Tasha - Why must you fail so?

Jul 21, 2011 12:18


It's an ongoing joke between my friends about how I've survived without a carer. Recently I've started to wonder how I have as well. I've lived 350 miles from my parents for seven years now. Surely that must mean I'm a fully functioning, independent adult? Wrong. Independent - yes, adult - supposedly....fully functioning - erm, no.

One of my closest friends recently told me that I could fill a book with my failure. At first I thought that it was a gross exaggeration, but after noting down the things that have happened to me over the last year, I'm beginning to think he may be correct.

I booked the car into the garage for 9 am this morning. That was my first mistake. No teacher on holiday should ever have to see 9 am. I dropped the car to the garage and then went for a little stroll around Matalan before walking the twenty minutes home, passing the garage on my way back. I got to my front door and searched my bag for my keys. I've left my house keys on my car keys which are....at the garage. Nice one. I could have called someone to drive me back to the garage but they were either at work or should have still been in bed. So, I walked back to the garage. It's not a bad day thank goodness, so the walk wasn't horrific.

Anyway, I got to the garage and the (totally hot) mechanic was kind enough not to laugh at my stupidity. He handed me my keys and I started walking home. After a minute or two, mechanic dude came running up behind me. That's right, I hadn't left him my car key. This time he was not so kind as to withhold the laughter. Lovely. So, there I was walking the long road home again, when it starts bucketing it down. Yay. Good job I had my coat. What's that? I didn't have my coat? No, of course I didn't, because that's the way life goes. Well, mine at least.

So, I've finally realised that embracing my failure at life is the only way to handle it. Otherwise I would just cry. Instead I laugh and tell other people so that they can get a good laugh out of it. If anything, it brightens their day and makes them realise that at least someone fails more than they do.




This picture should be in the dictonary under 'Tasha'

"Surely this kind of thing must happen to everyone?! Do they just hide it from everyone else in case they are thought stupid?" C. Gains 2011

Is my good friend right? Do these things happen to everyone? Or did some being proclaim as I came into the world - "Functioning at life shall be a joke for you?"

failing at life

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