I vaccummed 3 times in the last 3 days.  Because I am a clean freak? No.  Because I was having company? No. Because I have a pet that sheds. No.

It has just been one of the days, or well a few days, really.

Last week was a super fun, yet super busy week for me filled with good people, great places, and awesome meetings.  After 6 nights in my former home of LA, I returned to my new home in Newport Beach ready for peace, quiet and to focus on getting my work done.

On Saturday morning as I was filling up a mason jar with the new bag of quinoa I had bought the day before from the bulk bin a hole sprang in the bag and the small pearly beads dumped out all over my counter and floor.  I was exhausted and not feeling up for a clean up job in the least!  Shit happens.  Life happens.  {Vaccum #1}

On Sunday morning I was moving a wheeling kitchen rack I have to reach something in the back when bam, a mason jar full of chia seeds fell to the floor and shattered.  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I cried out as I stood in the mess.  Chia seeds are teeny tiny and the stick to things, and they expand when they get wet and start to grow in sponges.  I love to eat them.  I don’t love to clean them up.  Also, they aren’t the cheapest and I seriously lost a whole mason jar full.  Shit happens. Life happens.  {Vaccum #2}

Yesterday, I actually woke up pretty early for me.  Made myself a morning shake, with no kitchen accidents, packed my yoga clothes and office goodies and was excited to get to my office to get shit done! Until, I went to look for my office keys and couldn’t find them.  I always keep them in the same two places.  I am not that person who is always losing keys.  I don’t think I have ever lost a set of keys ever.  I spent 90 minutes at least dumping out my purse, my office bags, my reusable grocery bags, looking in every nook and cranny in my car, looking under couches, and cushions and tables. {Vaccum #3 after dumping out every bag onto the floor.}

I thought maybe the valet company that had parked my car yesterday at my friend Rainbeau Mar’s book launch had seen the keys in my car cupholder and had accidentally grabbed them.  That was my only idea for how they could be missing.

I finally gave in, admitted defeat and called my landlord and left a voicemail asking if he could let me in to my office.  I went ahead and headed to the office thinking I would meet him there.  Usually, I could just work from home, but I often leave my power cord for my laptop at my office and after a full weekend at home my computer was completely dead!

While I was waiting for my landlord to show up, I walked across the street to the post office thinking I would mark off one of my tasks for the day and test to see how much shipping would be to random zip codes across the country and world getting ready for my kickstarter campaign for my first merchandise item (an awesome affirmation deck).  When I walked into the post office the self service machine was in pieces with a mechanic working on it.  There goes that plan of attack and the line for the windows was out the door.  Dang!

So, back to the office I went, where my landlord was just parking his bicycle. After telling him my predicament he kindly asked me to drive him back to his house to grab a spare set.   We were back at the front door to my office in a few minutes discussing when I would give this set of keys back, after making a copy.

I pushed my door open and what do you know….there sit my keys right on the corner of my desk!  I usually always lock my top lock which must be done with a key, so I had really thought there was a .5% chance that I could have locked my keys in my office.  Well I had!  Shit happens.  Life happens.

I don’t know what was up with me.  If I was just tired, too rushed, not being present, not focused.  I don’t know if the solar system, astrology, moon chart was messing with me.  I was of course annoyed by each of these silly delays in my days.  But, I also was able to laugh at each one of them, immediately.  I was able to take that moment of OH SHIT, Ugh I do not want to deal with this, pause for a minute and then keep going.

When the quinoa spilled all over, I was not happy.  I let out a deep sigh and I cleaned it up.  When the mason jar shattered, I paused, I did a quick vent text to a friend, and then I cleaned it up.  When I couldn’t find my keys, I was irritated and frustrated, but then I just buckled down and looked harder and simply told myself this is what is happening right now, I can’t find my keys.  My laptop is dead and my power cord is at my office and even though I really just want to get to work, this is what is happening right now.

I was able to see that when delays, annoyances, disruptions, pop up I do a pretty good job of dealing with it, laughing and chugging along.   I didn’t go into woe is me.  I didn’t break down.  I didn’t just go back to bed and hide from the day.

These little uh-ohs remind me to be more calm, more patient, more graceful, more present, more balanced, more grateful.  Chia seeds, mason jars, quinoa, time costs money, it sucked that I lost some of each of those things but I am even more present to how much I DO have! I have friends that I can text vent to. I have other things to put in my smoothie. I have a car to get to the store to buy more.  I have flexibility in my schedule so it is okay if I am “late”.  I have a vacuum to clean up my messes.  I have a laptop that needs power and works magic for hours upon hours when it is not connected to a power cable. I have a cell phone so that I can reach out to my landlord and friends for help.  I have an office to work from peacefully.  I have clean air to breathe, and clean water to drink.  I have shoes to put on my feet (even if they aren’t this seasons ha!).

We have so much. We are so blessed.  Don’t let the little uh-ohs and snafus take you down.{click to tweet}

Each time something shatters, breaks, delays your day take a moment to pause and be grateful!  I mean just being grateful to be alive is HUGE!!!!

What little things (or big) are you grateful for that you may take for granted each day?