Is a Bad Day Inevitable

   following a really good day?

   I think it might be but honestly I don't have enough data to be sure of it. Of course, the absence of hard evidence never stopped me from pontificating...

   Rather than having a number of absolutely terrific days each year I think in my life thus far I have had more good days than bad, more happy than sad (yes, that was a deliberate, sappy rhyme!) But when I recollect the insanely delightful days they have been surrounded by other good, if not great, days. The best days of my life - my wedding day, the days my children were born, and spectacular vacation days all were surrounded by other days where I was off from work and generally detached from reality. This buffered my bliss from the daily grind so that my return to it was gradual, over the course of several days rather than all of a sudden.

   Alternatively, when you have a day off from work in the middle of a week and by some random chance you end up having a wonderful day I think just the shock of returning to work the very next morning is probably enough to start a serious death spiral of depression.

   The good news is that the blues didn't last more than 20 hours - one good knock-knock joke from the little man and all is right with the world once more!