Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

A Monday Kind of Friday

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I had a Monday…..last Friday.

It started off nicely enough. The jeans I wanted to wear… fit.

A Friday doesn’t start much better than that.

I got to work, made the coffee and my boss called.

Those landscape plans came in late last night and have to be delivered immediately.

No problem it was a beautiful day for a ride, so I grabbed the plans and hopped in the car.  I cruised along with the windows down, listening to Springsteen playing thru the radio.

The woman I was delivering the plans to is a dog lover and we’ve talked dog before.  It’s true what Pamela at Something Wagging says, We’re All The Same When We Love a Dog.

We already have something in common and can start a conversation.

How’s your woofies she asked.

They’re great, how are yours?

After confirming that our dogs were good, it was time to head back to work.

I walked in the door and said, I need my coffee.

Grab my cup and head to the break room and…. my co-workers had drunk most of it.  One of the gals offered to split the tiny bit that was left, but I said don’t worry about it, I’ll make more.

I reset the coffee pot and went to check my e-mails…..ah the coffee was ready.

I grabbed my cup and headed once again to the break room when in walked the water supply guy. He replaced our empties with full ones and went to use the men’s room.

Meanwhile, the phone had rung and I was once again back at my desk, minus coffee.

The water guy had just left the building and climbed into his truck when I heard water running.

Oh crap, I hope a pipe didn’t burst, we just had the office painted.

As I ran past the break room I noticed the spigot on the water cooler had broken and water was just pouring out onto the floor.  I grabbed the spigot and tried to fit it back on the cooler.

The phone rang.

HELP I shouted.  Thankfully one of my co-workers grabbed the phone for me, and then I remember the water guy might still be here.

HELP I shouted again.

I had two choices.  Stand there like the little Dutch boy with his finger in the dam while the water guy slipped away, or let the water run all over the floor while I attempted to grab the water guy.

I ripped the bottle of water off the cooler and ran for the door.

The water guy looked up in shock as I burst through the doors and ran frantically up to his truck waving my arms.

The spigot broke and water is just gushing all over the floor!

He looked at me like I’d just said, aliens invaded NYC, but thankfully he shut off the truck and followed me inside.

By the time we got back to the break room another co-worker had grabbed a pitcher and was catching the last of the water.

I’ll be back on Monday the water guy said as he exited the building with our water cooler, leaving me on floor with a roll of paper towels, and an empty coffee cup sitting on the table.

Great, see you Monday.

P.S. I tried not to let the start color the rest of my day.  I looked forward to an evening walk with my puppies, just a half-hour of mindless nothing, me and the puppies communing with nature.

Somehow even with the beauty of nature and time with the dogs couldn’t shake the funk.

How do you shake off the funk of a bad day?

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  3. I don’t get the whole Monday or Friday thing. I have no job, and I’m a dog, so my days are pretty much the same….but I do know how upset my peoples get about spilled things, and how awful they can be with no coffees, so I think I get it. It’s like when I have a day when Leah won’t stop biting my, Meadow steals all my toys, and the cat bops me in the nose.

  4. I do it the same way you do–a nice walk with the pups! There’s really nothing like it, maybe that’s what’s behind the finding that dog owners live longer and are healthier.

  5. Bummer, Jodi! Not getting my cup of coffee right away would really make me mad! A co-worker told me that if you start off by having a bad day, you just have to wait a little while, and it will get better. I found that’s true. Plus, walking Lila always helps a lot. If all that doesn’t work, a glass of wine at the end of the day does.

  10. Sorry you didn’t have the day you expected Jodi 🙁

    All my days seem pretty similar and I love it, especially as they usually start with a run with Mum and my buddy Cosmo, the only day that’s different is usually a Sunday when I get a bath! Doh! But that’s over fast and before I know it we’re getting Cosmo from his house and we go for a walk so I can dry off – by this point I sure don’t remember any funk, guess I just think like a Dog! 🙂

    I hope you’re having a fun day,

    Your pal Snoopy 🙂

  11. Hope your funk didn’t last too long. You want to be careful not to let your blood pressure get too high when you have a Dogula around the house.

  13. Sorry Jodi, I had to laugh as you were describing your water cooler antics. Stuff like that happens at my office all the time. I often get worked up, too, but sometimes you just have to laugh it off! Then I can’t wait to get home to my pups and a cocktail… or 12. LOL.