Mr. Crabby Pants

I was in a bad mood today because I was hoping to know whether or not I had a job by now and whether I should start looking for an apartment in this town or intensify the job search and also we've had people staying here for a while and I've been sleeping on the spare bed and so my back has been sore since Sunday night and then this morning we had donuts and I love donuts but when I eat them I feel all sick and heavy in the stomach but I eat them anyway because I love donuts and then I couldn't take a shower because of something having to do with laundry and then people were taking showers and I wanted to take a shower because I'm two and I only want things that other people have but then I got distracted (I get distracted a lot) and didn't want a shower but then I did want a shower but couldn't have one because someone was taking a nap and then I went and pouted at my laptop for a while until I was notified that company would be over in a few minutes which was apparently the worst news I could ever hear because I was really upset that there was going to be company and I wasn't going to have showered and it was everyone else's fault that I couldn't get in the shower and I was completely blameless in my dirtydirty state but I did end up getting into the shower before the company got here so the world didn't end after all and then company stayed for quite a while and then z-man and I went to the driving range and I was really bad and there was some kid younger than my underwear hitting irons longer than I could hit a driver and I didn't like that and I drove home like I was in a bad mood and then when we got home I realized that someone had parked in my spot and that too was a tragedy beyond anything I should ever have to face and I drove like I was in an even worse mood and turned the wheel a little harder (maybe a lot harder) than I should have and ended up popping a tire on the curb and then my brother and z-man helped me to change the tire and it was easier than I thought it would be and went much quicker because of the help but how the heck am I going to pay for a new tire or a whole set of new tires actually because my old ones have been bad for longer than is prudent and then we ate dinner and it was really really good and all the nieces and nephews were around and the adults got to me more than the kids because there were so many don'tdothats and stopits all at once and then so much nothing during similar incidents but then there was dancing and it was fun with kids and grown-ups doing the chicken-dance to the music playing out of a cell phone and then there was fun disco music and laughing and dancing and singing and all around goodness and then the in-town niece and nephew went to their own house and I read books to Elephant and one of them was about interrupting and while I was reading it she said "Excuse me," because that's what the book says you're supposed to say if you need to interrupt someone so she said "Excuse me," and I said "What?" and she said "I love you lots and lots" and I said "Why thank you. I love you lots and lots plus one" and she said "I love you higher than space" and I thought "Why do I let myself get so crabby?" and then she went to bed and Granderson made an awesome diving catch in the bottom of the eighth and then I learned that white wine goes a lot better with donuts than most people would probably think and then Sheffield singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the tenth and then Maggli-OH! and the Tigers won.

And now you know the (ir-)rationale behind my bad mood.

I'm grateful to have a forgiving family (20).