Little Disappointments

I once heard somewhere that life is made up of little disappointments. It might have been my mother, and she might have been talking about me directly. But I can’t say she wasn’t right. Life is indeed made up of a series of little disappointments that we must all learn to live with on a daily basis.

Here are some of mine.

When the first four chords of “Werewolves of London” starts playing on the radio, then you realize it’s actually Kid Rock’s “All Summer Long”
When you open the candy bar you just bought at the gas station, get ready to take a giant bite, and then realize that it is covered in that gross layer of white mold.

This is actually called chocolate ‘blooming’…and I thought blooming was supposed to be a good thing.

When realize that the hot guy you thought was checking you out was actually just staring because apparently it’s weird when adults go to the store wearing pajamas at 4 in the afternoon.
When you get a new message on Skype, and realize it’s only because some idiot you don’t care about is having a birthday.
When someone you thought was smart forwards you chain mail.
When you thought you had one beer left, but it turns out you have no beers left.
When you get on the scale, and you think you lost a ton of weight. Then you realize you accidentally kicked the reset button and it’s weighing you in kilograms, not pounds.
When your long time crush calls you out of the blue…to invite you to their wedding.
When you make a million dollars and buy your dream house….and then you wake up on the same futon in the same crappy apartment you’ve always had.
When “Candle in the Wind” comes on the radio, and you realize it’s the Princess Diana version and not the Marilyn Monroe version.

So there are some of my common disappointments. For me, having a nightmare is better than having a great dream, because I’d rather wake up relieved than disappointed. Disappointment is a shitty feeling, but it’s also a huge part of the human condition. So, whenever I’m a little bit disappointed, I’m also a little bit relieved, because that disappointment means that I’m alive. What can I say? I’m a silver lining kind of girl.