December 13, 2010 - Fourth Day

Today was going to be a great day!  I set my alarm for 6:30 so I could get up and make lunches for my sons before school.  Even though it was still dark and cold outside, I figured it was worth it.   I made them exactly what they want for lunch: two sandwiches, some goldfish (crackers, not the kind that swim in a bowl), and a nutri-grain bar.  One of my sons kindly remembered to take his lunch.  The other son, not-so-kindly forgot his.  It's kind of like when you take all day baking fresh cookies for your neighbor, only to see them in his garbage can the next day.  Let's just say, it doesn't give you the warm fuzzies.  But of course, I'm on my quest for niceness, so I resisted the urge to throw his lunch sack at his school bus as it left the neighborhood.

The day got better, however, as I was able to talk nicely with all my clients, even the one who couldn't understand why we wanted him to actually pay for the software he was using (He had been illegally using it for three years and couldn't understand why now that he had a problem, we had a little bit of a problem wanting to help him, imagine that!).  I was even able to be nice to the lady at the department store who tried to charge me triple for my wife's Christmas present.  Instead of saying, "What the heck are you trying to do!?", I said, "I think you made a mistake".  So, all ended well.  Then, to cap the day off, a good friend of mine, Debbie Bowling, brought us over some warm, banana, oatmeal, chocolate chip cookies she had made!  (No Debbie I didn't throw them in the garbage, we gobbled them all up!).  The family started to put up our Christmas village, then we read a Christmas story while sitting around the Christmas tree , sang a song, and said prayers.  Not bad for a fourth day!  Things I learned today.  1st, If you think banana, oatmeal, chocolate chip cookies don't sound good, you're wrong, they're awesome!  2nd, it's better to keep your son's lunch and have him eat it the second day then it is to throw it at a passing school bus.  3rd, I love the Christmas season!