Day Flow

I woke up this morning from a bad dream, one of those dreams where I get separated from everyone and I'm worried about ever getting back. As if getting off the street on a main bus line will leave me stranded forever.  Well, that's how dreams work.

Oh, and I also had a stomach ache. It had actually started the day before, and it was continuing, getting worse. One of those stomach aches which makes you feel, that your stomach has turned into some sort of wild creature and begun to eat itself. That kind.

And I had a big day ahead. I was going to meet my daughter in the city to go clothes shopping for Rosh Hashnah and then we were going to meet up with our hubbies and go to Yachad Cafe. Yachad Cafe is run by Yachad which is a special needs vocational training program, and the cafe helps the clients learn various skills. Good place to support. So, lots on my place social-emotional plate, and I don't do well with the social sphere.

As I have no car and can't drive anyway, I was looking forward to about two hours on public transportation.

Oh what fun.

I'm on the bus and my stomach is a disaster and I'm wondering if there will be a bathroom in the second hand shop that my daughter was taking me to, in case my stomach just gave up the ghost or whether I was going to have to race outside and find a place to upchuck everything that wasn't settling down or even worse situations. And then I switch to a train and the same thing. Would I have to turn around and go home? Forgo the Yachad dinner? And I was about 30 minutes early so I was going to have to sit outside and wait for her, at least 30 minutes if not more, because she was suppose to come between 3:30 and 4:00. And my stomach. This wasn't going to work. This was not going to work.

And as my train is one stop from the station I get a call from my daughter. She was early. I told her I was about to get out and she was five minutes behind me.

So I sat down and not only was she five minutes behind me but she got out of the train right in front of me, I didn't need to go search for her. Then we hit the store.

And we were in the store for 2.5 hours. And I found clothes! Not just some clothes, three dresses, a blouse, a scarf (as I cover my head). My picky self found three COMFORTABLE outfits. Things I could wear. Pretty and comfortable. Beauty all around. Also, a book. This is always a good thing. The total price for all I purchased was about the price of a single new skirt. 

Not only that but as I was sitting there waiting for my daughter to finish her shopping, I met the mother of a friend of mine, the mother was actually more my age than my friend. And we had a lovely conversation. And I realized my stomach wasn't hurting. No need to rush anywhere. I was fine.

We made it to the cafe with 15 minutes to spare before our reservation, had a lovely dinner, and came home. My back ached, but I was happy.

Okay, so what is the point of all this? I mean, fine, "you had a day that went from bad to good, I thought this was a journaling blog"? I get your question. And it is a good one.

The point is that things can start out one way and end on a totally different note. Life seems to be heading in one direction and then there is this veer, and life takes us on a different trip. We might not even note the changes and when they happened (just as I didn't notice when my stomach stopped attacking itsself), might not notice that everything is different till we look up and go, "wait, how did I get here? When did things change for me? "

Recall a day which started going wrong and then ended up going right. What was going wrong and what ended up right? Can you pinpoint when things changed? Can you pinpoint how things changed? What were you feeling at the beginning of the day and what did you feel at the end of the day? Can you look back on that day and see how it helps you today? Or could help you in the future? In looking back at the day as a whole what do you feel now? Was today a bad-to-good day? And if it was the reverse, is there a way you can direct the day towards ending on a good note, even if you are about to tuck yourself into bed? What one good thing can you do to help make the day better?