Facing The Day

Ok this is anther post about me, not Tigerlily.

I don't want to face today.
This mornings news is heartbreaking.
There were 10 kids killed at a fireworks show in Nice, France by a madman driving a truck, in total he killed something like 120 people and injured a lot more.
The 5 yr old girl in Calgary... well the amber alert has been cancelled, they found her body.
Another article about a couple who killed a 5 yr old boy going to trial.
Pro Life Protesters using very large, and very graphic images spark outrage amongst parents of small children who see the images.
I found out yesterday that there are almost 50 Thousand kids in foster care in Canada.
On another front I saw a brilliant attack ad against Trump that showed small children watching all his hate speech, that followed with our children are listening, then switched to Hillary who in contrast looks and sounds like a complete saint, with her talk of working together.

Maybe it's the lack of sleep, maybe it was the immediate onslaught of craptacular news, but I'm not really feeling up to facing the world today, and yet I have to, and not only do I have to, but Tiger has to come along.

It's going to be a very long day.

I need to go to the bank, post office, grocery, pet, dollar store, and all with an unwilling Tiger in tow. We need to drive into a larger town too, so there is 90 minutes of truck involved.  So I already know there will be screaming, there will be whining, possibly a melt down.  I have to brave several parking lots with her, will she bolt? While we are shopping I will need to let go of her hand to pick something up or push the cart and when I do, what will happen?

I've already put this trip off twice this week because Tiger is so resistant to going anywhere lately.
I don't blame her,  I know its not her fault, I know she's only 6. I know her discomfort is real.

Can you feel my anxiety building?

I think I'll have another coffee before facing the day.


The High Functioning Life, it's just another day, we'll get through it.

HFL Mama


Sidenote: We didn't make it to the grocery store as Tiger made it quite clear that she was done for the day in between the bank and post office.