One of "Those" Days...

When I wake up each morning to the blaring sound of my alarm clock I always have the same 2 thoughts: 1. I have to pee like none other! 2.  I hope it's not one of "those" days!  It ALL begins in the shower...  I turn on the water hoping not to wake any little sleepy heads, ahhh the hot water feels so good in a silent house.  The moment I know that it is going to be one of "those" days is the instant I hear knocking on my bedroom door.  You see, I have my kids pretty well trained in at least one area of our morning routine, well kinda. They KNOW not to knock on my bedroom door in the mornings! It is the law in my house!  I even have a quote from "The Wizard of Oz" above my door that reads "No one gets in to see the wizard, not no one, not no how!"  I do not stay in my room all morning, nor do I keep my door closed all morning.  I come out often to check on the kids and deal with whatever issue that may be at hand, like the dreaded sock basket that eats 1 sock out of evey pair that we deposit in it's care.  I fix the cereal, force the kids into matching clothes and chase down my harbrush  but when it is closed that means peace and tranquility is in progress and you may not interrupt unless you are bleeding or very badly injured.  I am fully prepared each time I exit my room in the morning that there will be some disaster I will have to take care of, my suit of mom armour is on, if you will.  I am not expecting a peaceful morning each day.  I know my son will sing at the top of his lungs all morning and chase the dog and pester his sisters all before he has dressed himself or brushed his teeth.  I know my girls will cry for this shirt or that sweater and I am prepared to handle these issues when I exit my bedroom door.  Still, each time that alarm clock goes off, I think maybe today no one will knock?  Surely the lecture on obeying the rules, what is grounds for knocking in the morning and why it is important to look for all of your belongings BEFORE bedtime will sink in!  Sometimes it does and other times the urge to tattle overwhelms them and they justify "injury" as "hurt feelings" so they knock when they feel a gross injustice has just occured.  Today there was a knock and usually crying follows the knock and yelling follows the crying and fighting follows the yelling and I am instantly swept up in one of "those" days and there is no way to rewind and go back to my peaceful shower, my tranquil state of mind.  There is no turning back after the knock.  I just need more coffee.