Friday was not starting out to be such a great day. I went to the airport to pick up my sister, only to find out that I had the wrong DAY.  Yes, I am still amazed how I managed to mix up days, instead of just a time or flight number, but never the less, it happened. 

I arrived at the terminal, waiting for all the people to get off the plane and I waited . . .and waited. . .and waited. . .  There were lovers reuniting,  best friends who had not seen each other in many years, families that were waiting on their dads, but my sister was not on that plane so I gave her call.  I was surprised when she answered.
 “ Hi! Are you here?” I asked
 “No.I’m at work. . . my plane doesn’t come until Monday.” She replied. 
 My sisters is a prankster so a part of me believed she was pulling a joke – but no, she was serious.
“ Monday????? Are you sure? Oh bummer. . . .” I said.
 “ Are you at the airport? “ she asked 
“ Yes, I am here waiting FOR YOU!”
“ Well, don’t wait all weekend- you should go home!”

So, I got in the car and ran some errands. First stop was the grocery.  I managed to spend my whole weekly budget within the span of 20 minutes .  How does this happen??? A.) I hate being on a weekly budget and B.) Why do we need all this food? My family must be pigs. . .  oh wait ! I have teenagers , yes, now I remember and a husband that can make an all day affair out of eating. Then there is the fact that I have decided to eat organically, which means eggs are now 5.00  a pop instead of 2.50.  I’m not sure what I’m really pissed about – the fact that food is expensive or the fact that my budget is so small- either way, it really ticks me off.
By the time I get home I’m just grouchy.  It’s hot, I’m bald and I’m just really tired of this whole cancer thing.  The only thing I can do is just sit and think. . . .and think. . . and think. . . I must have spent the next 2 hours trying to come up with ways to get out of this mess- immediately.  Big mistake. The more I started thinking, the more I got caught up in the situation.  It would have been much better to remove myself from the situation, but I felt paralyzed.

Finally it was time to leave to teach a class at the Princess.  I love this class, but even today I was complaining  about going – until I got there.  The minute I step onto the grounds and smell the aroma of the spa I am reminded how much I love my job and how much I LOVE the spa. It is magical. Suddenly, I am telling this woman how much I love my job and all the things that happened previously in the day seemed to just vanish.  I started thinking “ This is so perfect- my perfect scenario will come to me- I am exactly where I need to be right now “ and right then the Director of the Spa came in.  Nobody came to my class, so we ended up talking and talking.   She is 25 years my senior and yet we had so much in common.  She has taught Pilates for over 25 years etc. and is battling cancer – and yet you would never know this unless she told you.  She was such an inspiration! This was God’s way of letting me know- “Everything is fine- you are exactly where you need to be and doing exactly what you need to do.”
Within minutes the course of my day was completely changed by a conversation.  I was so grateful to this lady and she probably didn’t even realize it!  I walked out of the spa with a lighter heart and questioning myself how this ‘shift’ occurred.  The truth was- it came down to a shift of thinking. The minute I started talking about how much  I loved my job and being at the spa was when I opened the door for this wonderful lady to come in and enlighten me with a conversation.   Incredible.  I should do that more often.