Late

I want to write about this because of this event I felt a bit stunned for the rest of the day. Today was the last day we would have children workshop at CCA. I was thrilled, because it had been very nice to work around kids. I woke up around nine, went to shower, ate breakfast etc. etc. I was off to work before ten (or at least I thought so). I was supposed to be there ten o’clock so I could set everything up for the kids, but when I got to work the place was packed with children. I was a bit shocked. I look at the time and it was eleven. Where did my hour+20minutes for walking to work go!? I don’t know, but I hope you can imagine how confusing it was.

Sigh… So I screwed up. Apparently I still don’t know how to look at the time correctly.

I quickly threw my bag to the office room and tough I’d rush to work. Our male coworker looked me with a worried expression on his face and asked: “Is everything okay”. I gave him the simplest answer I could: “No, everything is not.” I explained that I was supposed to be at work extra early today (normally my work starts at 12am if you remember.) but ended up being extra late. He looked maybe a bit relived, then he smiled and said that it’s okay and because our boss has a meeting today she won’t even notice.

I tried to help as much as I could with the children and when they left the workshop leader came to thank me for the good work. Once again I couldn’t say anything but “noes.” I explained to him that I felt really bad about being late and that there wasn’t even a good reason for me being late. But was he angry? No, he also smiled and said it was nothing and that I had been a really big help.

I’m not sure if it’s because the fact that I tend to worry too much or because I sometime exaggerate things but I couldn’t believe everyone reacted so worry-free, while I myself felt bad.

Maybe it’s the Irish way. Even my boss said it was fine, she was a bit flabbergasted of what had happened to my brain on that morning, but so was I. In the end no harm done, but I definitely don’t want to try these kind of time lapses again.

   An Irishman's Philosophy

In life, there are only two things to worry about... Either you are well or you are sick. If you are well, there is nothing to worry about, But if you are sick, there are only two things to worry about... Either you will get well or you will die. If you get well, there is nothing to worry about,

But if you die, there are only two things to worry about... Either you will go to heaven or hell. If you go to heaven, there is nothing to worry about.

And if you go to hell, you’ll be so busy shaking hands with all your friends... You won’t have time to worry!

I sent a card to my friend which had this text. Source