Wow! I'm thrilled to have had two sales over at the shop. You'd think I never sold a wallet before from all my whooping and hollering around here today. After I emailed Janet the second time with email screams, she messaged back confused and basically said, "Sales are a good thing right?" Aghahahaaha! It turns out that one person's all caps email scream of joy could be another person's cry for help! I guess it's just because it took me so long to even get a few things listed on Etsy, that it was extra rewarding to have people looking at and then buying the items.
I love looking at those two little packages ready to be sent out!!! Notice how well that bamboo is doing since this post. Thanks!
I had a bowl of won-ton soup for lunch before heading to work and this was my fortune.
I've never had a fortune that prompted me to reflect so much. I thought of it all evening. Too bad it's everyone's battle, not everyone's adventure, but some days it does feel like a fight and admitting it is probably the best solution.
This reminds me...There's a fairly nice restaurant nearby that always has little messages and anecdotes on its outside sign. The messages change every few weeks and are usually fairly lame. The odd things is that this is a nice semi-pricey restaurant, not some quirky little diner.
One day I drove by a bulletin board that said, "Learn to love yourself". I like paying attention, so I was like, "can do" and felt pretty good until I drove past the restaurant a few minutes later and the sign said "Trust your instincts, nobody likes you!"
I was outraged!!! How dare those F#$#$@&*'s ruin my high from the self-love message!!!!!!! I got so mad! It was nuts! Well, every day I drove past both signs and had the exact same reactions. First the nice feeling and then the rage. I composed all kinds of nasty letters in my head to the owners of the restaurant telling them how awful their sign was. One day I told my friend and she just laughed. She thought the sign was hee-larious!!! What? HOW DARE SHE THINK THIS WAS FUNNY!!! I was outraged!!! Aghaha! Good grief.
I remembered a card I'd read about how people with a healthy sense of self-esteem are slow to take offense. I reviewed my behavior and decided to try to be more relaxed. Guess, what the next sign was?
"You think I'm getting smart with you? How would you know?"
F#%@#%#%&! HOW DARE THEY? Oops. Better work on my self esteem...This has continued on for months.
Today's message on the sign: "I don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem." True enough I suppose.
I told my boss about it and about how the signs and the fortune cookie made me think about things. Her response? "Laura, your head is nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there."
I laughed and was slow to take offense (meaning it happened later rather than immediately), so perhaps I really am evolving. :)
Thanks for the supportive comments and it's not to late to get into Wednesday's drawing!!!
Sweet dreams Kitchenettes!!!!
