One of those days

Have you ever gotten out of bed only to discover that you just should have stayed in bed? It's been one of those kinds of days. Not a bad day, necessarily...just one of those days.
It started this morning when I heard McKenna, so I thought I'd get an early jump on my day by getting in the shower before getting her out of bed. I was ready to get in the shower, only to discover we had no hot water. GRR. That is one of my biggest pet peeves about living in an apartment. I knew I couldn't call the office because they don't open until 9...and I knew even then it takes them a while to answer. So, I got dressed to wait.
In the meantime, McKenna had dozed back off - not unusual for her - so I thought I'd go have my morning coffee while I did some online surfing...only to find no coffee. It didn't make me angry or anything, it just added to the frustration of the morning. I finally reached someone in the office around 9:30, and the hot water was back on by 10.
Now it's a little after noon, nothing that I had planned on getting accomplished today is done, and the hot water is off again. Do I really need hot water for anything right now? Not really. To me, it's the principle of the matter.
But now I ask myself, why do I let little setbacks set me back? I think I've always done this. I let my circumstances dictate my attitude...and I don't want to do that anymore. I want to choose JOY, and lately I haven't been doing that. I have a wonderful husband, a beautiful and healthy daughter, great in-laws, a great family, a job, a roof over my head, food to eat...so why complain? I CHOOSE JOY. :)
Sometimes I just need to get stuff out of me to realize that things really aren't so bad. So dishes will be in the sink a little longer. Is that going to change the world? I don't think so. Instead, I'm going to enjoy watching my daughter run around in her shirt and diaper - she just learned how to take her pants off by herself. Staying home with her? Priceless.