glass half full/half empty.......

ok, so this day started out to be abysmal...for reasons much too personal to go into in this forum.....i considered calling in sick, but nobody in public health ever believes anyone to be bonafide ill on fridays....so it is best to always drag in under any and all circumstances and hope that somebody notices your pittiable state and suggestes that you go on back home.....but that would have been a bad idea on this particular day......i would have missed a watershed phone call.....from a school-based nurse whose daughter was once an dietetics intern working with me for 6 weeks....she has high school students who want to work in the health care field....who need projects in specific nutrition and physical activity areas......and i happen to have nutrition and physical activity projects on my absolutely must get done by june 30 list.....and so.....my glass is now half-full with regards to the probability that i will meet all goals set for this fiscal year......life is good.......i have had some downer moments.....like the client with the dilated pupils who smelled faintly of cannibis.....at 8:30 am......whoa......a bit early for such things.......i have never been given training/directive on what, if anything i am to do in these instances.......i suppose if her kids were with her i might have taken bold steps.......as it was the clerk told me that the woman is already out on bond from getting arrested for possession.....so my nose wasn't wrong.......and then there is the vague fear that i have insulted/upset someone that i admire.....i always deduce that when people are upset if must be my fault......if it is me, than i am so very sorry.........but enough of all that....lets talk disaster.......i am preparing a lesson for a dabetes support group on disaster preparedness for people with diabetes.......and the on-line research led to the possibility that we all should be prepared for a flu epidemic in which we may be confined to our homes......and so i went out at lunch and bought bottled water and canned goods to store in the basement.....just in case......and while that may seem reactionary....i decided that i might as well....in case anybody in the diabetes group asks me if i am prepared in my own home.......best way i know of to stave off a disaster is to be prepared for one........and now......me and my half-full glass are going to enjoy a sunny rest-of-the-afternoon off............