Cause and effect

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I had a bad day at work. It involved my boss and yelling.
But, I kept my temper and made my point.

Part of the reason was I was very tired.
I had worked quite late last night, and didn’t get home until past my normal bed time.

Then, about 2:30 in the morning I woke in a rage.
I wasn’t sure why. But, I was angry at my boss. Really, really angry.

I ran through the things we had said to each other that day and couldn’t really explain it.
He had said a few things that annoyed me, but nothing to cause this white hot rage that woke me out of a sound sleep.

I thought it through, double checked that what we had disagreed upon, even though minor, I had been right about. And, I knew that and he knew that and it made me feel a bit better.

It took me an hour and a half to calm down, but I did get back to sleep.
So, at work I was tired and worn out.

Almost exactly 8 hours after I had woken up so angry, my boss said something to me that provoked the feeling I had experienced in the middle of the night.
One of the reasons I was able to hold my temper is I had spent 90 minutes dealing with it already and was tired of it, had that feeling of being right and knowing he’d know that eventually.

Who knows what will happen tonight.
But, my boss is out of the office tomorrow…

Comments

[threemeninaboat]

That is the worst and I'm sorry.