Day 32: How to have a good day

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Day 32: How to have a good day

Today was my lucky day. 

I went to the mailroom to pick up some documents from the printer. Nothing was printed as there was no paper in the machine. I opened a new ream of paper, placed the sheets in the printer drawer and was about to throw away the wrapping paper of the printing paper when I noticed something in the bin … a book entitled ‘How to Have a Good Day’ by Caroline Webb.

Well somebody was quite obviously not having a good day as he/she threw the book away. Personally, I have never done such a thing. Okay, I’m lying, there is one book I threw in the garbage bag but the extremely well-known authors shall remain nameless. If and when I don’t like a book I give it away or leave it somewhere for others to find.

Even though I never read self-help books, I intend to give ‘How to Have a Good Day’ a go. Heaven knows I can do with some tools to have better days and if I find something interesting or useful, I’ll be sure to share it with you.

But speaking of losing and finding … yesterday I most definitely did not have a good day.

I got a man at my desk looking for his new cellphone and laptop. I checked the room where the company keeps all incoming packages and with little or no effort, I found the cellphone. As for the laptop … that I couldn’t find anywhere.

I checked the top of the table, under the table, on the floor, on cabinets … there was no laptop for the man. Since he was looking at me questionably, I invited him into the storage room and together we went through all the packages. No laptop. I promised him if and when the laptop showed up, I would give him a call.

This missing computer kept bothering me though. How could a package just disappear? Nobody but Elizabeth (not her real name), Frank (not his real name), the building management and I have access to this storage room. Elizabeth wasn’t there, she was on vacation, so who could have taken that laptop?

Eventually, I went to check the room again. I meticulously went through all the packages and checked every name. No, no laptop. By then it was close to home time, so I packed up and left. 

This morning though, I had to put a package away and while I was in the room I decided to have another look. And there the laptop was, in a rather big brown box. How I could have missed it I’ll never know. I checked that room and its content three times, the recipient of the laptop had checked the packages with me and neither of us had found what we were looking for. And now, boom, within five seconds I had located the box.

As for looking for things … lately I ‘lose’ all sort of stuff: my cellphone, keys, lipstick, and other small stuff regularly go missing. It’s gotten to the point that I’m considering getting a Golden Retriever to find my things.

It not really a case of losing things but rather misplacing them. For instance …

The other day I couldn’t find my reading glasses. I looked everywhere … I went around the house checking the living room, my bedroom, Dieter’s room, even the bathroom … no glasses.

Thinking that perhaps the cats had played with them, I checked under the coffee table, under the dining room table, even checked under the lounge chairs, thinking that my glasses might have skidded under there. But no, no glasses there either.

Feeling hungry I decided to make myself a sandwich. Maybe, while eating, it would come to where I left them. I opened the fridge to get the butter and … hello, what were my glasses doing in the fridge! I suppose it’s a question that will remain unanswered.

Anyway, let me take a look at that book ‘How to Have a Better Day’. Since tomorrow is Friday, winning the Lotto Max jackpot would definitely make for a better day and all day to follow. Fingers crossed.