So I'm going to focus and report on the positive aspects of my day! Why? Because every once in a while it's nice to reflect on simple events that made the day a little brighter and more tolerable between racing back and forth between school and work.
Smile Moment Number One: The professor in my Writing in the Arts and Sciences class used my paper to illustrate to another student in the class what her writing should be like. It felt quite excellent to be singled out of the class and have my paper used as an example of what great writing looks like. I'm no Ernest Hemingway, by any stretch of the imagination, but English teachers always seem to be impressed with my writing skills, especially when we have to write something in class and off the cuff. I am much like a puppy and praise like that, especially from someone I respect and whose opinions I value, such as my professors, makes me want to wiggle my "tail" for the whole rest of the day. It's something so simple, but being recognized for a craft that not everyone posesses makes me feel very good about myself!
Smile Moment Number Two: My boss's boss was in the office today with a trainer from up north and she was expressing how I would make a great trainer and how I was interested in becoming a trainer for my company. It made me feel good that she thinks highly enough of me to recommend me as a trainer to the head trainer for our area. Also, she pointed out that she wanted me to participate in a new outreach program where employees input their opinions on company policies and ideas are discussed with upper management about changes that are needed to be made. She said she immediately thought of me as the program was being developed and she wants me to participate. That made me feel awesome as well!
Smile Moment Number Three: A woman that I work with (and unfortunately I don't know her name, I've only greeted her in passing) complimented me on my weight loss. She said that I'm looking great lately and she expressed that it was really obvious in my face that I've lost some weight. I told her that I've lost 44 pounds since April and she congratulated me and said that I looked great! Now if that wasn't a big smile moment, I don't know what is!
Smile Moment Number Four: A friend of mine that I unfortunately haven't talked to in a long while texted me to tell me that Steve-O from Jackass fame was in town on a stand-up comedy tour and she was going. I asked to tag along and she said that of course I could tag along! This is awesome because I would love to see Steve-O (the group of friends I hung out with in high school are huge Jackass fans, and so am I. I love me some Johnny Knoxville... ohhhhhh yes) and it will be great to hang out with my friend Hizz-O! So my weekend isn't going to consist of just me doing homework and house chores after all!
So my day was fairly amazing save for the annoying commute to work (since they shut down one of the bridges spanning the Ohio River between Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, crossing the river has become an absolute nightmare!) where I had to sit in traffic for about 45 minutes and a spat I had with Jon and thus not getting to talk to him today (I haven't heard his voice since Sunday and I'm starting to lose my mind). But I will focus on all the Smile Moments I managed to have today and try not to dwell too much on the negatives.
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