Better Days

You know the saying "When God closes a door, somewhere He opens a window?" Well....I'm sorry if anyone out there reading this is super religious but sometimes I think "When God closes a door, sometimes He'll deadbolt it just to tick you off." For a little background:


Here in my life in upstate NY there are different seasons than what you might experience where you live. We have:

• approximately 4 weeks of "Beautiful Fall"
• approximately 4 weeks of "It's Winter Even Though the Calendar Says It's Still Fall" Fall
• approximately 6 months of "Hell Hath Frozen Over And You'll Never Feel Warmth Again" Winter
• approximately 2 months of "I Refuse to Let Go of Winter" Spring
• approximately 2 months of "It's So Unbelievably Hot and Humid, You'll Wish It Were Winter" Summer

Sprinkled betwixt the seasons of "I Refuse to Let Go of Winter" Spring and "It's So Unbelievably Hot and Humid, You'll Wish It Were Winter" Summer, is the secret season. The season seemingly only I get to experience year after year after year, without end.

Interview Season

I feel as though I had a particularly bad interview yesterday. I was pretty bummed about it (and still am), which is why I found last night's dream so interesting (I love the human psyche!)

I was in a big conference-like room. (For anyone that went to Middle School with me, it kinda reminded me of the "Squeaky Chair Room.") I was there with a couple of little kids - one of whom I was supposed to be tutoring. She is a real child and is actually one of the kids I work with at my current job. I was tutoring her, and she wasn't "getting it." She started to cry and she was very upset that "it's just too hard" and "she's never gonna get it." I, trying to soothe her, told her that "It's OK. We all have bad days. And we all have good days. Today is over and tomorrow is going to be a good day, okay?" And then literally as soon as that was said, I opened my eyes and woke up.

Way to give yourself a pep-talk, brain! Here's to a better day today! Cheers! *clink* (don't worry - I know it's 7:30 am. It's just my coffee mug!)