LOOKING UP

So, here's how this week's gone so far...

Monday morning. Sunshine. I arrive at work confident, happy, lucid and bright.

Tuesday morning. Cold. I'm tired and slow to react to stuff as though my head is somehow lost in the fog.

Wednesday morning. Rainy. I'm tetchy and went on three rants before 9am, shortly before retreating into my shell with my insecurities, thinking that I've upset everyone I've spoken to in the last 24 hours.

I think that's because I lost my chips. I mean, if I'm looking for a trigger for that sort of attitude, then the mysterious disappearance of a tray of oven chips would do it.

I walked home at lunchtime, looking at the sky. I don't do that often enough. Clouds raced behind the pylons and above the trees, whisping and bulging through the grey as the high winds pushed them along. The sky was moody and heavy with rain.

I spend a lot of time looking down, thinking about nettlesome problems and invisible chips, but up is really refreshing. The world felt brighter for a moment, even though the sky was grim.

I hope I haven't upset everyone I've spoken to in the last 24 hours. I guess they'd say if I had. Mind you, that's pretty much the Overfriendly Barista and the Self Checkout Machine, I think.

Come to think of it, she did seem a bit unhappy about an unexpected item in the bagging area.

Oh well. Thursday's looking up.