the most surprising comment i've received came a couple of days ago from a customer at the store. i had helped him pick out some binoculars a couple of months before and asked him how he liked them. his face went blank and then said something to the effect of not recognizing me. he said i seemed like a completely different person and i must have been having a bad day when he was in here last because i was in a really bad mood.

you see, i don't think i ever realized how much of an affect my moods had on other people until now. even people that i would spend 20 minutes with in the store could see the difference. everyone i work with teases me now. "you're always smiling" they keep telling me. i catch myself from time to time. "what the hell am i so happy about?" it's not happy.

it's normal.