Just in case you’re feeling sorry for yourself this morning, I’ll share how my day started. As usual, I filled a big bucket of water in the sink while finishing breakfast. I give the water to our donkey (Delilah) each morning as well as a bit of hay.

As I stepped onto the three stone steps at Delilah’s water bucket, I tripped and fell forward. My bucket, filled with water, hit the ground and a big splash of water came up and soaked my face, head and coat. I was dumbfounded…and just dumb.

With water dripping off me, I thought, “I just threw a cold bucket of water in my face. How does that even happen?” I’m still not really sure, but I think the bucket hit the ground so hard that the water bounced up into my face as I was falling up the steps.

I’m grateful I didn’t get hurt, as I was falling into a fence post, but caught myself before face planting into it. So I feel proud for having caught myself and not getting hurt, stupid for falling at all and mostly I just feel wet.

Here’s hoping your day started better and both our days get better from here.