Snivel

Elf , beloved lurcher of ours came in the bedroom and poked his snotty nose into my eye socket (his version of 'pay attention to me') TEN times last night.
We tried everything to settle him; took him out, made his bed up differently, tempted him with various tasty morsels and other such pacifying gestures but nothing worked.
It's hard to stay patient when you're tired and stressed so at 3 in the morning I try to remember that he's an old man and can't tell me what the problem is (being a dog an all!)
Consequently I've spent the day a little tired and emotional;
Clothes pegs all fell out of the bag onto the floor...snivel!
Bungee cord pinged back in my face...snivel!
Stapler kept jamming...snivel!
You get the idea - irrelevant first world problems that feel incredibly unjust on just 2 hours sleep!