Day 257 was one of those crappy days where nothing seems to go right.

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I won't bore you with the sordid details, because it's over, and I want to focus on the positive.  Let's just say that this day equaled one of your crappiest days in recent memory.

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I actually "lived" another blog "activity" that day which turned out to be crummy, too.  I was going to have to channel my inner comedienne in order to turn that lemon into lemonade so that it would be a halfway readable post.

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And then...

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I was standing outside with Bella for her before bedtime tinkles and...

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I saw a shooting star.

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I audibly gasped.  I am not sure that I have ever truly witnessed a shooting star.  It seems as though as soon as someone points it out to me, by the time I look in the proper direction, it's gone.

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This shooting star was so bright, that my first thought was that it was a crashing plane on fire.  Dad explained the next day that my shooting star was more than likely a meteorite.

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Whatever it was, I made a wish for no more crappy days.  Or, since that's not entirely possible, to remember that if I keep my eyes peeled, I might discover the glimmer of hope within the crappy day.

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And just when I was feeling all warm and fuzzy and philosophical, THE BIGGEST SCORPION IN ARIZONA scurried across my patio to terrorize me and my little dog, too.

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By some MIRACLE -- and a shriek that should have caused my neighbors to call 911, but scarily, did not -- Bella stopped chasing THE BIGGEST SCORPION IN ARIZONA, looked at me, and then responded to a post-shriek hoarse, "BELLA, COME!!!!"

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THE BIGGEST SCORPION IN ARIZONA then crawled into the darkness.

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Now...Scorpions a mere quarter of the size of this one have driven my neighbor, Kim C. aka Garage Kim, to drink.  I'll let her recount her tale in the comments section.

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In the midst of my scorpion dilemma, I had two choices:

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I could focus on the crappy piece de resistance of the crappy day aka THE BIGGEST SCORPION IN ARIZONA and wreck a good night's sleep wondering if it would flatten itself (they do that, you know) and come under my door in the middle of the night to get me and my little dog, too

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Or...

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I could focus on the blazing ball of wonder that I witnessed with my own eyes.

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Oh.  I forgot the third choice:

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I could drink.   Well...Kim C.  may sleep like a baby after a couple glasses of wine, but I sleep fitfully.

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I chose to cast my internal gaze on the wonder.  And slept like a baby. ^

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^ Full disclosure:  There was 1/2 of a Zyrtec involved in my golden slumbers.  i.e., Crap:  I suffer from seasonal allergies that drive me nuts.  Silver lining/shooting star:  Wow, that stuff makes me sleep well!

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