Writing a blog post about trying to accentuate the positive is basically a dare to the universe to test your new-found disposition in ways that you couldn't even dream up before you started typing. Case in point, since my post last night:
1) My husband has come down with food poisoning or a stomach bug, was up all night, and is sick enough to STAY HOME from work (which happens once every 4-5 years)
2) We awoke to thunderstorms and power outages, and by awoke, I mean to say that we were cajoled to a standing position, bleary-eyed and lacking sleep (see item #1) out of our dark, cozy room by a very-awake four-year old
3) During a phone meeting this morning for my current consulting gig, the dining room air conditioner in our sweltering condo began leaking all over the floor
4) The main bathroom shower will not shut off entirely unless I use all of my force pushing on the knob while twisting it back and forth
5) I just discovered that the wall in our dining room was also damaged during the bathroom repair---the wall against which we have stacked oodles of things to "keep them protected" during construction
6) Our dryer stopped drying things thoroughly
7) Running the A/C in our car makes the interior smell strongly of gasoline
8) At the grocery store, my newly activated debit card was denied, repeatedly
9) The computer had to be shut down during my business meeting this morning because the fuse kept being tripped
10) I slammed my hand in the trunk trying to shut it with a heavy grocery bag in tow.
SO...what am I focusing on that will keep me sane? So far, I've noted that my kid is well, my hand is better with some ice, a great friend of mine just got a great job, I was able to go to the bank right away to fix the card problem and had an emergency card on hand to pay for the groceries, I bought Mike soup at the store that should make him feel better, I had a good meeting (despite the craziness of a leaking air conditioner and a shut-down computer), we have a really great condo board president who was kind when I let him know about additional construction-related problems here, I found a pair of capris that I bought on sale this winter and couldn't locate once the weather got warm, our cleaning lady came (the best Christmas present I ever got from my parents was money for a cleaning service) and made the portions of our house that are not torn up look like palaces, the sun just may be peeking through a bit as I type....yeah, I've got my positive groove going, despite the funk surrounding our house.
In the poker game between me and universe, I'm all in.
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