Bad days are worse

So you know the kind of day that starts out with your kids getting up multiple times the night before, then at the store an entire bottle of fabric softener breaks open upon bagging and slowly leaks through your cart full of groceries and then your dog randomly jumps into one of the kids' car seats and PEES in it and you come home and realize your period just started - nearly a week early. You know that kind of day? I had that kind of day. Last year, I would have curled up on the couch and eaten my weight in chocolate.
No more.
Instead, I pulled myself up by my muffin top and made myself some of this cleansing drink suggested by Kim Lyons.
8 oz. water
1 slice grapefruit
1 slice tangerine
1/2 cucumber, sliced
2 spearmint leaves
The recipe is pretty simple - but I still couldn't completely follow it as the store was out of tangerines and I am pretty sure they don't carry spearmint leaves, like, ever. Also, I lost my pitcher - how that happened, I have no idea. Instead, I rounded up my water bottle collection and started chopping. I put about 2 servings of the cucumber, grapefruit, and tangelo (my tangerine stand-in) in each bottle. I filled them up with water and put them in the fridge. I drank one this evening and it was pretty tasty! I decided to refill just the water and see how that went - still good! And I did another refill and let it marinade for an couple hours - still tastes pretty fresh and cucumber-y! So, three run throughs per set of ingredients - not bad. I know just drinking the water involved will be good for me, but I am hoping the extra stuff will help make some extra magic!!