Have You Ever Worked Customer Service?

I have worked customer service pretty much my entire life in one form or another. Odd for a writer, I know, but I love it. Most of the time.

But every once in a while, you have a week... kind of like this past week. It started off fantastic. I had Monday off for Veteran's Day. I have a lot of family members and friends who have served/are serving, so this is a special day for me. 

But after taking some time to feel and express my gratitude, I got SO. MUCH. DONE. I had over 10k steps in after doing some grocery shopping and Christmas shopping and a workout, some writing, some house cleaning... I don't even remember it all I did so much. I felt so good.

Then I went back to work. 

Because of the three day weekend, Tuesday was plenty busy. The short week felt like a full week, especially Thursday and Friday when I felt like I was running around in circles, running into trouble and inconveniences. Nothing went wrong, per se, it was just frustrating. 

Oh by the way, fun fact, my website (paulajeanferri.com) is apparently already involved in some legal issues, so that was also kind of chaotic this week. 

Luckily, I'm able to work through everything and figure things out.

I also had the opportunity this week to be reminded how lucky I am that I get to do all of these things. Not only because it's something that I love, but my neighbor across the hall passed away recently. I've been helping her family clean out her apartment and revisit memories with them. 

It is especially poignant to me know that my little brother's birthday is next week and we are coming up on the five year anniversary of his death.

It still hurts and it is tragic to see such lives cut short. 

Side note, my husband and I went recently to see the new Venom movie. Good show, but I cried thinking how much my brother would have loved it, then at the end they played a song that never fails to make me think of him.

What a reminder that life is so fleeting and how lucky I am to be alive. To feel like there is a divine purpose for me and goals that push me forward. I'm sitting here writing this as I continue to watch my sweet husband continue to haul things away. 

As my sweet grandma reminds me periodically, "If it isn't a matter of life or death or a matter of eternal consequence, it's simply a minor inconvenience."