Strawberry Smoothies and Sunshine

Today more than amply makes up for yesterday. Yesterday it was oppressively dark outside. The clouds were so thick. Everyone around me was in a foul mood, and I must admit that I was too. In my mind, I grumped at the man on the bus who was taking up FOUR seats! He sat down in one of those sections where the seats face each other, and then promptly sat on the aisle seat and put his feet on the seat in front of him, blocking anyone from coming and sitting in any of those seats. That's fine when the bus is nearly empty and we're in motion, but he continued to do that when both layers of the double-decker bus filled up and there were people having to stand! Many people approached the back of the bus, seeing empty seats, and then seeing him sprawled across the seats and reading, they would leave and just stand in the aisles. Everyone else was crammed in there, and he (a slight man in a suit) was taking up four seats. And he had a monthly bus pass, meaning that he bussed often enough to be aware of Bus Etiquette. As my bus trip progessed, I wasn't exactly thinking charitable thoughts.

And then I was crossing at a crosswalk, on the way home from the bank, and someone honked at me! I was halfway across the street, and there was a car approaching that looked like it wasn't going to stop for me. I slowed down, to see if the car was going to stop. Apparently I wasn't crossing the street fast enough for the car that had stopped and let me cross, and so Mr. Road Rage honked angrily at me. When I was right in front of him! Scared me out of my skin.

As you can see, I spent yesterday Angry At Strangers. But today is different. Today is sunny. Today I made strawberry-banana smoothies for breakfast. Today, Chris and I are going to do some cleaning and then we're going to read in the park. Today I'm not going to let people bother me.