Upside, Downside: January ’09 Edition

It’s time for another in our ongoing series of looks at the good and the bad about my life at the moment…

Downside: I just spent the last of my usable funds at the grocery store and I don’t get paid until Wednesday morning, so if anything bad happens I’m in a world of hurt.

Upside: I have everything I need, right now, to get through ’til Wednesday morning.

Downside: It’s a world of thugs and bums out there tonight. Every two blocks I passed one or a group of shambling guys in dark clothing. They didn’t indicate a desire to eat my brains, so I’m assuming they’re just normal, living bottom-dwellers rather than actual zombies.

Upside: The thugs and bums, even the ones who wanted something from me, were all very polite.

Downside: It’s awfully damned chilly out there, which requires bundling up, which means that after a hike to the store and back I’m cold and sweaty. Bleh.

Upside: The fog is absolutely perfect out there tonight. Seriously. I love a good foggy night. That made the whole trek worthwhile, I tell you.

Downside: It’s already 8:00 and I haven’t actually relaxed or had any kind of fun yet, and bedtime’s only a couple of hours away.

Upside: Tomorrow’s Friday. ‘Nuff said.

As long as nothing goes pear-shaped for the next five days or so, I’ll tentatively call January of 2009 an upside in general. My optimism is sometimes misplaced, but it gets me through the day…

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  1. NiteSkyGirl Avatar

    How Interesting & thought provoking hmmm…