Dissipated Disappointment

This Friday, I was supposed to go to Eindhoven to go to a close friend’s birthday party. I had a direct Flixbus from Lille, the existence of which surprised me. As you might have guessed, I never made it to Eindhoven. Lille’s public transport made that impossible. 

To reach the bus stop, I only needed 3 metro stops. Unfortunately, within these 3 stops, the metro got blocked in between two stations for 50 minutes with the doors shut. This meant that I got out of the metro half an hour after my bus to the Netherlands had left. 

I was counting minutes while I could still potentially make it. Ironically enough, if I went by foot to the bus stop, I would have made it. As the minutes passed, I was considering how fast I would have to run to make it. Furthermore, in these moments, it is difficult to understand why. Why this metro? Why me? Why right now?

Finally getting out of the metro, I felt completely defeated. The first thing I did when I got to the fresh air was call up my mom and complain about it. It is always helpful to put into words one's frustration.

Next, I sent a message to a friend to grab a coffee with me. We spoke in that Café for 2 hours. It was a nice change of pace and managed to calm me down. I was, of course, still frustrated, but the anger had dissipated.

Even though I am still sad that I could not make it to my friend's birthday, I did have a day that was worth being around for. I got a reminder that I have a solid support network, especially for situations when things are not going my way.

This Week's Suggestions:

🎶 "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson:

Happened upon this song whilst watching a documentary about Max Martin. The 2010's pop-rock caught me off guard in a good way, and I have been listening to it for about a week now!

Have a great week!