~ Mundane Mondays ~

So, today,  I went down to the CBN Canteen to grab my usual Morning Coffee (Bad for me, I know. It's a habit from my Canada days that I cannot seem to shake). My friend Dami, surprises me with a poke. It's always the best to start your day with a super-freindly face and conversation. Dami proceeds to tell me about her amazing weekend... there I was drooling over how much fun she had when our conversation was interjected from a voice behind us, "You know should greet right? You see an older woman, you are supposed to greet. It is still ok for people in your generation to do that."

Yes. You are as surprised as I am. First things first, we were waiting for the elevator and so engrossed in our 'gist' that we didn't even notice that anyone had walked in. This wasn't even a private room, it's a hallway, people are walking to and from elevators and doors. 

Second things second, I am a CHRONIC-GREETER. My colleagues know me for this and tell me to relax sometimes. I even add a little bow of the head when I greet, sometimes a curtsy too. I enter the elevator, "Good Morning", I walk past a lady in the hallway " Good Afternoon Ma", I walk across departments, "Good Evening Sir". So I was HURT, yes, hurt at this Lady's insinuation that I was rude. But it wasn't her fault, she doesn't know me or that I always greet. There are about 12 floors in CBN with 4 wings... She can't possibly know Ijeoma Madueke greets everyone she sees. But this one time when she 'interacted' with me so to say, I did not greet. 

It just sucks, you know, that you're always doing the right thing and it seems like no one is looking and when you do 'half' of a 'wrong' thing, there's someone there to point it out. In the past, it would have had me down for the day. Yes, I'm very concerned with how I am perceived. But now, I'm like 'whatever', I'll greet her next time. 

The same thing happens sometimes at home for me. I always do the right thing and then one time, I forget to close the tap in the kitchen well and that's when my mum walks in and says, "You NEVER shut the tap well" Never? Come on! It was just this ones. 

Don't we like this as humans though? To feel like the victims? Seek pity? I ain't ashamed! Pity Me jo! And have some encouraging words. :-)

Onto other things, in my DIY-nature, I turned one of my scarves into a necklace. Easy-Peezy Lemon-Squeezy!

It's the beginning of a New Week and almost the END of a Month, So raise your glasses to cordial ends and refreshing beginnings (No subliminal message here)

Peace and Love!

Yours Truantly,
IJ