Did you ever....

have a sleepless night because your internal thermostat has gone whacko and even though you have the fan pointed directly on you and the air conditioner on high enough for flannels...you are dripping wet every other hour? You get up at 5:00 am because what's the point, and start to get ready for a 9:00 appt only to find that someone hijacked your body during the night and took it to a 5 star restaurant for a 7 course meal and several desserts. Not even the 'fat clothes" look right! Your hair is stringy, circles under your eyes reach your chin and your neck creeks every time you move. One shoe is missing and you remember vaguely seeing the dog with the other one, but you thought you rescued it. You get in your car, adjust the seat because your son borrowed it last night because he had no gas in his. Now YOU have no gas. You take the short cut on fumes, only to find that there is construction on this path that you were unaware of...
You are late, again.
You walk into the bookstore, flustered, embarassed and oh so depressed. And...there she is. Your "appointment". Your friend Wendy...you've been friends since Kindergarten. A long time. She lights up when she sees you. She hugs you with genuine affection. She doesn't notice the fat clothes...or doesn't say it if she does. You share conversation, pictures and life happenings over coffee and a double chocolate cupcake. You laugh! And laugh again. You buy a book to jump start your creativity which has recently taken a hike. You shop for a jeans skirt to hide the extra padding and discover that the fat pants...are a size smaller than you thought! You buy the skirt anyway. You stop for gas on the way home ... and get a surprise 50 cent savings on each gallon with your discount card!
You smile. Really smile.
Life is good after all.

If this has happened to you, you are probably over 50. :-)
I hope you have a Wendy in your life.
Some things are so important ... and the rest... just doesn't matter!
Happy Wednesday!