The last couple of weeks have been stressful. On Thursday, I drove home after being at the office from 4 am to 10 pm and declared it the worst day ever with my present employer. I looked forward to a better day on Friday, and I looked forward to my trip to St. Louis that morning. Instead, I got up on Friday, and had a car accident at 4:30 AM on my way to the airport. I then spent the remainder of the day in a fog with a pounding headache from what must have been a minor concussion. Even as I type, I have a nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach; I know that another stressful week is ahead. I have a major presentation to do next week, and I just finished up the materials for it. There are a lot of eyes on this, and it is a great opportunity for me to advance my career; of course, it is also a great opportunity to fail.
Now, I am sitting here killing an hour in between having finished up my work at the office, and going to go meet Em and K for dinner. Em’s sister is in town from California, and we are having an early dinner with them and their mother. I am really looking forward to catching up with two of my closest girlfriends, and to spending time with Em’s family.
The crazy week compounded by the car accident has me in a reflective sort of mood. As some one told me last night, everything wrong in our lives is a first world problem. It is great to have first world problems! I completely agree.
It feels to me like even when things go wrong good things come out of it. Not going to St. Louis on Friday meant that I got to catch up on other projects, I ran into an old friend from New York that happened to be in Houston for a day trip, and we grabbed a coffee to catch up. The cancelled trip also freed me up on Friday evening to grab a drink with an interesting guy. I blame the head injury on the fact that I did the worst job ever of selling him on the idea of coming to work for the consulting company that I work for. One can’t win them all, and I enjoyed hearing his stories about his travels, how much he likes Houston, and his positive out look on life. Later in the evening, I caught up with K and TriviaMaster for a few laughs. I am blessed with great friends.
I woke up this morning, and the sun was shining; I was well rested, and my foggy head was clear, reminding me once again to be thankful for my health. I flew through my five mile morning run ready to start a new day. The Birds headed out yesterday for their spring break with their grandparents. They will be spending their week playing in the winter garden, riding the horses and feeding the cows. I miss them terribly already, but I also know that it is really important for them spend time really getting to know their grandparents. The generation that created us has so much to share with the generation that we have created. I have some big issues to tackle, and a lot of work and traveling to get done in the upcoming week while my Birds are gone, but again these are first world problems.
As I have often said, I go to bed happy, and I wake up happy. I am not just living an amazing life, I am living an amazing life surrounded by amazing people. Cheers to our first world problems.