Not all doom & gloom but still room for improvement
For the second half of this year, I've been clinging on to this saying -- "Life doesn't exactly suck, but IT COULD BE BETTER!"
I made it up myself :P
You know those conversations you have with yourself in your head? The ones where one side grumbles, "Life sucks," and the other side retorts, "No, it doesn't!" and then they start arguing back and forth...
"Yes, it does!"
"No, it doesn't!"
"Yes, it does!"
"No, it doesn't!"
"Yes, it does!"
"No, it doesn't!"
Do you think I'm regressing? I feel about six years old now *sheepish grin*
A lot of good things have been happening lately, so I had almost 'retired' this saying; there's no need to remind yourself that life doesn't suck when things are looking up. But tonight, well... tonight I had a flat tyre, and if you know me, I get emotional when things happen to my car. Especially when money is tight. *sigh*
You see, after the flat tyre incident in July, I never did get that tyre changed or repaired because I never seemed to have any extra cash handy for the purpose. So I've been driving on the spare all the while.
Which meant that tonight, I had no spare. I've been haunted for months by thoughts of such a thing happening, so this was sorta like having one of my worst nightmares come true.
I had just left Soo Inn's place, where we'd been having a meeting earlier, and was not more than 5 mins down the road. So I called AAM first and Soo Inn second.
Soo Inn came to wait with me. We waited and we waited and we waited. Then we called the tow truck guy whom AAM was supposed to send. Guess what? His tow truck had broken down! Good grief. And he'd just left us to continue waiting forever! In the end, I left my car there and Soo Inn sent me home. He'll help me get it fixed tomorrow and I'll go collect it after work.
So... life doesn't exactly suck, but IT COULD BE BETTER! It doesn't suck in that I had credit in my phone and was able to call for help, I had Soo Inn to stand by my side (and offer financial assistance if needed), and the heavens had stopped dripping rain by that time. I keep telling myself to focus on the positive...