A lack of truffles has made me grumpy.

First world problem?

Most definitely.

This morning I walked to the local medical centre for a 9am appointment to see a doctor about my scalp. I now have a range of medications to take/use (including antibiotics) so between Dave and I the bathroom bench here looks like an Apothecary!

Yesterdays treatment went OK. It wasn’t a great start when the temperature was minus 3 as we headed off to drive there. The nurses were ‘not amused’ by the state of his veins from last weeks ordeal, but after some heat packs and a few glasses of water they did manage to get a cannula in on the 3rd attempt.

Now back to the truffle issue…

I kept walking after visiting the doctor, and when I reached 4000 steps I decided that I deserved a reward coffee. As you know, my favourite spot in Kingston is Penny University  but when I walked there the blackboard out the front was still advertising “Winter menu coming soon.”  I have worked my way through the menu during this stay in Canberra and the “soon” has now been advertised for the last two months.

There is no lack of choice in Kingston, so I wandered around the corner to Silo Bakery. Famous for its fantastic sourdough bread, an amazing cheese room and good coffee, Silo bakery also does a small but lovely range of breakfast and lunches.

I ordered a latte, which true to form was very good. After admiring the table next to me’s breakfast of baked eggs, I also ordered them, with the added option of ‘local truffle’ for an extra $6.

The eggs arrived promptly – two slow poached eggs sitting in a thin sauce of celery and  cream. I couldn’t see any truffles and was very disappointed when I started eating and couldn’t taste them either! After eating about half of it, I managed to catch the waiters eye and mentioned that the truffles seemed to be missing. “We cut them up really small so you can’t taste it” was her reply. Can’t taste it???? But that’s why I ordered it! For those of you who like truffles (and probably those who don’t) you will know that the taste and smell is un-missable. I mentioned it again when paying. “Sorry we haven’t got our usual chef today” was the response. But I still got charged full price.

And so, I’m cranky. I was short with the pharmacy assistant, hit the button to cross at the lights a little harder than necessary and took the stairs back up to the flat two at a time. I went over it in my head a dozen times. Why didn’t I send them back, why didn’t I demand a reduced price, why didn’t they just put my truffles on my eggs!

Its amazing how positivity breeds positivity. And negativity, breeds negativity.

A hard day yesterday, a lack of sleep, an on-going headache and a very sore scalp greeted me this morning.  There was so many good things happening too (e.g. lunch with a friend today)  but the bad things just overwhelmed me and swept me down.

So… its time to re-start. To resurrect this day and make it a good one. Time to get over my self pity and count my blessings.

Three months ago, I would have been so busy at work, and so occupied by that busyness, that I would have just continued the day cranky and irritable.  Now I have time to think about it, to work through it as I write this blog and time to make the decision to get over myself.

If your reading this, can I suggest you take a minute to check your own mood and your attitude? Ask someone if they are having a bad day, and if they are help them get over it. And if you’re having a bad day –  try to get over it too!

Dave had a bad day yesterday. He had 5 hours of poisons being injected into him. But he didn’t mope or complain, he just got on with things with a smile and a joke.

He is my inspiration.