That's the only logical explanation as to why they would blatantly WASTE my time. Right? I had office hours for work today from 10:30-12:30, but a student needed to meet with me and she had class until 2, so I told her I would could stay late and have a conference with her at 2:15. So when I was 2 hours AFTER I'm supposed to get off and the student doesn't show up, I believe I have grounds to be frustrated!
Then I went to work on a group project. Thankfully my group is wonderful, but the class is super frustrating. Way too many projects with way too little explanations. Put a group of perfectionist education majors in a setting with no guidelines and no directions... we get frustrated, stressed, and easily flip out. 30some education majors flipping out at once? It isn't pretty.
I came home to take a 15 minute nap before water polo. I figured I could wake up in a better mood than I was in previously. Well, 3.5 hours later I finally woke up. Thankfully, I was feeling quite refreshed!
Then I got a phone call that put today into perspective. One of my friends from camp has CF. She has been sick a lot over this last year and she is back in the hospital. Her lung function is down to 27%. At 25% she goes on the transplant list. At this point there is not much they can do for her. She is in isolation, and even her own family isn't allowed in the room with her. The average life expectancy when she was born was 17 years. Over recent years that number has increased, but it isn't looking good right now.
So while I was frustrated by spending 2 extra hours at work (2 hours which I spent working on other things that I would have had to do anyway, 2 hours that I will get paid for), my friend was laying in a hospital bed and her family was given some shattering news. That definitely puts things into perspective. I may be frustrated when somebody wastes my time, but I'm blessed to have time to waste. Some people just don't have too much time left.
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