THE DAILY DIVERSION

Well, my tertiary alarm (aka jackass' car alarm) only woke me up twice this morning. Once at 6:51 and again at 6:56. Without actually seeing the vehicles come and go, I'm going to assume that the first time it went off is when one of the people that were parked next to him left their parking spot and it went off again when someone new pulled into that spot.

I decided yesterday that I was going to wait to write the note to him until I was calm, cool, and collected, and mostly just so I wouldn't come across as an asshole. I was really hoping today would be that day, because I didn't want to write it while I was mad. Well, yes, I'm still pissed. However, it's starting to become a little amusing. I'm starting to laugh at myself, because I'm changing my life because of a stupid car alarm. I'm beginning to think that I'm psychologically changing to expect it to go off, so I'm not sleeping as deep as I should, and I'm holding myself back. Also, I'm not dreaming because of it, and that's killing me!

Anyway, my day didn't get much better yesterday. As a whole, it sucked. It was one of the worst days for me ever, and, the worst part is, I let it be that way. My whole day was altered because of one event, and I should've done something to change my perspective during the day and turned the whole thing around. Instead, I stayed in the slump.

At lunchtime, I got one of my buddies from work to go to the one place downtown that should've made me smile. I'm sure some of you can guess. It's not quite a strip club, but close. Anyway, we went there fully expecting it to be "all you can eat Wednesday", but were informed very early that the event didn't start until 5 pm. So, Strike One! It just so happened that we had the least personable server at this establishment. Strike Two! First of all, she didn't bring us the necessary tools for our meal. Then, she never came around for refills. I had to grab one of the other servers to take care of those things for us. Finally, she put part of my friend's tab on mine, and knowingly brought it to us and a little too matter-of-factly said "Oh, I put this on your tab, but I can go back and change it." By that time I just said "Screw it! I'm not too concerned about 55 cents anyway. I just want to get out of here." Strike Three! You'rrrrre Out!!

As bad as my day was yesterday, I know it could've been worse. So, I put together a list of things that could've happened yesterday and made it a lot worse. Here it goes...

1. Cut my throat shaving with my electric razor.
2. Lose any teeth while brushing them.
3. Get hit by a car (while walking or driving).
4. Lose my job.
5. Get slapped by a server at lunchtime.
6. Have to work through lunch.
7. Have to start the "project" all over again.
8. Have to jump from a burning building.
9. Stay late at work.
10. Have to sleep on the couch and not get to snuggle in bed with my honey.

You have to actually say "I'm glad I didn't..." before each number for them to really make sense. Well, I did anyway.

Okay, I'm not letting today be as bad as yesterday. I think I've got all of the bad karma out and I'm only taking in the good stuff from here on out. So, here is your "Rule" update for today, and have a great one!