A Few Days Review

Over a week ago my step-father, mother, and brother travelled to Fort Worth for a visit.  To attend a family wedding was exactly the reason we needed to make for a time of fellowship.  Before parting our separate ways, we went phone shopping.  I felt plum fancy when I walked out of the AT&T store with a new Apple I-Phone.  Except for work, I really have no need for such a high-tech device; however, it finally felt good to at least be counted among the Joneses in this regard.  (Normally I wouldn't care one iota about what other people have and I don't.)  Fast forward a little over one week later.  Yesterday, after pulling in to the apartment's parking area, I stepped out to check the mail before heading upstairs to the apartment and the day's end.  For those who know me really well, I have the worst luck.  Murphy's law seems to come looking for me.  Not only if it can go wrong, it will go wrong, and it will happen to me regardless of how unrelated I am to whatever is happening around me.  I dropped the phone and shattered the screen of my new, week-old I-Phone.  Devastated beyond measure and comprehension!  The first thought to enter my mind was, "Why can't I have anything nice in life and keep it before it turns old and falls in to disrepair?"  In spite of all this, all was not for loss as the phone is still functional.  Thankfully the phone plan has insurance incorporated in it, albeit with a $200 deductible.  Yes, this was a very costly lesson learned.  I'll get the phone repaired, and purchase a case for the phone.  This will hopefully guard against any further damage by my ineptitude and clumsiness.  In addition to the phone debacle, I had quite a few tough projects on deck for this week's work schedule.  Mentally I already had in mind this would be a brutal week.  Surprisingly, all has been smooth sailing.  As it turns out, nothing was as I had made it out to be.  Isn't that true for life in general?  Most of what happens to me is already mentally worked up far beyond what is in store for me.  Yes, I create monsters that don't exist and am surprised when nothing happens the way I think it will.  What I need to keep in mind for the future is to simply take life one day at a time and each project in the same manner.  I should deal with each incident as it comes my way.  Hmm!!  That is certainly food for thought.  Altogether, March has been a great month, and I look forward to what April has in store.  Have a great rest of the month.

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