On ice storms and optimism.

I slept through the great ice storm of 2013.  Last night, I fell asleep before 11 pm, and pretty much stayed in bed until 11 am, save getting up to give Rilo some treats at 8 am or so.  I think my body needed it.  I really feel like the busyness of the past four months, or even the entire year, has taken a toll on my body and I'm just feeling exhausted.

I had no reason to go out today.  I packed, wrapped presents for my family, and finished reading my book.  My pal Mathew came to exchange gifts, and pick up my keys as he is Rilo-sitting as I'm away until Friday.  He commented that I sound like Jennifer Lawrence, so perhaps that's upgrade on the state of my voice.

As I was saying, we had a ginormous ice storm while I was sleeping off the year.  Somewhere around 250 000 people were without power, but I was not one of them.  I had checked the status of my train early in the afternoon, and the website said all trains were running on schedule, so I wasn't worried.  However, when I got to the station, the board said my train would depart an hour late.  No problem, I thought.  I got a snack, and then read for awhile in line for the train.  The board pushed the train's departure time back another hour, then after that hour, my 5:40 pm train was scheduled to leave at 9:00 pm.  What a frustrating evening.

I spent some time texting people, emailing, and the like.  I also thought a bit about my optimistic character.  I was just asked about whether I'm an optimist or pessimist earlier in the week, and I tend to be an optimist by nature.  Although, admittedly, there are times where I just want to be negative, and if a person tries to add a bit of positivity into my negative tirade, watch out.

But I do always think the best of people when I meet them, and sometimes I wonder if that's a bad thing.  But then when I'm faced with meeting new people and forging new relationships again, I slide back into my optimistic ways.  And I think I'm going to stay that way because I like it.  And, when I do get burned, I have a lot of friends around me anyway, so who really cares?