A Special Thursday

My day was spent working with a software specialist who is implementing a complete software conversion in our office. This new accounting system would have been a challenge to me 30 years ago! At my age, learning new things is sometimes difficult at best. But in the last few days, I feel like I have finally achieved some level of comfort with this new beast.

The day was long and very busy and concentrated all day. We accomplished a lot though and it was gratifying to get a few problems that had been sitting on my desk for a while resolved. I had gone out for a few minutes to the bank at lunchtime and bought 6 rolls of quarters to resupply our "quarter god" at home. We use them for laundry and I usually just get a large number of them at once. I also stopped at the candy store next door to the bank and bought Wayne some hard candy to carry with him in his cab. He likes hard candy and I like him !!! I had just walked into the bank to get the quarters when he called me on my cell phone. He asked me where I was and said he was just down the street. So I walked outside and here he came with that beautiful smile of his and we went for a little ride! How sweet of him to do that. It gave me a nice break in my day.

Between the six rolls of quarters and the large bag of hard candy, my bag was very heavy going home that night. After a long, busy day, carrying an extra heavy bag made me even more tired.

But then when I got home, I placed a phone call that made the whole day brighter and somehow even confirmed how wonderful life really is. This was Caitlin Rebecca Lowery's third birthday and I had meant to call her all day and just didn't manage the free time to do so.

But now here I was sitting relaxed in my home and talking to this sweet little girl all excited about her birthday. Seems she and mommy and a girlfriend and baby brother Josiah all went to Chuck E Cheese for lunch. She had pizza, oh boy! She also had "cupcake birthday cake". I asked her if she blew out some candles and she said "yes, like this" and I could easily visualize what I heard, her putting her lips together and blowing to show me how she blew out the candles. In the background, I could hear little Josiah adding his two cent's worth.

It was such a wonderful thing to hear that small little voice so excited over her day. It made my day just melt into her exuberance. I no longer felt so tired, I forgot about carrying the heavy bag home on the bus, I forgot about the disappointment when Wayne met me at a building down the street where we were supposed to look at an apt for rent and the manager didn't show up, I just wallowed in the sheer joy of that child's voice.

For just a brief few minutes, I felt like I had a soft cuddly warm blanket wrapped around me and it just felt sooooo good. Miss Caitlin had a terrific birthday and now she's "shree years old" !!!