The Rough Days

Today I wanted to take a sledgehammer to every copier in existence.

It was one of those nights where everyone and their mother must have thought, "Let's go to Staples and bog up the Copy Center." There was literally one moment where I had eight customers all waiting for me to help them. That wouldn't be too bad, if they wouldn't all just stare at me. Or worse, rock back and forth with this listless, bored and slightly agitated expression on their face.

So when eight pm rolled around and suddenly both copiers were eating the paper they were supposed to be copying, I gave up. Right then and there, I hung my head, fought the urge to scream, and began to pray a stream of prayers for God to take over. And all I could think of was, "God's not my GPS, He's my driver. Move over to the passenger seat idiot."

That helped boatloads. Not only did God grant my plea for things to slow down, but the rest of the evening went by quickly. Thankfully a day like this happened before I had my day off. So I was able to leave work in the dust and know that I wouldn't have to return until Saturday afternoon. Sometimes that's a nice relief - knowing that I can basically take the next day and a half and use it for my own goals.

I can't say that I get it right. After all, it took me seven of my nine hours of work to finally give up trying to control the night's workload before I nearly got on my knees and prayed. But I can say that in that one moment, once I let the chaos go from my grasp, I felt better. So I encourage you, in your chaos, remember that sometimes it's best to just stop trying to hold the reigns and instead, hand them off to someone with far more experience.

In other news, I'm excited. I have off today, which means that after some morning archery practice, I'm going for a quick shopping trip, and then the rest of the day I'm writing. At least until the evening. Then I'll be preoccupied with some serious Killer Bunnies gameplay.

Happy writing everyone! Remember, NaNoWriMo is right around the corner. I expect to see some new faces.

Currently [re]Writing: Unity
Currently Reading: Hood by Stephen Lawhead
Currently Listening to: "What Makes you Beautiful" by One Direction

P.S. - This is Killer Bunnies by the way.