silver lining

they always tell you when bad things happen --or when you hit a stream of bad luck-- to look at the silver lining. i'm pretty good at doing exactly that. i'm a pretty positive person; i'd describe myself as a optimistic realist. i get the bad and i know it's bad, but i always have a little hope, a little luck.

for the past week, i've had to deal with this exact situation. on was down on my luck and things could not look any darker. my unemployment was suspended, upon interview, my dad seemingly refused to cosign my student loan, and my $150 textbook had disappeared into thin air. and things were not looking up. with homework deadlines, piling of boxes and crap everywhere, and absolutely NO money, my life was slowly imploding. i even told my boyfriend that i thought my luck had run out.

normally i'm the luckiest person around. things just fall into my lap. and they ALWAYS work out in my favor. and i acknowledge this. my luck has pulled me through some tight spots before, but i've never experienced shit like this.

the first thing to fall into place was my student loan. my dad pulled through in the end, after a practically deadly interview with him. whew! i can actually pay for grad school now. then it was my monday class. the homework was done, and the class was enjoyable. i think i like it more than my thursday class. i've also vowed to spend more time on the homework. it's a bit crazy!

next was my unemployment. i apparently got a letter telling me that i need to call and set up an interview time. they sent it to my friend's place, and i wasn't able to get it until yesterday. i was frantically calling all morning as today was the deadline.i couldn't get through for more than 2 hours. finally i get a woman on the phone. all she needed to know was that my classes are at night and she released the hold on my unemployment!!!! so immediately afterwards i called and confirmed my past two weeks of unemployment and i'll get 4 weeks of unemployment this thursday!

the final kicker was getting my other textbooks in the mail. thank you usps! you rock! ups, you still suck. but these textbooks were just in time for me to do my homework that was due today! talk about meeting a deadline!

luck has maintained! i've never figured it out. my luck, that is. i always say that my either the luckiest or the most blessed. i am a believer, but i've never been able to believe that god is watching me every moment and allowing things to go my way, all the time. and i am almost 100% irish, so i commonly refer to my good fortunes as the luck of the irish. but i'm not sure if i fully believe in luck either.

whatever it is god bless the irish for it!