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Have you ever had a shitty (terrible, bad) day when nothing really bad happened, but you were in a bad mood (you are not happy, not feeling joyful)? Sometimes you’re just having a bad day. That’s life. I hope today is not one of those days for you. I hope it’s a fabulous day. However, if you woke up on the wrong side of the bed (woke up grumpy/in a bad mood), how do you explain how you feel? Watch the video and check out the transcript below. (look at)

Transcript and Vocabulary Explanation

Today I’m having the worst day. So, I’m going to give you some vocabulary connected to having a completely shitty day (I had a shitty day = I had a terrible day).

Well, it started out (It began) first thing (in the very beginning of s.t.) this morning. I felt like crap (I felt terrible/bad). I got out of bed.

And you know, how your whole body aches (hurts)?

Probably because I’d been woken up all night long, for various reasons.

And then you know, I was having a bad hair day (My hair looked terrible). It was one of those ugly days where you look in the mirror and you go (you say), oh, okay.

My mouth hurt because I have a cold sore (a sore on your mouth that’s a type of herpes, but we never say herpes because most people connect that with the BAD kind of herpes, genital herpes, and believe me, it’s very different!!).

And uh, let’s see - what else? (let me think, I’m trying to think of more)

You don’t want to hear all my complaints (my problems).

Basically, I was in a pissy mood (in a grumpy mood, in a bad mood) and I felt like shit (I felt terrible).

The day pretty much continued that way until I decided, hey, I’m not going to be like this all day long because, you know, that sucks (that’s bad, that’s not good) to be like this all day. So, I decided to go to the beach.

And I have to say, the beach idea was a very good one.

Because I rented a bicycle and I took my kids and they went in this back carriage thing (Kim’s note - if you don’t know the exact word for something, you can describe it by saying a/this ____ thing … in this case, I don’t think it’s called a carriage, but it’s like a carriage that’s pulled by a bike, a carriage is usually something you sit in that has wheels and a horse pulls you).

And we had a really good time.

It ended up that (In the end of the experience…** we use this to say something unexpected or a change from what had come before) the day wasn’t so bad.

Of course, now I have a big long drive ahead of me. Not long. But in LA, all drives are long.

And I’m feeling pretty beat. That means tired.

I’m ready to go home, get ready for bed and hit the sack (go to bed, put your head on the pillow).