{"id":2138,"date":"2010-04-14T22:25:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T05:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2010-04-16T22:42:02","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T05:42:02","slug":"a-day-begun-with-peanut-mms-cant-be-all-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/a-day-begun-with-peanut-mms-cant-be-all-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day Begun with Peanut M&Ms is a Good Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It felt like my blood was full of sludge. I was lethargic and a little testy. I wanted to go on a long walk and let myself get back to some kind of equilibrium of mental and physical health. But I decided to ignore that need and just press forward with THE DAY.<\/p>\n

I ran two errands this morning and then I got stranded at the post office with a dead battery in the van; a battery that has been dying a slow death since December. I decided not to beg for a charge. I decided to walk home.<\/p>\n

I only felt desperate for a second when I realized that no one was answering phones.<\/p>\n

And so I trudged through the construction and dust, avoiding the bulldozers and cranes, all the time counting the ways this dead battery was a blessing and only once or twice wishing for a construction helmet. It was really fortuitous the way it all happened. I didn’t have the kids with me, who would have really struggled with the walk on a road with no shoulder; I had put on some shoes before leaving the house (for a change), and I was only a mile and a half from home. I got my exercise and I made my funny list of blessings on the way:<\/p>\n

1. I woke up to find a forgotten bag of peanut M&Ms in my purse.<\/p>\n

2. I was able to comfort a friend, mail a birthday package and the taxes all before the battery died.<\/p>\n

3. I got the walk I knew I needed.<\/p>\n

4. I wasn’t wearing my pajamas when I got stranded.<\/p>\n

5. I have a capable teenager who stepped in to watch the kids when my 15 minute errand turned epic.<\/p>\n

6. The walk canceled the M&M breakfast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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