Pay it Forward... or behind?

So... it is no coincidence that is is 10:47 and I am writing a blog. I have a final tomorrow night I haven't studied for and a 20 page paper I haven't even put the header on.

I am stressed. In the winter I often find it much more difficult to deal with adversity than if it were the summer. Something about the lack of sunlight and the air being bitter cold that makes it hard for my body to cope. So instead I procrastinate thinking maybe I won't have to do it. Procrastination only leads to more stress, and then REAL stress when I approach whatever it is unprepared.

I suck at life! HaHa. OK so not really, sometimes I work better under pressure. I would like to write about something I just heard on the news today. A woman going through a Starbucks drive through in Pennsylvania today decided to pay for the car drinks in the car behind her. She told the cashier the only stipulation was that they had to do something good for someone else. The result? Two hours of customers paying for the other person's drink. Now... I think about this, really everyone else didn't make much of a sacrifice, their drink was paid for and they just paid for someone else's. However, this is not my point. My point is my disappointment's in whoever broke the chain. The cashier was interviewed and she said she told everyone what was going on.

" The person in front of you has paid for your drink. The only thing they ask is that you do something good for someone else. You are under no obligation to pay for the person behind you. You can just take your free drink & leave."

I imagine the last person who elected not to continue this chain as a frugal millionaire- a scrooge if you will- that went home with his double mocha frapachapalapacino double iced grande mocha low fat with skim milk and laughed maliciously while throwing hundreds of dollars of bills in the air because he just saved six.

Or... maybe it was just a mean lawyer late to a case.

Either way, with the Christmas season upon us, I think we should all take a moment to pay it forward, or behind... whichever one is most suitable for you.