Last night was supposed to be a nice treat. Leave work a
bit earlier which is very rare for me…have a nice cheap and casual dinner out
with my Mom and her friends for Souvlaki
before our second to last Mindfulness course.
I was really looking forward to it…
Until I got in a fight with a cop and got an 87$
ticket!!! (She doubles the amount when I got an attitude)
And then I had to drive around for 40 bloody minutes to find
parking. Never found it..so had to go far away in a paid parking lot for the
evening.
That souvlaki and 30 minute dinner cost me a pretty penny
I tell ya.
After 30 minutes of driving around I began to cry. Really
cry. Tears streaming and everything. My instinct was to go home and forget the dinner
and forget the course. I had nowhere to park anyways.
But then I told myself. “Something will come of this
evening that will be priceless and worth the expense. Something will happen. It’s
not something I will know or understand now but it will make sense one day”
So I pulled myself together and went to the resto and
then the Mindfulness course and relaxed and enjoyed. And here is what I learnt:
-Montreal has a real F…g issue downtown with parking.
-Quebec in general has a real frigging issue with their
parking signs that you need more than a PHD to comprehend
-Most woman can eat souvlaki with salad. I have to have
the fries.
-My Mom..well my Mom..she is destined to wear a bug suit.
I can’t fight it.
-I love walking in the evenings in there city in good weather-it
is so lovely
-When I am stressed I have an automatic urge for others
around me to drink to relax me (I know crazy) I was so disappointed that nobody
at dinner was getting drunk so I could relax. (I am a basket case)
-I need to nourish my soul more
-I (apparently) hide parking tickets from my Hubby
-I need to master something again (like acting in plays when
I was a teen teen)
-I don’t
know why the evening was worth it-but is. I will find out one day
-I am glad I have the ability to calm myself and make
good decisions even under high stress
-I really like Frenchfries
