While that was not the best start to my day, it turned for the better. Just as I was finishing breakfast, my dogs started barking. Thinking that we had a moose in the yard (they've not been around for a while), I went to the window and instead saw our neighbor plowing yesterday's snowfall off our driveway. I would have gone out to thank him, but I was still, as yet undressed. By the time I finished my morning ablutions, he was already gone.
Between our neighbor's kindness and the fact that I successfully pushed myself to exercise this morning, my day headed in a better direction than I thought based off of its start. By day's end, I got the trash done, picked up dog food, cleaned the bathrooms, applied for this year's PFD, and filled out my FAFSA. That's not a bad day for such a shaky start.