The Happy Bathroom

Before my connecting flight home I popped in one of Charlotte's Airport bathrooms. This bathroom had an attendant. Usually bathroom attendants that I encounter are very sullen and sit in their chair gloomily. I don't blame them for being grumpy. I would be grumpy too. I think most people don't dream about being a bathroom attendant. But this attendant was a very happy lady. Her accent sounded islandish like somewhere in the Caribbean and she was singing a very jolly tune. She welcomed everyone as they entered the bathroom and she wished you a Happy New Year when you left. When I gave her my tip she was extremely thankful and showed it jovially.

It is simply amazing what a smile and a happy hum can do to brighten up one's stressful day of traveling. It just takes one person to spread a contagious smile to hundreds.

Give a stranger a smile to bring in the new year. Happy New Year!!

Let it Snow

For a week the weather forecast was snow on Saturday. It started raining Friday evening when the temperature was 38 degrees. The temperature was supposed to drop during the night to turn the rain into snow. But instead the temperature increased and it is still raining. Everywhere else in the region the temperature is below freezing and the rain is snow. It is snowing in Lexington, Florence, Cincinnati, and across the river in Southern Indiana, but not in Louisville.

I am disappointed that it is not snowing today. I was looking forward to spending the first snowfall with my husband and to watch my little dog experience snow for the first time. It doesn't look like that I will be here for the first snow, but hopefully there will be enough snow in January to build our first snowman together, as a family.