Today

Last night my great uncle in South Africa died.
I did not know this until this morning at work when I read an email my grandmother had sent me last night. I am not very sad about the loss of my great uncle as he lived in South Africa all my life and if I have ever met him, I don't remember, but he's my Oma's brother, and there's only one brother left now, so she was understandably quite upset.
It was a normal work day for me but after the (quite short) conversation with my grandmother I found it very hard to concentrate on work. I kept thinking about how sad she sounded on the phone and how I could do nothing to help her (it takes half a day to get to my grandparents from door to door).
In the end I took a half day off work and went to my mother's, where I had accidentally left my wallet last Sunday. She had work to do so she kicked me out and I went to see a film. Strangely, the simple concept of the film, with a wedding at the end, really cheered me up.
The best thing of the day, however, came when I got home. On the grass near where I park my bike was the knuffel keychain I got from Leni when I went to visit her. I thought I had lost it, but there it was, damaged but still very intact and recognisable.
It's always nice to come home to such a beautiful metaphor.