I titled this post this way because today really reminded me of that movie called “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” It seems like today definitely wasn’t my best day—a little bit of everything has happened, and I just want it to end soon, haha. I woke up like any other day, actually in a good mood. Today I had to go shopping, and even though shopping has become difficult with the sky-high prices in Venezuela, I was still somewhat excited because I was going to do a slightly “bigger” grocery run than usual.
The sunrise was beautiful—shades of purple, pink, and orange… I really appreciated the sky this morning, and it filled me with hope for a good day.
I took my son to school, and I don’t know what happened today, but it turned into a total mess at drop-off time. The bell rang, the kids started running, but the gate didn’t open. The kids piled up there, and they ended up getting in pretty late. I went back home and waited for my son’s dismissal time without having breakfast; after picking him up, we were going to go grocery shopping. The power went out at 10:30 a.m. We waited until noon, and the power still hadn’t come back on. We had to pick up our son at that time without power and go grocery shopping, hoping the power would come back on while we were out.
We went to several places to shop, and it was pretty exhausting. We were carrying a lot of stuff—we bought so many things—and just the thought of climbing 14 flights of stairs with all that weight was awful, but actually doing it was even worse… While climbing the stairs, I almost threw up because I hadn’t had breakfast; I turned pale and started shaking. My husband managed to go up and come back down to help me. I don’t know how I didn’t pass out… After we got home, I realized I had no cell service, and neither did my husband. On top of that, our phones were dead because, of all days, TODAY I didn’t think to charge my phone early—something I do every day but not today. It’s like a joke.
By the way, the reason we lost power is that, WITHOUT ANY WARNING—and without any notice so we could take precautions—the utility workers came to replace a utility pole. They didn’t care about people’s health or whether we had food that might spoil during the many hours they left us without power. Ten hours in total darkness—I still can’t believe the power’s back on.
To make matters worse, a pipe burst at home, so we had to do some repairs together that completely wore us out; right now I feel totally exhausted. It seems like everything bad happened today, with one misfortune after another—including a bad experience with some bread I bought that turned out to be stale. Honestly, if anything else happens to me today, I wouldn’t be surprised; I just want this day to be over.