Cranky Day

I had a cranky day today. I woke up out of Nyquil-induced coma to the knowledge that I had forgotten to close the year (it's a computer thing) so that everybody else could get in and start working this morning. I did that in a hurry and then went in to more problems. All those were mostly solved by the end of the day so it was a good day. I don't mind problems. I just get cranky when people have a question or want me to do something else when I'm working on one. I want to say something like "I'm working on a serious problem so please go away and don't try to talk to me right now" in a really nice way. And I think I did that at least half the time. But other times, I could see that I didn't do it well enough. I tried to make up for it by coming back later to give them the help they asked for in my most pleasing and accomodating way. But I need to learn to acknowledge when I don't come across like I want to and not just try to make up for it later. If I had been able to do that, it wouldn't be nagging at me now. I could see it then, why couldn't I say it then? It's almost as if I was thinking that if I didn't bring it up, they might not notice or maybe they would forget.