My moment of Zen

First, respects to ATC_1982. Check his blog today and think about how great it is to be alive.

He got me thinking.

I had to drop my daughter (6 yrs) off at school this morning. Usually my wife walks her over or drives if it is raining or they are short on time. My wife couldn't do it today so I took her over before I had to start work.

We pull  up in front of the school and I open the passenger side door for her to get out and she starts screaming "I don't like my outfit. I need to change my clothes!" Her clothes were fine. She just wasn't a big fan of the pants she was wearing.

I'm not carrying a change of clothes for her (why would i?) and she won't get out of the car dressed as she was. There are times where I just tell her to suck it up and get moving. I wasn't going to inflict my daughter upon her teacher, though. The woman hasn't done anything that I'm aware of to deserve that sort of pain.

We drive home and I tell her she's going to have an all day long timeout.

She is pissed.

I'm at the bottom of the stairs telling her to get into her room and she's at the top of the stairs screaming "I want to go to school! I want to learn!" I said "Oh, you'll learn!"

It was tough keeping a straight face.

I finally get to my desk and I'm thinking about the 50 critical things I've got on my list. I start some programming work and I am so stressed out that I'm not thinking straight.

This is no good.

I push back. I close my eyes. I take a deep cleansing breath.

I love my family. While the kids can be aggravating, they are cute as hell, too. I love standing in the backyard on cool evenings looking up at the stars. I love a cold beer after mowing the lawn. I love blowing away a splicer with one shotgun blast to the face. I love getting nekkid with my wife.

Work may suck at times. The kids may piss you off. The car may breakdown in the middle of nowhere. This bullshit is just filler around the great moments. The human brain is really good at forgetting the bullshit if you let it.

Remind someone you love that you do love them by saying it.

Have a great weekend of gaming.