Monday, May 16, 2011

Friends and accountability

I wasn't practicing what I preach the other day.  READ: KG was a hypocrite.  I have a friend who is willing and able to call me out on my BS, and you should too.  Those friends come in handy, I think. Here's the story and I recognize by sharing it I'm revealing how much of an idiot I can be.
I had plans to go golfing in the morning and then to a baseball game in the afternoon.  I'm a girl who loves her weekends.  I typically pack them full of fun stuff with fun people.  It  makes me happy.  You can imagine what came next.  This girl doesn't like it when things, like the weather, get in between her and her fun weekend plans.
When I realized that rain (and lots of it) was coming, I altered my schedule to accommodate.  Instead of playing 9, we went to a covered driving range and I had a great time.  I kept looking for the rain but it never came.  I hurried over to the baseball game, and as you can tell from the picture, no rain came.

I was annoyed and my friend asked me why.  I huffed and puffed a bit and said, "uch, I can't believe the stupid weather!  I changed my plans and didn't get to play golf.  I'm so annoyed!" I was acting like a baby,  I realize. I don't like it when I lose control of the outcome in a situation.  I'm usually pretty good about it, but in this case, I wasn't.  She said, "uh, don't you always try to look on the bright side of things?  At least that's what you say on your blog."  Ooops.  Be careful what you say/write/blog about.  People may be listening and recant it back to you.

The rain didn't come until the evening.  My day was still awesome, although I did feel like a fool for letting myself be grumpy for a bit during the second inning. Plus, the Nats won the game.  Actually a pretty nice little weekend.