Just My Luck days

Ever have one of those moments where you think, "That would happen to me." Well I had many moments like that today.

I was shopping with my boyfriend and I went into Discovery. I went there a few weeks ago for the first time and was amazed at the cute clothes and low prices (by the way I'm not getting paid or anything to say that) but I didn't have any money. So I go in today with money and I couldn't find a single thing I wanted.

So later we go back to the mall. It was 90 degrees out and I really wanted some water but I didn't want to spend $1.25 on a water bottle. Now on any other day I could find a million water fountains at that mall. But today I only find one and it's not working. So guess who had to spend $1.25 on water...(ok actually my boyfriend bought it for me)

So all day we talked about the kind of 'luck' we get and I wanted to share one last thing. About two summers ago my sister and I were playing in the alley and we had to go back in the yard. My sister didn't want to go through the gate because we had a lot of bees there. I thought it was ridiculous (even though she was about 8 at the time) and I wanted to prove to her that she wouldn't get stung. So I walk through the gate and, of course, I get stung by a bee.

No moral to this story, really. Just wanted to share some funny unlucky things that happened.

Didn't See That Coming

A few weeks ago, a man was driving down the street along a forest preserve. All of a sudden, a tree falls and lands on his car, killing him (not instantly). If he had been a second past the tree or even a second before the tree, he probably would have lived. Sadly, he made perfect timing...

This just didn't seem fair to me. This man was probably on his way to work thinking about his family and his job and the plans he'd made for that day. All of a sudden - BOOM! - he's dead. His time was cut too short. What if he still had important things to take care of? What if he still had to make peace with people? What if he still wanted to make things right with his faith? What if he had to say things still left unsaid?

Sadly, he'll never get his chance. And this happens everyday. But it's more humbling to hear about one person than all these statistics about how many people die a day. The sad thing is no one saw this coming. It's surreal to think that in an instant everything can change without warning. Always keep in mind that tomorrow is guaranteed to no one.