Fourtieth

Ever get the feeling that something good is about to happen, so all day you're waiting for that extra, out of the ordinary good piece of your day? Maybe it comes, but sometimes it doesn't. Or, inversely, you're expecting something bad to happen and either it does or it doesn't. I'm going to go with doesn't on these two and say, why not? Did you do something to ...counteract the good or the bad? Or maybe you were expecting it to happen on a greater scale than it did.

Say for instance you were expecting something good to happen. It could be that you're hoping for a raise, or maybe a phone call from someone you've been waiting to hear from, or find some money on the ground. But instead, you boss doesn't give you a headache, or maybe you don't burn your food.

What if you're expecting something bad to happen, but it doesn't? You think your brand new something-or-other is going to break or bust or die out, but it doesn't. Or maybe you're expecting to get a flat tire because um... nails and the tires are still fine by the end of the day, or even the week.

So then, what can be accounted for this feeling you got when you woke up. For expecting something to happen and it does, is either coincidence, intuition, or um... routine? But for something, perhaps especially if you're expecting something good to happen and it doesn't, does that mean your instinct broke? Is it bad luck? Bad karma? Bad ...laundry? OH! Those sock-thieving gnomes! I'll get you yet gnomes!