Thank God for Friday.

When I woke up this morning, it was as dark as the middle of the night. It was easier to wake up than most mornings, but mostly because it was Friday and Friday is possibly more awesome than any other day of the week. But this was a rainy Friday, and there is very little awesome about that. In the process of going to work, I stepped in a rather large puddle, soaking my shoes and socks. It is always cold in my office, so by the time I left for the day at two in the afternoon, my feet were frozen. Also, my chair at work is so uncomfortable I have to take regular standing breaks to releive the pain in my backside, which only becomes worse when I come back home and sit in that desk chair all night. Also, the fluid that has been attacking my head for days was putting up a terrific fight today to ensure an eventual cold. My right eye has been uncommonly dry for hours, and because I keep rubbing it, it keeps getting more irritated. At one point, I made someone genuinely unhappy due to a miscommunication involving humor, which naturally made me feel bad some more. To put it simply, this was a wretched day.

When I woke up this morning, I was breathing and refreshed from a thorough night of sleep in a comfortable bed in a private room, which just happens to come equipped with a roof. This wonderful device shielded me from the raging storm outside that got worse as it got closer to time to get out in it. But I am thankfully heading to my place of steady employment on the day that I receive compensation, which is more than can be said for a lot of people in the world. The building has all the latest gadgets, like air conditioning, which comes in real handy during these Florida summers. My job has been perfectly designed for me, and I can't imagine where I'd be now without it. The contacts I was able to get for next to nothing with my vision insurance should arrive on Monday, which means I can expect things to be looking a lot better in the coming weeks than they have in the past half a year. I am grateful for the friends who do get my sense of humor and continue to put up with me and for my family that I get along with so well, a unique position. I spent my evening watching TV with my brother and I had a great, relaxing time. I will go to bed tonight still breathing with nothing to suggest I won't wake up again tomorrow. On the whole, it was a pretty good day.