A Bad Day Turned Good
I pulled an overnighter yesterday, due to my horrendous sleep schedule but still needing to get things done- and the whole morning was awful to say the least.
•My rolltop desk pull-down portion snapped in half, so now I have to find a way to repair it.
•I needed to ship out a package, but the items wouldn't fit in any box I tried (took a while, but I eventually got it)
•Went to print out the label (cheaper to do at home) and the printer said it had a paper jam when it didn't. Either way, it refuses to work so I had to go somewhere to have it printed for me.
•Finally get to the post office to ship it out, and I also need to renew my subscription there for the New Year. So I go to, asked for my ID, open my wallet...ID is gone.
•Drive home to get my ID, and hit every red light on the way there and back.
So after all of this, added onto being extremely tired, I was about done with the day. But I knew if I I went home I'd just sit there upset, so I tried to turn it around. Too cold to go to the park, so I ended up settling on my favorite local coffee shop. I go in, try something I've never had (Cookie Butter Latte- delicious!), and the barista hands it to me with a beautiful latte art on top. I'd never had latte art before, so I stare at it and it makes all my anger fade away for just a moment. I thank her for it, we talk, and I find out they're having a music night later in the day.
I sat at a table and did some tarot readings for myself as I drank my coffee. I'm trying to not be as worried about what people think, so I make myself do the readings and not concern about if anyone is judging me for doing tarot. And, y'know what? Nobody did.
Later that night, I come in for the music night. I sit and chat with people I've never met, and felt so welcomed anyway. It didn't matter, I just listened to the lovely music everyone played and talked with everybody.
It was so nice to just go out, sit and chat, and have a calm human experience. I think I need to focus on those moments more than I do the hard ones.
So I may have had a bad morning, but I didn't let myself have a bad day.
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