A Banner Day!

The day started off oh so well. My wife and daughter got off to school OK, and I was actually on time for work with about 10 minutes to spare. I stopped to get a skinny latte and realized that I had enough points on my card for a freebie. Yeah. Then, I got to work and realized that we were doing a software upgrade today and my backup office would be doing all of my tasks for me today. Yeah. It was going to be a good day. Then, I dropped my Oakley sunglasses as I was taking them off my head to store in my locker. They fell on the floor and got a huge scratch in the left lens, right in the field of vision. Couldn't believe it. The rest of the day was OK, we spent a lot of time trying out new office chairs, and overall enjoying some free time. Then, I picked up my daughter after school, only my wife didn't know I was picking her up. I left her a voice mail message, but her phone broke and she had no signal to retrieve it. So, she thought our daughter had been kidnapped. Nice. Got home and realized that the two trees that we planted earlier this summer were dying. They're in sprinkler zones and the yard is getting enough water, but apparently not enough deep watering for the tree roots. Ugh. The Northfire maples appear to be going into early dormancy. Hopefully, they've shut down enough to protect themselves, but who knows. I gave them a drink yesterday since they appeared to be stressed and starting to turn orange. Today, half of one of the trees is orange and a few of the leaves have fallen off. Even better. I've managed to kill $800 worth of trees. Not sure if they're a total loss, but perhaps we can salvage them yet. I'm such a dumbass. My wife is pissy, I'm pissy, my daughter is pissy about school and the fact that she already has a LOT of homework on the first day. Oh, it's a banner day.