It's the small things

How do small tasks explode into huge ordeals??? I had a 1,500 word homework assignment due today for my Contemporary China History class. The requirements for the paper were simple: find two online journals that are based off the same topic then compare them. Now, tell me why after 6+ hours searching Google Scholar like a mad woman I still didn’t have “the” articles I want. Then someone please tell me why printing out “the” articles has to be such a frustration??? I had (no joke) three octopus cards and one student ID card which I thought all had money on them. NOPE. Wrong-O Becky. You are the weakest link. Good-bye.

Argh. It was the little things that put me in such a bad mood. I was certain that the aura around me was, “Don’t mess with me OR ELSE!” The worst part of it all was the fact that I didn’t even care. My point of view: I was in a bad mood, so get over it!

Well what do you know it was nearly 10pm and I’m still at the (insert a nice word) library livin’on a prayer’ with my assignment due in the AM. Then out of no where my friend Dan comes over, taps me on the shoulder, takes two steps back, and asks, “Hey, are you ok?”

Let me digress:
(Do you know when you’re having a bad day and you haven’t been able to complain about it to anyone so you’ve got the response engrained in your head just waiting for someone to ask if everything is ok?! Well when Dan asked I already knew my response: ARGH Dan you have Noooo idea what kind of day I’m having. Do you know I still don’t have my flippin’ articles? Google- what is all the hype about anyways?! Then the &*% printer won’t accept my student ID money and I literally just put money on it and….Wait a second…wait a second….did he just took like two steps back?!…OMG (chuckle) I must REALLY have a bad aura.

I couldn’t help but laugh and think, this guy didn’t get into Cornell Law for nothin’ he’s got enough common sense to stay an arms length away if I get too out of control. My response after my laughter died down, “Yeah Dan, I’m fine. Just loosing my mind, that’s all.”

It's the small things that really get you down...
It's the small things that bring you right back up.