What broke my day: My ridiculously bad behaving computer. I got this thing almost a year ago today, and now it decides to be all ridiculous. I don't think you understand the frustration I have with this computer. I treat it well, I don't download things that are sketchy, and I try not to clog up all the space and such, but it wants to be a picky little buggar. I treat it like my child, and right now if it were my child, I would put it in time out. I was just about to get on the Internet to sit and ponder what broke my day, when it decides that it doesn't want to type. Whenever my computer goes to the log-in page, like if I haven't used it for 3 minutes, then it decides it doesn't want to type, nothing works, and that stupid 'not responding' message pops up. Then I have to completely restart my computer and potentially lose stuff. I don't know why it does that, but it's really ridiculous, and totally wastes my time. Plus, lately it's taking a really long time to start up, which is really frustrating. I really need to take it in to someone who knows computers, or of course I could just wait until I get to school and then flirt with the engineers (I knew I chose one of the top Engineering schools in the nation for a reason) until they fix it for me. Maybe I need to go through and delete a bunch of things to clean it up, but isn't that a child's job, to clean their own room? Either way, my baby is entering its terrible two's and I'm not enjoying it one bit. I mean sometimes I have a brilliant epiphany for writing, and then by the time I shut down and restart my computer I've lost the idea....and it's gone forever. Sometimes I wish it was a real child, because then I could give it a much needed spanking for its epically bad behavior.
What made my day: Getting bonuses at work. Today was my last day babysitting the perfect child (way better than my computer), Aayden. It was really sad that I don't get to spend entire days with him anymore, but on the other hand, I really want to go back to school. Anyways, I don't get paid a TON of money, just a modest amount, for babysitting him, because she's a single, pregnant mother who donates her time to save lives. Honestly, I'm happy doing my part to help her. But today, instead of my usual sum, she paid me 15 dollars more, just because. I wanted to stand there and break down in tears of thankfulness. Not because 15 dollars is a huge deal, but because that meant she really appreciated me. Getting that extra money represented something more, her trust, appreciation, respect, and utmost gratitude for what I've done. I want to be someone that gives back, is generous, humble, and is trusted by others. My major goal in life is to make other people have happier, healthier, lives. Her giving me that money showed that I have already succeeded in that goal. Check one off the bucket list. Something happened that I have never experienced before. Someone I respected for their service and excellence, respected me. There is something so amazing about realizing that has happened. It made me feel extremely accomplished, like I was wanted, needed. I am happy, so amazingly happy that I have meant so much to someone, and I feel now as if I can change the world. Yes, it's not a normal bonus, like one you would get at Christmas, but this bonus meant so much more than 100 extra dollars in my bank account. With that 15 dollars I can buy a picture frame to remember my friends, or go out to eat and spend quality time with people I am close to, it doesn't really matter. What matter's is the thought behind the money, and that could make any one's day.
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