Mondays, Amiright?

Written By Andy Scoles

The first thing I did this morning was knock my glasses off my headboard shelf as I reached for them.

Then I forgot my sweater—after reminding myself twice to grab it as I walked out the door—and walked into my office in the middle of a light rain shower (I hadn’t looked at the weather forecast, and I was wearing a short-sleeved polo shirt with no second layer for the first time this year).

Then I looked at the news and saw that our country is still in the middle of a no-end-in-sight Middle East war and handling it quite poorly.

I started my day feeling like a grey cloud was hanging over my head. Which in a sense, it literally was, since I got rained on this morning.

Then the day cleared up a bit. I had an perfect-weather outdoor lunch with a good friend, got through a fairly routine day of work, had a nice cup of tea, got in a good back-cracking at my afternoon chiropractor visit, and had a nice chat with a neighbor while walking my dog.

The last thing on my to-do list for today has always been to post on this blog. I had three different unfinished ideas. I found myself not wanting to post any of them, though, because none of them felt ready to be published and they all felt like they would take too much time to finish before the end of the evening.

I was going to publish a poem I wrote in college, but even that didn’t feel right for some reason. Doubts and discouragement then crept in and darkened the cloud that had finally caught up to me again.

It’s safe to say it’s been a day of ups and downs, even though Spring is officially here. Don’t get me wrong, I’m immensely blessed, and I’ve been realizing recently how many #firstworldproblems I have. But that doesn’t mean I should ignore my feelings just because someone else’s day was probably worse. It’s possible I’m being a bit self-indulgent right now, but hey, this is my website!

So here I am, telling you about my day. Because I need to post something and decided, “Why not be honest? And why not mention that I still struggle almost every week to post something worth reading on this blog?”

Oh, and I’m out of chocolate at home and keep forgetting to pick some up at the grocery store. Gotta make sure that gets done tomorrow.

Mondays, amiright?

Andy Scoles
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