It is January 3 and I can honestly say that in the past few days I have been actively thinking before complaining. Taking the time to think about my complaint usually causes me change my phrasing or realize that the issue really isn’t worth kvetching about.
I started off the new year wonderfully, celebrating the marriage of two dear friends who have been committed partners for 20 years. Watching them finally be able to tie the knot was quite a festive occasion, but January 1 wasn’t all fun and games. I was much less excited about the intense sore throat that suddenly decided to join me around 2 pm on Saturday.
I partied through the pain Saturday night, but spent all of yesterday sleeping and reading. I am feeling better today, but trying not to complain about being sick is like torture. What else is there to do (beside sleep and read)? I think I did pretty well, but I am sure my husband is likely to chime in with a comment on my behavior before too long.
This afternoon I faced another fun trial. My computer stopped responding to me. I tried restarting, but to no avail. I did a safe restart, but the computer did not recognize the keyboard so I couldn’t type in the password. Also not very helpful. Then I shut it down and started folding laundry, figuring if I ignored the computer it might fix itself. Makes perfect sense to me! Apparently a time out combined with disconnecting and reconnecting the mouse was all it took and now everything seems to be back to normal. Thankfully I work alone and did not utter any of my frustrations so I think I handled the situation pretty well. And no one was here to observe me on the off chance that I behaved badly!
With a few more days left in our initial attempt at reducing our complaining, it’ll be interesting to see how I fair. I’ll keep you posted!
— Annie
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