Walkin' on Sunshine

I've never been so happy to see the first of August! 1 more week of my summer class, and two weeks until I travel across the pond to see Mike in Germany.

Anyone reading this who knows me in real life knows I'm a very positive person. I have my moments, because I'm human, but I try to avoid being a Debbie Downer. A funny incident happened at work, that I thought I'd share.

A few weeks ago, I walk into work on a Friday morning around 8. I did my usual . . . smile, and say "good morning" to whoever is already there. Not like, "good morning, Patty," and "good morning, Sue," but just a collective greeting for the few fellow early birds like myself. I get to my seat, start up the computer, and walk to the fridge to put my lunch away.

As I'm heading towards the fridge, I hear the woman next to me say, "she's always like this in the morning. She ruins my day by coming in so cheerful. When I was her age, I was happy all the time, too."

Say it with me . . . really?! You were serious? Okay, just checking.

I take what this woman says with a grain of salt. My unit is under review for possible outsourcing, so at the age of 65, she is basically training people in India to take her job. She also lost her husband in May, so I understand that life isn't fantastic for her right now.

However . . . big however . . . we all have things in our life that aren't perfect. No one's life is perfect. Don't take it out on me. She's the kind of person that will, throughout the course of the entire day, huff and puff, moan and groan, until someone asks her what the problem is. Then she complains about whatever task she has at the moment. D-r-a-m-a.

One of my co-workers calls her the "topper"- whatever story you have, she's got one to match it. Like when my sister's baby passed away? Well, she was supposed to have an older sister, but she also died . . . 67 years ago. This is what I'm working with . . . see what I mean now?

She tried coming up to my desk a few minutes later, to talk about some random work project, but I didn't even look at her. I'm not fake . . . if I don't like someone, I just avoid them. Hasn't happened since, thank goodness.

Time to focus on the positives. Germany in 16 days!