I missed the post last week Thursday, so I'll be posting twice this week!
Today was a great day, in fact the past few days have been some of the best days I have had in quite some time. Seriously, with the exception of "Atlanta" airing and filming the "Dry Kleaners" short, I have had a rough 2018. (There were a few other days here and there that were good...for the record). I turned 27 today so I think the kids these days would call me old. I don't feel "old," I feel like there is still a lot in front of me but I definitely feel "older." Between today's post and Thursday's post I'll cover why but this was the best birthday I have had in my 20's. Hands down.
I spent the day working. Yes. You read that correctly, working. I'M EMPLOYED AGAIN! I joked a couple of weeks ago that what I really wanted for my birthday was to have a job...be making some income. At the time I was somewhat joking but deep down, I really did wish to have a job and I got it. I went into work, only my second day, without anyone knowing it was my birthday and without any fanfare. I worked my 10 hours and left. In writing it sounds pretty drab but I thoroughly enjoyed it, hence why I said I feel older...dare I say mature. It was probably a mixture of many feelings...gratitude and relief being chief among them. Finally at the end of the day I celebrated. First, I was treated to some dinner at Hattie B's by my close friends. I think I referenced this chicken joint a few posts ago but a few words about Hattie B's: THIS PLACE IS SO HOTDAMN GOOD. It's hot southern fried chicken. Simple but just enough spice to compliment that golden fried chicken genius. Anyhow, after stuffing my face with some comfort food I came back to the aPad (my apartment) and opened gifts from my parents and another group of my close friends. Now here is when the "feels" came...
After opening some of the best and most appropriate gifts I have ever received I was wildly close to an ugly cry. I'm talking about Viola Davis in 'Fences' ugly cry. It wasn't from sadness though, it was from pure gratitude and joy. I said it at the top of the post but I hadn't felt that in some time. It just came to me. My close friends in Atlanta came through with dinner and comradery, my close friends out of town came through with what I'll call a "care package" (seriously it had food and snacks inside...it was fantastic), I had gotten calls and texts throughout the day, and my parents gifts...well they were perfect, the bag and everything in it smelled like home. It was a smell that I had never really noticed before; it's nothing strong or sweet, it's just a neutral smell that instantly takes me back to my room in my parents house. While I was thinking about all of that, that's when the ugly cry almost came. In my Kevin Durant after-he-won-the-NBA-finals-crying-voice, "to my family and my friends, especially the ones who are like family...you da real MVP."
I'll get to the job and everything else that has happened since last Thursday on Thursday but man..."today was a good day" (in my Ice Cube Voice). 27 started off phenomenally, and listen, don't think, I think that it's all sunshine and skittles from now on. Nahhhh. Quite the contrary. I know there is still plenty of struggle and obstacles ahead but today was the pit stop I needed along my journey. Today was the 1-up I've been earning the past few months, the 1-up I'll likely need in the future, and the not so subtle sign that I'm going in the right direction.
Non Secular advisory lol...
I've done a lot of prayer, and admittedly an equal amount of doubt since being unemployed. While I can't say that I will never be confused or uncomfortable with God's timing and his guidance in my life again, I can say...LOOK. AT. GOD...WON'T. HE. DO. IT! This is a picture of one of the little trinkets my parents put in my gift bag (in the background). It's an "at" symbol. I don't know if they know why they got it, and why they gave it to me but I'm taking it as a reminder to in fact, "Look at God."
See you on Thursday for the second post of the week!
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