One of those days

It was destined to be one of those mornings. I should have crawled out of the other side of my bed. I woke up cranky for no discernible reason and it went downhill from there.

First thing I did was bring in the hummingbird feeder to clean it. After I’d refilled it, I screwed the thing back into the base and the threaded part of the glass base snapped off. I guess I twisted too hard.

So that meant a trip to the store to buy a new one. This isn’t as pretty as my broken one, but a hummingbird certainly couldn’t miss the red on it.

While there, I picked up another pretty one for the front porch. This one is copper and a bit more formal looking.

As soon as I’d finished making my purchases, I ambled back to the car and realized I’d locked my keys in the car. That’s an old trick I haven’t pulled in a long time. Well, that took some time and $$ to straighten out. My car is supposed to be thief resistant and indeed it’s also locksmith resistant.

When I came home, Abbie raced off upstairs and I found my beautiful new Peace Lily plant on the floor with tattered leaves.

I filled the new feeders and managed to spill a generous amount of RED sugar water on my WHITE living room carpet as I was passing through. Oh joy.

Yep, I definitely got out of bed on the wrong side this morning. Everyone in this house is on notice that one more false move turns them into toast. Meanwhile, I think I should just sit in this chair and ignore the urge to cut the grass. Doesn’t exactly seem like a propitious day for it.

And yet. I realized....

My little problems and annoyances turn up looking inconsequential when compared to the astonishing destruction (slide show) wrought by the huge tornado in Kansas last week. I still have a community surrounding me. I still have a car. I still have a house to spill things on. I still have a chair to sit in and a lawn to mow. And I even still have a cat able to chew on my plants.

That makes me feel very fortunate and sent me to make a contribution to the American Red Cross. For the people who would love to still have my petty annoyances.

Kind of puts things back into perspective.

(slide show link via Americablog who found it from someone else}