newton's third law

Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 8:10pm Edit Note Delete
Yesterday was a bit of a rough day.

There was the frustrating:
Teaching kids who are ignoring you;

the heartbreaking:
Witnessing an unfortunate situation and being powerless to change it in one week;

the gross:
Swatting ants, beetles, & mosquitoes off my face in my sleep;

the uncomfortable:
My "Mama Tica" talking about me to her friend in Spanish;

the painful:
The 18th consecutive shower with water so cold, it hurts;…

And the just plain annoying:
The disoriented rooster that "cock-a-doodle-doos" outside my window every hour, on the hour, the whole night through.

And then, today:
A heart-shaped post-it note with a "muchas gracias", & an email address.
Lunch at a Peruvian restaurant under an unbelievably clear blue sky.
A random Tico playing a harp under a palm tree while kids danced and chased little rabbits.
Some "When are you coming home?"s and a couple "love you"s.

When things are bad, they can always be worse.And then sometimes they're so good, they can barely be better.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction ...