I’m pretty chill. Sure work sucks, but they give me good money to be there and I am doing what I can to remove some of the suck where I can - not just for me, but for the whole team. The suck-reduction effort has been noticed, and it seems to have created a positive impression with my boss and the several levels above him. I have some woodwork kinda-sorta penciled in for tomorrow with my dad, and stew planned for tonight. I have a fridge full of beer and plans to make more. Some of my friends have opinions about politics that I think are wrong-headed, but they are polite about it and there are plenty of other things to talk about.
There are probably four or five people I could call up right now and spend the day with, doing not much useful, but instead I am going to go cook and then spend some time cleaning up some hobby-related equipment in the first warm weather of spring.
“I can’t complain, but sometimes I still do…
Life’s been good to me so far…”
I vaguely recall some movie from the late 60’s called “What’s So Bad About Feeling Good” where a virus put the entire country in a good mood. It threatened the accepted fabric of society so much that the CDC has to step in and find a way to destroy the virus (which they did). It was a comedy, by the way, just in case anyone misunderstood the premise.
From Ghostbusters II:
Venkman: We’ve taken our own head count. There seem to be 3 million completely miserable assholes living in the tri-state area.
Mayor’s assistant: Oh please.
Venkman: I beg your pardon, 3 million and 1.
Mayor: Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker’s God-given right.
Wow. How do you people do it? All the crap you’re going through…
We should have a “what do you do to not snap?” thread…
But, thanks1 I’m going to get through tomorrow by reminding myself that I’ll never have to deal with buying a bra. (Great, now someone’s going to assume I’m a hippie chick*)
*Monday I’ll cheer myself up by remembering how nice it is to pee standing up…
I long ago recognized that my attitude was…my attitude, and had little to do with what was happening around me. I’m perfectly capable of having a really shitty day and being in a good mood, as well as being in a pissy mood for no apparant reason.
I’ve maybe peeked into The Pit once, through a link in some other thread; I’ve seen too much recreational outrage to be entertained by it anymore, so it’s not that interesting to me.
But it’s good to know it’s there, for those days when I want to eat Tokyo!
I’m happy. I had a great day with my girls at the Down to Earth festival. Stopped for hot fudge sundaes on the way home. Everyone is sleeping but me so it’s quiet and dark in my little cave, all with full bellies and happy memories of a sweet Sunday afternoon at the park.
