Just a Little Frustrated
Life has been just a little frustrating for me these past few days. Actually, it's been just a little frustrating for the past three weeks.
It all started when I determined it was time to make the phone calls that always precede a move to a new place. There are utilities to cancel and utilities to hook up. There are addresses to be changed and people to notify. For someone who hates talking on the phone, it can all be a little overwhelming.
Things actually went smoothly until I talked to our new phone company. That's when the frustration set in. I'm a well-established, upper-middle-class 31-year-old married woman. It seems I am not good enough for our new phone company. I don't know what they think I'm going to do--call porn lines, set up a Nigerian phone scam or make calls to the Better Business Bureau about their customer service--but they won't give me a phone line. I can't be verified. I guess I've turned into a ghost.
I've been without a land line for two-and-a-half weeks. I have a cell phone, but it's just not the same. It has an out-of-state area code and no one wants to incur charges by calling it. There are people who need to call me: my gynecologist (I'm nine months pregnant), my maintenance man (and my dishwasher doesn't work), my mother, and various other people who have information I need. I'm so far over my allotted monthly minutes that it's not even funny. Usually I spend about 1.5% of my minutes. This month it's more like 150%. Why didn't I get a plan with roll-over?
This morning I was so frustrated after talking to the rudest customer service guy on earth that I vomited up my breakfast. Maybe I'm more than just a little frustrated.
I really need to get some perspective in life.
I have everything I need, and more. I have more than just a little love. I have more than just a little money. I have more than enough of everything that makes life comfortable. I watch the news and my heart breaks. I have no right to be upset by an incompetent phone company. I can call for help any time I want. I can eat whatever I want. I can go to my fridge and pour myself a tall glass of ice water. I can turn my A/C to "freezing" and escape the heat of a humid DC summer.
Instead of being a little frustrated, I should be joyful. I should be thankful. I should shelve my angst and concentrate on the good things that life has brought me--a wonderful husband and a soon-to-be-born son.
I hope you all take the time to concentrate on the good things in your own life. Frustrations can mount up in today's modern world. We are all on the go and need to get things done. It's hard to sit back and look at all the things that are going right in our lives when we have little problems that make our daily life less than perfect.
We don't have all the answers here at Mosaic Minds, but we do hope that some of our stories in this issue will bring you just a little joy and just a little insight.