Day 48-One of those days

If you are an 80s child like me and grew up watching Cable tv, you might relate to this 
There was an advertisement for Anacin then(It has a catchy tune too..goes something like this "adada iniki ennaachu elaame thappaachu-meaning what has happened today..everything has gone wrong) -it is about a woman who just has a bad day..everything goes wrong for her...from the time she wakes up...she drops things, she has loads of clothes to wash..etc etc etc probably because of her heartache..and then she takes the anacin..and starts smiling again.

Today was one such day..It is one of the days when nothing decides to cooperate with you. I think the term to use is "I Woke up on the wrong side of the bed". Not only was I unable to wake up, everything that happened irritated/irked/frustrated the hell out of me. At the end of the day when I hit the shower..and the cold water caressed my skin, I thanked all of the universe and smiled again. that shower was really my anacin. That is when I realised that the best moments in life actually come after a lot of struggle. 
Have you had a shoe bite? Struggling with it through the day, when you finally get to take it off, there is a wave of relief that goes through you..aah..that is a priceless moment isn't it?
A very similar feeling that most of us have experienced is when we wear extremely tight clothes and get rid of it a while later. One really learns to appreciate simple pleasures of life at these moments!

Have you a memory of something like this?

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