Indicator that the day is going to be a bad one:

You look down at that eagerly anticipated first cup of coffee and see little black specks flittering around the rim. You freak out, because in your dream clouded mind, they look like bugs, and you have a thing about bugs. Hate them in fact. So you quickly drop the cup, and when it shatters into half a dozen, very sharp pieces, you realize that they were just coffee grounds, escaping from the filter because you did a piss-poor job of placing it in the basket.

While cleaning up this mess, you step on a shard, and curse. Your youngest child hears you and decides this curse is the coolest word EVER, and begins to recite it in an almost melodic chant, which, though annoying, does drown out the older child roaring for waffles in the other room.

After making another cup of coffee you sit down at your computer and realize you are three days behind on your new year’s resolutions. You haven’t written a thing in days, the house is a mess, and your WiiFit instructor is going to yell at you the next time you log on.
At least you remembered to eat your low-fat oatmeal this morning, instead of gorging on the kid’s pop-tarts or starving yourself until lunchtime. A balanced, healthy diet is your most important resolution. And oatmeal is healthy….but disgusting. So no one would blame you for adding some raisins to it.

Ok, so maybe they shouldn’t have been yogurt covered.
Ok, Ok, they were chocolate-covered.