One of those days

Today was a comedy of errors. Only it all happened to me, which made it a tragedy.
The coffee pot spewed hot liquid and crunchy ground across the kitchen counter. The dogs refused to take care of business on their first trip outside, necessitating a second trip. The outfit that seemed so classy in theory fell short in the mirror of reality. Then, as I was dashing around (late, naturally) in search of my jacket, I remembered I'd left it upstairs.
No, I couldn't listen to tunes on my bite-sized mp3 player as I walked to work - the itty bitty battery died.
You get the picture.
I slid into snarl mode for a couple of hours after I got home. In the interest of frustrating myself to the point of boiling over, I tried moving my son's unweildly electric organ from the spare room into the mudroom. Guess what was too wide to make the corner into the mudroom?
By that point I was unbearable. As usual, my daughter was the lucky beneficiary. We sniped a little, then she had the good sense to withdraw into the organ, er spare room.
There's a recovery saying: don't get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. HALT. By dinnertime I was at HAT. But I was also determined not to let the rest of the day grind to its end on the sticky wheels of self-indulgent sulkiness.
Another beauty saying in recovery is, you can start your day over at any moment. If you feel yourself going off the rails you can pause, regroup, and do better. After 27 years of sobriety I actually remember to do that sometimes.
I called Melissa to dinner. Then I thanked her for preparing most of the meal while I was wrestling with the impossible logistics of moving a wide musical instrument through a narrow entryway. And I apologized. Another gem learned in recovery: when you're wrong, admit it. Don't blame, don't justify, don't qualify. Just make your amends.
HALT. Start over. Say you're sorry. Simple concepts, right? That's right, simple concepts. But try practicing them in your daily life. Then you'll see that simple doesn't equal easy.
As I write this I'm waiting to take my son's birthday cake out of the oven. Well, half of it. I could only find one of my two round cake pans.
Yes, it's been one of those days.