This was one of those days. lots of things were going wrong. Nothing major, but things like the printer in the computer lab not working when I needed to print off an assignment, I forgot to put on deodorant (:|), I rode the bus all the way home (to get said deodorant) only to discover I had left my house keys on campus, and a few other nuisances in between.
However, also inserted in those nuisances were some gems. The first one (and coincidentally it was also the first snowball to start rolling down the hill of today) was when the bus driver, who was running late due to traffic, decided one stop shy of campus to kick all the UGA folks off the bus so that she could make it back to the bus depot and get back on schedule!!! I mean I get it, but geez! So, 28 of us mosey off the bus and wait at the bus stop for the next bus willing to take us stranded travelers to our destinations. I felt the worst for the people for whom this impromptu adventure made late to class. When the other bus came (which was maybe a minute later, not long at all) we all piled on. We were packed like sardines on top of the already settled passengers on the bus. Many of the people were grumbling. (It was 7 in the morning, so I was too sleepy to grumble too). Then one lady in the aisle (an "original bus" companion) said, "Well that was a creative solution!"
See, the previous bus driver knew that the other bus would be along shortly and thus, it really was the best solution for most of the people. This fellow bus rider, took those lemons and made lemonade. If only, we all could have seen the positive in it all!
It actually helped me in the midst of the other sillyness that happened to look for redemptive moments. Like the fact, that at the end of all that craziness I had some excellent interpersonal time with Shannon. I went to meet her with a headache and a bad attitude and I left feeling refreshed and ready to tackle SPSS!
This gray cloud day had a sparkly silver lining.
