Day 9 - February 7th

Today wasn't a good day for me. I didn't want to take a picture, but my dear friend reminded me how important it was and he gave me words of wisdom. He said "life is full of good and bad and we have to roll along with it and take the bad with the good". And that when this project is complete, I will probably laugh or smile at the bad, or at least be reminded of how wonderful the good times are, because of experiencing the bad. Here is what happened: I invited a friend over for dinner and a movie. He asked if I would make brownies as he was craving them. Last time he wanted them, I didn't get them made and so I made them and was pleased and organized a fun dinner. I sent a text letting him know I made him brownies. I sent another text letting him know we would need to end at 11 due to my recent health issue, so I could get to bed at a decent hour. He sent the following: "What? Why is there always a catch when we do something?". I was hurt because I need to take care of myself to completely heal and was hoping he would understand. So, I sent the following back: "11:00 isn't a catch, it is very reasonable. I'm taking care of myself since I've had so many health issues lately. If you can't appreciate that, perhaps we should cancel?" I thought he would let me know that he wanted to spend time with me and even though he had to leave earlier than he wanted, at least he got to spend some time with me and that he understood and cared about my health. Instead, he replied with: "Yeah, I don't like the deadline thingy... so perhaps we can reschedule". Of course I cried a little. But I just said "ok". Then I immediately went to the brownies and took a huge spoonfull and bit it down in hurt and anger. And in my mind I thought "it's his loss". The day became a ripple effect and everything went crazy from then on and nothing went right. As usual, my best friend came to my rescue. In the late evening, we went and got a bite to eat at "Noodles" and came back and ate brownies galore!!! :) This friend is a keeper!!!! The other one... not so much. --“Life is full of ups and downs. The trick is to enjoy the ups and have courage during the downs.”