Amy and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

"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.”
From Alexander and the Terrible,  Horrible,  No Good, Very Bad Day By Judith Viorst

Today I had a day worthy of Alexander. In his honor I write this post. 

I went to sleep last night after 1 am and this morning I had to get up by 7 and as I pulled my sock on it got a hole in the heel and when I went to pull out my entrance and metro tickets I couldn't find them and I could tell it was going to be a terrible,  horrible,  no good, very bad day. 

While everyone else enjoyed the Musee d'Orsey I walked to the closest Starbucks which was 5 blocks away in the rain and I took out my camera to take a picture and I found out that the battery was still at the hotel.
I think I'll move to Australia.

When it was time to meet the group outside the museum I put my coat on and heard a ripping sound, I looked and found a hole under my arm and as I walked with the coffee for Anna the liquid kept splashing out all over my coat, my hand, and my socks and I knew it was going to be a terrible,  horrible,  no good very bad day. 

At Napoleon's tomb everyone else went inside and I had to wait in the cold drafty entry then they moved the meeting point without telling me and but when I finally got to them they had already eaten lunch and we were late.
I think I'll move to Australia.

At the Pantheon it started to pour and I got an éclair and went to eat it on the porch while everyone else went inside but the guard kicked me out so I stood in the rain on the sidewalk to eat it and I knew it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Everyone else got to go to the top of Monparnasse to have a panoramic view of Paris I sat on a cold slab by the street and then my nail ripped and it started to bleed but I didn't have a band-aid and it really, really hurt.

It has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

My mom says some days are like that . . . Even in Australia.