*A Post About Sad Days With Asterisks*

Have you ever had one of those days that starts out great, then ends terribly? You know, one of those times that you win the Spelling Bee, only to come home and find your goldfish belly up in its tank? Or when you finally get the snow day everyone's been wanting, only to find that you're snowed in and can't get out the door. What about that time a trip was canceled at the last second? When you finally get a spot on the basketball team, but you lose seven games in a row? Everyone's been there, and today was definitely one of those days for me. *Sympathetic murmurs* Yeah, I know, it sucks. But there's always tomorrow, right? *Enthusiastic nods* And then the day after that, and the day after that, and so on, right? *Agreement sounds* I'll get over this, and soon it'll be just another knobbly stone in the winding road of life, right? *Wise philosopher noise* Thanks, random reader, that helped a lot. It really did. *Wide smile*