Do you ever have one of those days when it feels like someone turned over the hour glass as soon as your alarm went off?  The day when the alarm goes off after you haven’t had a full night of rest and you know that there is no room for hitting the snooze button.

This morning as my cell phone alerted me to daybreak… I rolled over a looked at my droid.. it says drag down to dismiss… drag up to snooze… as soon as I dragged down… my eyes slowly started to close.. ahhhhh that feels so good… then the internal siren went off… and I was up and moving…

I had an appointment for a physical.. which meant no breakfast (fasting for blood work).. it is my favorite meal of the day but water and black coffee it is.. got to Roanoke.. physical.. check.. flu shot.. check… Christmas Shopping before my eye doctor appointment… check…

Sometimes I stack my day like a row of dominoes… moving from one moment to the next.. one appointment to the next… I knew today was going to be action filled but I was up for it..

Then… the day came to a near screeching stop.. as I grabbed a sandwich to eat in the waiting room of the eye doctor’s office.. my appointment was for 12:15p… at 1:30p I was still waiting… but after that long you hate to leave… When am I ever going to find time to reschedule?  I was patient about the situation because I know how much I appreciate someone being patient with me.

So I hit the reset button and my appointment that I had set up for 1:30 got pushed back to 2:00p…

Somehow I made it to the 2:00pm and then to the pick up time I had set up for afterward.. and then to work.. and so that is where we are now…

I thought about going out for dinner but with 700 plus e-mails to clear out of my in-box.. I decided to keep it at the desk..

So what has today taught me?

*Know that when you over-book… one of those appointments will be the wrench
*Don’t let e-mails collect - send it or delete it and move on
*Heavy rain over a prolonged period of time stinks!
*I am thankful for the people who care about me most and help me get through days like today with a smile in my heart.

Friday will be similar to today for me schedule-wise.. so good thing I learned something huh?