A new day, Day 165

I was treated to the most spectacular sunrise in Denver this morning while riding the Lightrail to work. I was amazed that the people sitting around me on the train were too busy texting, sleeping, or listening to their ipods to notice the sky in all its glory. I felt totally blessed by witnessing these fleeting moments and somehow I managed to hold on to this sense of peace as the day progressed. Once I got to work the harddrive on my laptop crashed. Then I discovered that the film developer was contaminated and ruined many rolls of my students' film. But I still managed to hold onto my serenity with this sunrise on my mind. The day gradually progressed and I fixed the chemical issues, extended the assignment, and came to terms that my harddrive is indeed dead and gone. It was my own fault that the grant I worked on for many many hours is lost forever...but honestly it's ok. The day could have been much worse by stressing out instead of just letting it all go.