some days

some days i just do not feel like being cheery or chipper or a "team player." some days i feel sassy, unsympathetic, and sarcastic. it is exhausting to pretend i care about organizational politics and each person's fragile professional ego. it is challenging to come up with new ways to manipulate you into thinking it was your brilliant idea since i could never come up with any idea worth listening to, much less worth implementing.

if i got a nickel for every time i could have said "i told you so," i could retire.

some of my friends think i am a total pessimist

i think i am more of a realist. the glass is only half full while being poured; then it is half empty while being drunk down. i expect all that things can go wrong, and that they often will. then when everything turns out perfectly, i am pleasantly surprised and grateful. and, i really do not care if you think this is an improper use of the term "realist."