Yesterday, I had a pretty big bout of the “ungratefuls”. I stomped around and huffed and puffed until I finally took a break and ran to the grocery store. The little “alone time” in doing that left me feeling pretty ridiculous by the time I had made it home. But have you ever had that day?
“I can’t stand these little closets in this apartment! Where am I going to put all this stuff??!! And the panneling in the dining room is getting on my LAST nerve! Can our neighbors stomp up and down the stairs ANY louder? Seriously? Will we ever buy another home?”
You have somewhere to live.
“I do NOT want to go to the store. I just want to stay in.”
You have a way to get to a store. You have money to buy food.
“I’m so sick of working when all of our money goes to bills. We can’t ever do anything we want to do!”
You have a job.
“Just great! Started the washing machine and now have to wait to bathe my son until there is enough hot water!”
You have a washer and a dryer. And hot water on demand. And a son.
“If I have to look at one more blog with the perfect family/home/decorating/cooking/photography/geemylifeisjustabowlofcherries thing going on again I will throw up!”
Really?
And on and on the conversation went inside my head. I joked with my husband that I was having “first world problems”. But in reality, it was just ungratefulness and pettiness. I hate that feeling. I want to have it all, do it all, and be all that is good and perfect. But I know deep down life isn’t like that.
But, do you ever just have those moments?
It’s okay, we all have those days. As long as it doesn’t happen all the time, we should be allowed mental breakdowns every once in a while. I’m extremely grateful and thankful for what I have but would be a liar if I didn’t say I haven’t had those kind of days too.
I so agree, Terra….as long as it isn’t a permanant thing, I think we need days to just wallow in it until we feel better. LOL!
Thanks so much for stopping in! 🙂
Thanks, Lisa! I’m still on baby-high-alert over here….just waiting for you to give us some news!! 🙂 Take care, girl. Thinking about you. ((hugs))
Ohhh yes, girl, I do. And I do exactly the same thing in my head, telling myself that “I have this,” and “I have that,” to snap me back into reality. It’s so hard, though, at times getting yourself back to reality to realize, life is NOT so bad, but there are times when it just gets SO overwhelming. Huge huge hugs, sweetie. You are NOT alone xo
Yes, I have those days. And yes, you feel silly after reason slaps you back to reality. BUT…
Those bloggers with the perfect lives they show online? Sometimes I do get a bit jealous, but then I think, “You know that bitch is either lying, on serious meds or they have nannies & assistants. They’re lives aren’t that perfect.”
Bitchy? YES. But it gets me through. LOL
LOL! I think they’re just only sharing the good parts, which I totally do sometimes, too. But some? Yeah, they’re totally lying! LOL!
So not alone. I have temper tantrums about dog hair being on everything at least once a week even though I shed worse than the pets. I love your term “first world problems”… I seem to have a lot of them and now they get a new name instead of PMS. xo
LOL! Sometimes I go beserk over the cat hair, too. Thanks so much for stopping in!