Attitude can make your day -- or is it vica-versa?

Hi friends,
I noticed that today was a great day for me. It started out with lazing in bed a little extra long -- cold outside, warm under the covers...mmmm. Eventually I got ready for work. I wear jeans about 2-3 times a week when I want to be comfortable, so I was in comfort mode going to work. I arrived and checked my messages -- got a return call from the auto body shop saying that they would take care of the problems that I found when I picked up my car last week. I thought they would hassle me, but they were very accommodating -- my day was getting better, and I was getting happier. My attitude was joyful.

As I thought about today looking back, I realized that I had a good attitude all day, and all the things that happened in my day were happy, joyful, positive events. The morning proceeded with a nice walk around the building outside in the morning -- the sky was clear, the sun shining warm on my face, the temperature perfect (for winter) -- about 70 -- we are spoiled in California, that's for sure. Then I went in to do some work (they are paying me afterall), and before I knew it, it was lunchtime. I cruised around a little on this site, talked with friends, and ate a great lunch (turkey on multi-grain with arugula, red onion, tomato and mayo). Best sandwich I had in a long time... Then back to work for a bit before taking another break outside. I had to read some technical documentation that I half-expected to be dry and boring, but I got through it and it was actually good reading (ok, good might be a strong word...). Maybe it was the fact that I was reading outside on the grass with the sun on me again -- now it's about 75 degrees. I got finished just in time to return back for a meeting to discuss the material--excellent timing! I was on top of it when my boss was asking for our input on what we read (little did she know I just digested it!). Then, back to work till the end of the day.

After work, I logged back onto this site, and posted a couple of things. I discovered someone had added me as a friend, which is always a pleasant surprise and makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Afterwards, I went to the workout room they have here at the facility; daydreamed a little about sex to make the time pass and before I knew it I was done (he-he) -- had a great workout, felt energized. When I came out, even the janitor was in a good mood and smiling -- he said something about how great it was that I was exercising. (Okay, that was nice, I thought. I usually greet him when I work late and he comes by my cube to empty the trashcan, so he recognized me. I think he's invisible to most people.)

Next it's off to home. The traffic was easy, the drive pleasant. I signaled, and someone let me in right away. How nice I thought. I called my sister to meet me at my house and asked her to join me for dinner -- we would have a pasta dish with arugula, tomatoes, toasted pine nuts and feta cheese (with lots of garlic and olive oil). I don't know what got into me, since I'm not big on cooking, but I just felt like something good tonight. She met me and we prepared the meal together. We also made parmessan toast (it's yummy--butter your bread and sprinkle w/parmessan, then put under broiler for NO MORE than 2 minutes). The meal turned out great, and we sat together with a glass of wine, and she even said grace.

We cleaned up together, and for once we didn't bicker about meaningless stuff (sisters...). She stayed for a while and we parted, both in a good mood.

So here I am writing this blog. The point I wondered about was whether attitude made my day, or did my day influence my attitude? Or...is it sort of a ping-pong effect -- one affects the other? Builds on the other...? It would be so nice to turn this on by will, but I haven't really consciously done it before. Can it be done? It's said that it can, but I'm not sure how to make it happen, yet. Anyway, I'm thankful for the wonderul day I had today, and that's enough for now.

Love, Libra88 :-)