my job at the end of June. Days don’t have structure anymore.
I had resigned myself to live a disordered life until I was employed again. But today changed all of that. Falling out of bed was like a kick in my backside. It got me moving and accomplishing again. Today, anyway.
I hope I fall out of bed every day.
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Ouch! Heckuva way to start the day! General unrequested advice would be to not beat yourself up. Literally. Sorry to hear about the job. I know that feeling from experience. Then again, congratulations on your achievements, but maybe ease into them next time.
Ouch! Heckuva way to start the day! General unrequested advice would be to not beat yourself up. Literally. Sorry to hear about the job. I know that feeling from experience. Then again, congratulations on your achievements, but maybe ease into them next time.
Ouch! Heckuva way to start the day! General unrequested advice would be to not beat yourself up. Literally. Sorry to hear about the job. I know that feeling from experience. Then again, congratulations on your achievements, but maybe ease into them next time.
That’s just me. I’m an all or nothing kind of person!