A Perfect Monday Morning

A Perfect Monday Morning—Ha!

I was actually pretty proud of myself this morning…

Walk completed
Starbucks latte purchased
All the monthly income and expense data entered into Excel by 8:30 a.m.; not bad for a Monday morning.

Suddenly, and God as my witness I don’t know how, my Starbucks latte tipped over and instead of simply dripping out the little sippy hole (which would have been wonderful), the entire single/grande/vanilla latte flowed, yes, that is what it did—flowed—all over my desk!

Okay, there are a couple of options here: scream, cuss, cry, rant and rave, I could have even “blamed” someone, except I work by myself, or remain somewhat composed and get something / anything to stop the increasing flow of coffee—quickly!

In my many years on this earth, I’ve learned that typically the best course of action is to remain composed and move quickly. And so, hand towel, paper towels, and wet paper towels were my arsenal to mop up the mess quickly and silently (followed by lemon scented Pledge to help cut the coffee smell).

Really the worst moment in this entire episode was watching the coffee spread unchecked across my desk and hearing the drip, drip, drip, onto the plastic floor mat below (thank goodness for plastic floor mats!).

Here are my takeaways:

Remain calm—even when you feel like screaming.
Remain composed which helps keep blood pressure down and actually lets you think and move quickly. Rants take time.
Slowly and methodically clean up the mess.
Pay attention to what needs to be cleaned, what simply needs to be moved, and thankfully what hasn’t been affected at all.

If you think about it, those solutions work in a lot of life’s little unexpected, stress-filled situations.

Off to get another latte—have a great Monday!

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