Just Another Day

Some days things just don't work right. Today, for example, I left home without enough clothes to change at work, so as soon as I got to the top of Grand, I had to turn right back around and pick up enough clothes that I could be decent at work, because as much as it's casual, I'm sure underwear is still encouraged, if not required (tell that to some people there...). So I hope back on my bike, about 20 minutes behind, and I make it to work, albeit a little later than I want, which means that I'm gonna have to stay a little later than I want or work less overtime or whatever the actual calculus works out to these days. I can't even do something simple like take my water bottles with me when I walk away from my bike, and I keep dropping things, and I know, yeah, it's just going to be one of those days. With all that in mind, there were no minor catastrophes until the zipper on my skirt broke. Which vexed me, but was at least solvable with safety pins. Then my evening plans were scuttled. I could continue if you'd like, but I think that illustrates the point I'm trying to make. And that point is? It was still a pretty good day. I suppose I could wallow in all of it, and maybe there was a time where I used to, but I don't really feel like that. Sure, I'm tired, and annoyed, and none of that was what I wanted to deal with. But how many days do we have to deal with things that we don't want to deal with? I would venture to say almost every day we bother to interact with anything beyond our home. And if you don't live by yourself, every day. I know I won't always keep a good attitude about it, but honestly, I've got bigger problems to deal with than a broken zipper, and that's worth remembering. I know in the context that it doesn't remove the fact that I spent far too long trying to deal with that when I should have been working. But what can you do but just sit back down and try to get back to it? Besides tomorrow will be better. Will it actually be? No way to know, but it's pointless to go into the day thinking it will be bad. That just creates a bad day. I don't claim to adhere to this policy too well, but that's how I'm feeling right now. There will be bad days ahead, no doubt, but there's no reason to make one that's a trifle into that.