You know those days when it feels like everything sucks? This day was one of them. I just never seemed to get into the groove of working. I couldn't appreciate the fact that I had absolutely nothing to do. I wanted coffee but never went to get it. I wanted frozen yogourt but never went to get it. And in general, I ignored everyone who walked by my door.
Then I did this little exercise. I listed all the good things about my day and all the bad. My list looks something like this:
Good
1. I will be eating Chinese food for lunch. With a Coke. Mmmmm.
2. I got to work so early that the early people asked me if they were late
3. I found $40 in the subway
4. My writer's block is gone (I managed to write that thing I had to write in 20 minutes and it seems pretty good!)
5. I ate a yummy ice cream cone
6. I have one of the few sprinkler systems for my floor in my office
Bad
1. I found a big black tar spot on my NEW, SUPER CUTE American Ealge shoes. Did I mention they were NEW AND SUPER CUTE???
This is a before my sadness picture
2. The unfriendly women I work with that I had to ride the elevator with twice today
3. I hate my new office (though it is bigger with more stuff)
4. I keep thinking about how not nice it must feel to lose $40 in the subway
So as you can see, my day has had more good than bad. But it's still one of those blah days. I think I may just be overly tired. I desperately want my manager to leave early so I can leave early, but he came in late so I think he'll be leaving late.
This is a post out of pure boredom. Maybe I'll post some pictures. Yes. That'll be exciting. Oh god, I'm boeing myself with this post and I'm writing it!
Excuse me, I have to go stab myself with paperclip now to distract myself.
6 comments:
Dear Anika,
How are you doing today? It's raining here in Mississauga, is it raining there too? It's pouring here. I picked up Caramel and held her out the back door in the rain, lol, she got so surprised and started to wiggle, so I had to bring her back in and then I tried again, just so I could laugh. Yes, my life is boring right now, I bother my cat for some amusement.
Started packing yesterday. Basically with the clothes I have to decide whether they go in a suitcase or a box mostly. I have one suitcase pretty much packed, with all my "everyday shalwar kameez" to wear there. Nothing fancy cuz all those will be bought there Insh'Allah. The suitcases they are allowing now are so small. We can hardly take any extra stuff. I still need to buy a purse for the trip. I'm getting a little excited about the trip. I think everyone thought I was weird when they'd ask me if I was excited and I would say not so much. It was too early to get excited. Got the passports back in the mail yesterday with the Indian visa. That got me a little excited. I'm really nervous though. I have no idea what to expect when we get there. How the people are going to be and how they are going to treat me. The last time I went 8 years ago it was fun and people *seemed* nice. But since that time I have come to realize not everyone who seems nice is actually nice. And you hear about how certain people are and you stop and wonder how could that possibly be cuz they were nice to you the last time you saw them. Oh well...I guess I'm just gonna have to wait and see myself once I get there Insh'Allah.
Whoa, the lights almost went out. The computer "flickered." I copied and pasted this onto my email just in case I lose it. Then I'll get really frustrated if that happened. I wonder if my cat is scared of all the thunder and lightening. Still haven't gotten her fixed. Took her to the vet for a checkup though and Alhumdulillah she's in perfect health. I asked her (the vet) if she was under weight cuz she's so skinny but she told me she isn't and she should be like that. My brother is coming back from Vancouver on Sunday from his work trip, I think we'll take her after that to get the surgery done Insh'Allah.
I know I should write on my blog, but like I sad in my "update" it just feels forced everytime I try to. I'm sorry I haven't been checking yours. Ever since I stopped updating mine, it seems like I've stopped checking others' too regularly.
I miss coming and visiting you like I used to during school. We still have to go on our Chapters date. I don't know if that's gonna happen before I leave though. Maybe if I bring Caramel over we can go then Insh'Allah.
That's it for now. I promise not to be a stranger anymore on your blog. I hope you're having a better day at work today than yesterday Insh'Allah!
Take care!
Dear Anika,
I will follow suit. Roohi's suit. I am sorry I don't remember to check your blog. I will try to make it a daily habit. But the reason I don't like making blog-checking into a daily habit is because it inevitably leads to disappointment. I will check, and the person's blog hasn't been updated. In weeks. Then I feel sadness.
Unlike Roohi, I have not started packing for any non-existent exciting trips out of the country. Instead, I have felt like stabbing myself over and over again with a steak knife because this existence, this summer existence, is slowly killing me. To avoid wandering into a paragraph of severely depressing prose, I will change the topic.
My baby boy TK, thinks there is another bird in my room. It's because my computer is set on a nature theme so every time I maximize or minimize a screen it makes a bird sound. He screams back Every Single Time. Here let me try right now: Yup. He chirped back on the maximize. Let's do it again. Worked on the minimize AND maximize. My mother says this is cruel. That I am tricking him. Perhaps it is, perhaps I am.
I loved the picture of the shoes. I love those kinds of pictures. More is said in absence. You need to take your dartboard to work. That is what it is for. For boring days at work. Perhaps I will get you office toys. But I will not get you office toys if you do not keep them in your office. It makes me sad that I bought my Dad a Party tray of assorted nuts and he wants to take them in a DIFFERENT container to work. The party tray is perfect. That is why I chose it.
This is all I have to say Anika.
GOOD EVENING!!!!!!!!
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p.s. thanks for updating your blog! It's a fun read. I enjoy it every time.
If you insist on stabbing yourself with paperclips I humbly suggest you avoid your eyes and ears. Or you know, just stop altogether. Blah days happen, its ok.
lol, i absolutely loved this post ;) thanx for stopping by..dont stab yourself - slit your ankles, its very original :P
Finding $40 sounds lovely to me lol.. just pretend it's some teenager's drug money and not money that belongs to a little old lady.. !
Hahaha, Roohi and Shoilers, thank you for your guilt prompted posts. They were appreciated!
Ruby - Isn't that the odd thing about summer? The entire winter seems like one long blah day, but then summer comes along and it feels like a blah day is a waste of your life!
Qdee - hahaha original indeed!
Liya - Old lady?!?!?! *eyes tearing, lip quivering* I never even thought it could've belonged to an old lady!!!
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