A ray of sunshine after a long day

Today was one of those days when you wake up, log on to your email and immediately know it’s going to be a looooong day. Everything and everyone is irritating. You wonder how colleagues could be so dense. The power goes out just as you try to get out of the garage (the joys of automatic doors.) You are 45 minutes late for a lunch date as a result. Your manager asks if everything is ok and damn it, you end up in tears because you can’t solve the world. (Blame it on preggo hormones – which helps, considering he is a father of four so has seen it all.)

Returning home, a big smile at last. The cleaning lady has really taken on the challenge of guessing baby girl’s name (all for a bottle of champagne). 35 names (that work in both English and French) were listed on a piece of paper.  She didn’t find it yet – but is so close!  Impressive effort all the same.

This ray of sunshine prompted me to think of my friend Kims column, ‘the things that made me smile today’. So here is what what made me smile today – everything considered:

- a good lunch with a friend

- a big hug from another friend who I hadn’t seen in three plus weeks – (neither of us being huggers)

- coming home to 35 name guesses for our little girl and a very clean house

- my Dad and sister finally getting Skype and calling with the families

- the husband taking me out to dinner (Italian) yum.

- and of course, a lot of kicks from my daughter as if to say, ‘hey Mom! don’t stress out, it’s all about me now! I’ll be there in another month or so! Hang on!’

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