Yesterday started off like a it was going to be a Monday of all Mondays. The toddler got mad because I helped him pack his lunch box. By “help” I mean, I put his soft sided lunch box on the counter so he could put his stuff in it. From that point on he was grumpy. Not 15 minutes later, pulling into the school parking lot he was fine. Toddlers….sheesh!

I go to work as normal and at around 10 a co-worker notices a window is shattered. The whole front of our building is windows. This was a smaller one, at the bottom. All the windows are tinted so even though it shattered, it was still in place. Turns out it was shot with some sort BB gun. Also turns out, the building got shot 9 times with a BB gun. Thankfully it was over the weekend when nobody was in the office. I just can’t imagine what would make someone shoot up a random building….with a BB gun. All that BB gun did was put some holes in some windows.

Today, is Tuesday, and a new day. However, there was almost an incident at school drop-off this morning. While I walked my son up to the building, a lady parked next to me…crooked and too close. So close, I was blocked out of my own car. So, I took a quick picture so I could vent a little to my friends and family. Then, I wait. It was only about 10 minutes but when she came back she didn’t even acknowledge there was a human being standing there. Just got in her car. Now, if I were to park so close that the person couldn’t get into their car I would make an effort to let them know I was sorry. I would at least acknowledge that I know I did wrong and would act like a decent human being. This woman did nothing…until she saw me take a picture of her car as she waited to get in the exit line. Then, she blamed her crooked parking on the car on the other side of her. Now, I could have made a big scene but I just said alright and let it be. She gets back in her car and I hang back making sure she has room to pull out into the line. She doesn’t. She just sits there, so I go around her and get in line myself. She had her opportunities. Something about the drop-off and pick-up line really does bring out the worst in people.

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
–Proverbs 15:1