rant & rave
I am melodramatic. Allow me to elaborate:
due to a merger of my phone company, I'd get a new phone. Booyah.
The day started slowly but beautifully: wake up a bit later than usual, slowly get ready for the day (look like crap, but beyond caring), ride my li'l bicycle up the treacherous hill, get my pant-legs soaked, get slaughtered in a french exam.... yeah, my day was looking bright.
I impulsively decided to just go upgrade to a nice smartphone.
so, I excitedly plan my "itinerary" via uta bus system. get to the bus stop, get on. credit card doesn't swipe. try card #2. nothing. at this point, the driver asks where I'm going, so I tell her. yeah, I got on the right bus ROUTE, but wrong direction. W. I'm incompetent. I can take that.

I get off, humiliated and defeated. probably mumbling under my breath on the way off. my fault anyways. he's just doing his job.
two minute frustration-crying session ensues.
go to some li'l place to break a bill and get change. call the at&t store to see just what I'll need to do when I get there. don't even have my desired phone in stock.
my attitude goes two directions:
(1) gratitude to the Big Man Upstairs for not letting me waste my time on a useless bus trek
(2) annoyance at the whole situation.
call in to get a phone ordered. I should have received the smartphone, anyway. one bright light in the day. I can get it free, no upgrade charge. bad news? don't have it in stock. may not for a week or so.
cherry on top: my phone dies mid-sentence.
LML. (Love My Life)
conclusions:
(1) learn the bus system. learn it well.
(2) the world doesn't revolve around you, even if you wish it did
(3) patience
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