This is my friend from work, Kristine. Sometimes we toss a football at work:
This is part of a conversation that took place at my desk at 11:01 this morning:
Kristine: You look….
Me: Like I am less likely to poke someone’s eye out with a pen, today?
Kristine: Well, it’s still early. Let’s not jump to any conclusions.
Yesterday was a rough one.
It was the kind of day where I really just wanted to shut my office door [did I mention I don't have an office door?] and hunker down to get work done.
It was the kind of day where everyone seemed to be having conversations around me, forcing me to lose any sort of concentration I may have been holding on to by a thread.
It was the kind of day which I started wishing it was happy hour by 9:37 AM.
It was the kind of day filled with emergency, priority tasks which needed to be faced right then and there, before I finished the current priority task I was already working on.
It was the kind of day which I didn’t even think about taking a lunch break until after 2:30.
It was the kind of day leaving me so mentally exhausted that upon leaving the office, I decided to through my evening to-do list out the window. [I know, right? Surprise!]
Luckily, this “rest and relaxation and not-a-care-in-the-world” new evening plan was a success, and I went to sleep last night with a smile on my face. [Thanks to getting lost in the most beautiful language of a new book I'm reading, a large iced peppermint tea from Jason, a few hugs from my friend Kirk, and some laughs and good conversation with Nicholas.]
The smiles continued into today when the coffee fairy [aka: Cynthia] unexpectedly walked into my office with a J. Watt’s latte in her hand for my sipping pleasure. What a FANTASTIC surprise!! We had a nice catch up and chat session, as always.
Now that it’s lunch time [and not at 3:00 in the afternoon. ahem.] I’m here, sipping my surprise latte and reflecting on two beautiful posts I’ve loved recently. Won’t you join me?
From Sarah: Expectations vs Reality
From Emily: I Believe
Have you read any great reflection posts as of late that you think I should check out, too?
