quote of the day #2

Sometimes random things people say stick out and linger around in my head as if they've been snatched out of a pile and tacked to bulletin board in front of me. Usually it's things that a person just says in passing, not giving it much thought and probably not meaning much by it. Yet, even as they forget it 2 seconds later, I ponder it for longer than I'd like.

Take this for example. Rational... Am I? Is that the most likeable thing about me? I think I've grown tired of being rational. It's exhausting, ya know.

"Kate, you're not being Kate."
Hello, I am Kate. How can I not be myself? It's really that I'm not being the goofy, positive, calm, level-headed, spunky Kate that you define me as. I apologize for taking a day off. I'm sorry that I haven't been happy lately and it's beginning to take its toll. I'm tired. I'm stressed. I'm sick. And I'm appalled by the fact that I'm making excuses.

***Kate is out of the office today, but don't worry. She'll be back tomorrow. She's taken a little vaca to grumpyville where she's sipping cold medicine while lounging beneath the shade of deadlines and enjoying the calm breeze of annoyance.***