I (sometimes) sweat the small stuff

Ok, so I think I just wrote a post recently that I don't worry about things that I can't control.

However, I can sometimes get REALLY, REALLY annoyed about little things that go wrong that I can control.

Yesterday, such a thing happened. The day before, I was carrying a lot of stuff, so I took my monthly, unlimited (and expensive) metrocard out of my wallet and put it in my shirt pocket for easy access. Worked well.

Yesterday, I go through my usual morning routine, get to the bus stop and wait for my bus, as usual. Finally, the bus comes. It's at this moment that I pull out my wallet and realize that I left my unlimited metrocard at home, still in the shirt pocket. It was a good thing I had my backup card - but I was really annoyed that I was now paying extra to ride the bus when I had an unlimited metrocard.

I contemplated going home to get my unlimited metrocard, but then, I would have been late to work. Plus, I had already waited 5 minutes for this bus to come. It would probably take me 5 minutes to walk home, another 5 minutes to walk back to the bus stop, and another 5 minute wait before the bus would show. This just annoyed me further.

I spent most of the day thinking about how stupid it was to leave my unlimited card at home. Not only that, but this meant that my route home would be limited because I wouldn't have the freedom to leave the subway and get back on if I wanted to (not that I really needed it - but it was just the thought).

In some cases, I am more annoyed with wasting money than I am with wasting time, but both really bother me. In this case, I was wasting money (it ended up being $8.00 over the course of the day), which I chose over wasting the time to go get the unlimited card. Even though in the long run, $8.00 is a drop in the bucket, it still incenses me. I mean, $8.00 almost enough to get a family bucket of KFC fried chicken!

I could have enjoyed a bucket of fried chicken, but no. I left my unlimited metrocard at home.