A tough 45 minutes

What an interesting day today was.  The rains finally stopped and the big orb in the sky appeared.  I drove to work on my scooter and felt free, energized and alive.  Such an amazing feeling!

My work day was productive enough; I got enough positive feedback and felt connected with my co-workers.  I was thinking that this was going to be a day that would just feel fine. 

And then it happened.  Karma.  I must have done something to someone and it all came back to me.  Just as I was leaving the office, a potential client that I met with earlier in the week left me a voice mail.  (She asked our receptionist directly for the voicemail because she didn't want to talk to me.)  Her voicemail went on for approximately 6 minutes of her ranting into my inbox about what a horrible person I am, how incompetent and inappropriate my coworkers and I were and how appalling she found us.  What was the need?  If she didn't want to use our services, she could have just said so.  In addition to this, she called and spoke with our coordinator on the phone to tell how awful I was.  OK.  Somebody had a bad experience.  I won't take it personally...maybe there is something for me to learn in this.

I put my coat on and went to get on my scooter.  $65 ticket for parking on the sidewalk.  What the hell?  I have never gotten one of those.  It isn't like I was across the sidewalk...I was parked along the curb!  Damn it!

I finally get on my scooter after saying...well...lesson learned. I turn around the corner to find out that Obama is in town and across the street.  Traffic is all jammed.  I am sitting in traffic...we aren't going anywhere...I am clearly going to be late for Italian class.  All of a sudden the beat up white cargo van in front of me slams into reverse and backs in and OVER me!  The front of my new and pretty scooter now looks like it has returned from war!  All of this in 45 minutes!  1. 2. 3.  I know things come in threes.  Does that mean that the universe is trying to tell me something?  I HEAR YOU DAMN IT!  Leave me the hell alone!