Sometimes you just wake up on the wrong side of the bed. The wrong side of the bed, and with hair that looks like this:
And when that happens you just know it ain’t gonna be a pretty day. Deal with poor photos, disgruntled attitude, and overall unnecessary combativeness. Because we all have those days.
Breakfast #1. 4 am.
Mostly finished bowl of quinoa and not cheese, just poorly lighted peanut sauce. With frozen strawberries. I hate frozen strawberries. But I had picked everything else out of my bag of frozen mixed fruit. Dammit.
Breakfast #2. 7:30 am.
Brown stuff in a cup. Deal with it. (Protein powder, oats and some other crap.)
Lunch #1. 10 am.
Brown stuff in plastic tupperware. Deal with it. (Seitan, eggplant, peanut flour and not nearly enough sriracha to get me through the morning.)
Lunch #2. 1 pm.
Spicy tempeh-stuffed peppers. They looked uglier after baking/shoving in tupperware.
Dinner #1. 4 pm.
Tofu scramblers with mushrooms and tomatoes. I didn’t take a picture. It looked like tofu scramblers.
Dinner #2. 7 pm.
I didn’t want it. I didn’t eat it. Be that way.
Dessert. 8 pm.
Protein dough/paste stuff. Except I ran out of chocolate pea protein powder. Vanilla rice protein isn’t even sort of a close sub. It was like eating overflavored grit. Perfect ending to a cruddy day.
Ever have those days where you feel like an angry two-year-old for absolutely no reason? I just wanted to shout “NUH-UH” in response to the world and then throw a temper tantrum on the floor. Why aren’t adults allowed to do that?
Girlllll you’re describing my day (already) to a tee. So far I’ve overslept, had to jump a fence to retrieve my dog and I’ve broken my phone…and it’s only 9 am. Phhhhht. I feel a temper tantrum coming on…and it’s totally OK to happen once in a while.
These days just exist, right? Maybe it’s the world’s way of getting all the bad crap over with at once, so you don’t have to spread it across multiple days.
let me guess – were you grumpy?
How did you know??
I’ve had those days! And yes…you ARE allowed to have a temper tantrum, I’d just suggest doing it in priivate!! (not at work or in a store or anything!)
Haha, but a store one would be the most fun!
I felt like that all day too! I don’t think I felt better until after a late night work out. And I realllly didn’t want to do that workout. Oh, and I hate frozen strawberries too.
Here’s to a better day. With a name like hump day how can it not be?!
I wish I’d saved my workout for the PM! Instead had a lame back day at 5am, which really didn’t help with the rest. Ah, well. New day/New shoulders day. And gotta love hump day ;D
Maybe you were having a bad day cause you woke up at 4am?? Holy smokes woman!! And your hair is not so bad. I wake up with some serious knots sometimes…like the entire back of my head. How does that even happen? lol
Haha, that’s my usual wakeup time during the week, and it treats me well…typically. That was one day I would have loved to roll over and go back to sleep for. And I want to see a picture of this fabulous-sounding morning hair ;D We can start a morning-hair-post trend!
Yep. And I just go home and get in bed, and likely go to sleep, because if I even attempt to play my xbox I know it will probably break just to seal the deal on my horrible day.
Technology always betrays you on the worst days…
I hope you hairsprayed your hair like that when you woke up, because that’s prettyfreakingepic.
Sometimes it’s just NOT a good day, you know? I try to just accept that I’m a grump, and go to bed early so the next day can be better
Haha, I should have–If only we were having an 80s day at work, I would have fit right in!
Let it go! Tomorrow is another day and will be 1000000000000 x times more awesome!!! Love and Shine CourtStar
Thanks Court! Today’s already way better–I woke up with normal hair!
Aww sorry to hear you had a bad day
I hope you’re feeling better today! (and eating all your meals 
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I was hoping I’d slip this one by you
But today I have a PLAN, I know what I’ll be having for BOTH dinner, and I’m sticking to it!
Sorry to hear about your shitty day girl
. On those days, I usually go for a run.. eat a smoothie and call it a night. Hope today turns out better for ya!
Yeah, definitely hit the sack early last night, nothing like a good night of sleep to start again the next day–and today IS much better, so clearly it worked!
Maybe you should have just called out for having a bad day. It’s kind of like a sick day but much, much worse. I’d take sick me over grumpy me any day. I support temper tantrums. Just do it. No one does it at our age, so no one will no what to do.
Unfortunately, being sick makes me grumpy, haha. Sick AND grumpy me? Yeah, definitely taking the day off.
Bahaha – yes! I had an angry day Monday, and I have absolutely no idea what set me off. I have to admit though, I think hair like that should lead to a good day. It would start the day with giggles.
Normally it would and I’d embrace the hair–but if you had an angry day, you understand, it doesn’t matter what happens, it’s cause for more mad!
I laughed out loud a few times during this post. thank you.
i love your hair. even when it stands straight up.
I’m thinking I could really cultivate that vertical hair thing into a “look” ;D
Adults are totally allowed to do that! Shout out your “Nuh Uh!”
I think I’ll start using it at work, think my boss would mind?
Haha I dont know…
I totally had one of “those” days this past Monday. Ugh! I am so glad I have a few days off work next week. I def. need a break!
I love your hair, ha! My hair is too long to look like that but I get some pretty rad bed-head ponytails
Your bed hair is freaking amazing in my opinion
Bahaha and i had to crack up at “brown stuff in a cup, deal with it”
What does seitan taste like?? I’ve always wanted to try it, but have been too chicken to cave!
It’s a lot like tofu–in that it tastes like what you cook it in/with. You’ve gotta try it at least once! Mega-protein source. I also loved making baked seitan–looks/smells/tastes like REALLY chewy bread…but it isn’t bread. It’s just protein. Amazing.
I woke myself up super early and had breakfast at 4a.m. Though, I wasn’t smart like you to have a second breakfast. I made the mistake of waiting till 1PM to eat again.
Yikes! No way I can go that long without food…I’d get even grumpier, if that’s imaginable
Dohhh sorry you are a grumpy pants today! I will say I giggled at the “brown stuff in a cup bit” sounds tasty to me
Haha this post made me chuckle…mainly because I can oh so relate! NO matter how old I get, I will always find some way to channel my inner child & bust out the tantrums. Hope you wake up more smiley today
! I’m glad you mentioned about not liking frozen strawberries- I love them fresh but they seem to become a bit too tart after being in the freezer!
So glad it’s not just me with the strawberries! I feel like every other fruit/berry tastes BETTER after being frozen (mmm, frozen blueberries!), but strawberries just get absolutely blah.
hugs!
Growing up, whenever I was grumpy, my mom would pick on me and say, “Awwww who woke up on the wrong side of bed today? Who’s crabby? Who’s cranky? Are you cranky?”
YES AND STFU ALREADY.
And then she’d poke me. POKE ME. Who does that?!
I hope you feel better today. This guy is also grumpy: http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesish/delightfully-grumpy-bulldog-puppy
Oh my gosh, that would be the WORST grumpy fix ever! Poking?? Ahh, the joys of adult life–you can be grumpy and people will just leave you alone.
And I want that puppy. Like, right now. His angry made me happy