not my best day

in an effort to remain positive, i will share that the end of my day was really good. i did a shiva call for a family that is renowned in the community. i attended the funeral for the deceased at which there were approximately 1,000 people. i knew that the deceased and his wife were basically agnostic but this did not dissuade them from serious involvement in the jewish community. i got to the home and introduced myself to the mourners. i was fortunate that the wife of the deceased felt like sharing a few stories with me. when the family was sitting down for dinner i made my exit. as i shook hands with the wife she said, "if i was looking for someone to talk to, and i'm not looking right now, i could talk to you. i can see that about you."

this comment made the rest of my crappy day tolerable.

i met with the transition team and that was fine. i got prepared for my confirmation opening night meeting. i went to the ministry of licensing and transportation office for the fourth time to register my car in ontario. every time i go to this office i wait for about an hour and then see someone and am told that i don't have the proper paperwork. last week this happened. my dad had a form notarized and signed in MN and overnighted to me. this was the only form left to fill out according to the person. i could go on into the minutiae but it isn't that interesting. the end result was my car is not registered in ontario. if i were to be pulled over (which i don't plan on doing) my car would probably be impounded. i spent money on safety inspections and because i now have to wait for yet another california document, i will probably have to spend more money on the same document. i hate ministries that force me to spend unnecessary money, stand in long lines, and tolerate employees who tell citizens what they want to hear and not the official policy. the worst of it was when i called the managers of this ministry and the gentleman on the phone told me that he agreed with me as to my frustration but did not have any solutions to my problem.

this sent me into a fit of tears. so much for wearing makeup to work.

when i got back to TS the water was turned off in the whole building because of a water main break. therefore all classes, meetings, and appointments needed to be cancelled. so much for all of that preparation for confirmation. oh and before noon today the receptionist walked out and is no longer employed at TS.

i was feeling very depleted. then i went to the shiva and was reminded why i do this work.