Today was a particularly rough day at work. I was scheduled to be in meetings all day and if I hadn't had a planned lunch meeting to speak at I'm pretty sure I would have had to forgo lunch. All my own doing of course, I'm a bit of an overachiever at work and I like to get more done that is requested of me. Compounded with the fact that I have a hard time saying "No" to people I am more likely than not to spread myself too thin.At my lunch meeting I mingled until I got a good idea of who I was going to be sitting with at my table that way I could choose who I wanted to sit next to. At this point I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and disenchanted with my current position and wanted someones good energy to rub off a little on me. I never said I wasn't selfish. I saw a woman I recognized and remembered she was enjoyable to talk to. After noting where she sat I set my things down in a chair next to her and set off to meet a few more people.
During lunch this woman and myself got to talking and she had the greatest smile in all her comments and questions it really got me a bit giddy and I was happy that I had sat next to her. My mental thoughts were moving away from the anticipated work I had to go back to and leaning towards the fun conversationalist next to me. She was going to Paris for the first time and I was talking to her about the Rodin Museum along with all the fun I had there. Good mood was rubbing off on me...score!
As we were both carefully eying desert and deciding if it was worth the caloric intake I said "You deserve it you seem to be in such an awesome mood." She leaned in close and whispered, out of earshot of her boss who was seated next to her, "Well it's because I'm resigning tomorrow. You might want to take notes on my part of the speech they'll probably ask you to cover for me until they can get someone in January."
Sweet. Next time I'm sitting next to the grouch at the very least I will know that I am having a better day than them.
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