Here's to missed opportunities

Hi there, welcome to my blog. Thanks so much for visiting. This is a project that has been “in the works” quite some time now. I often think to myself “hmm that blog thing, yah I need to get on that” and then life happens. Which is kind of a crazy thought because that is exactly what I want to write about…life happening (in great shoes of course).

Which brings me to today. And my first post. Life did happen…well more like life decided to stir things up a bit and blindside me. I’ll tell you quickly what happened and then we’ll move on because that isn’t what this is about…just allowed me to reflect a little bit. I lost my job yesterday. And moving on. There are so many times I have thought to myself “I need to totally blog about that” so I’m dedicating today’s post to all of those missed blog opportunities like…

The morning the person in line in front of me at my regular (well not anymore) Starbucks that bought my drink. Made. My. Day. So I decided to do the right thing and pay it forward and offered to buy the customer’s drink behind me. Little did I know that the vehicle behind me was actually carrying a small country that preferred only the most expensive beverages on the menu and all of the blueberry scones you could imagine. Oh well...I hope that it made their day.

Or the day that a dear friend of mine told me she was planning her wedding. Except she wasn’t engaged. And he didn’t know. And she had set a date. And maybe had a dress. And picked out flowers. And she wanted me to be in it.

And the weekend I flew to L.A. simply to attend a celebrity’s 2-year olds’ birthday party. Yes, I was invited - I’m not a stalker. But ever so random. Explaining to people why I was going to be out of town was interesting… “I’ll be away this weekend at so-and-so’s house. Why? Her kid is turning 2.” That weekend I learned a lot about karma and Murphy’s law and came home thankful that I didn’t have to take the 405 to work every day.

So those are just a few of life’s little happenings. Or a little taste of life in my shoes...