Knee Deep in the Hooah!

Below I posted a small blurb of my latest entry at You Served. Come by You Served and chat with me… or I’ll get stressed!:

Excerpt:

Stress? Burnout? How to tell the difference…

October 29, 2008 By Claire
Posted in Spouse and Family

I was reading to my 4-year old (a.k.a. the Curly Headed Pirate) last night at bedtime. I normally pick out her favorite books, but last night I slipped in one of my own favorites from childhood to share with her. I read loud and related all too well as I recited the words to “Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, day!” (Judith Viorst)

“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.”

The book continues to tell us of Alexander’s mishaps throughout his terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, day, and all of his painful and woeful encounters. He feels that the answer is to move to Australia. The book does a wonderful job introducing children to the concept of a “bad day.” We all have them, right? Continue reading this post…