Andrew and I went downtown early this morning and I hung out with him until I noticed how late it was getting. As I was walking up to Mozilla there was this guy walking in front of me and he seemed maybe drunk or on drugs. He was calling himself stupid over and over and then said, “I’m done with drugs. D.U.N. done” and then turned around and looked at me. I told him I thought that was a great idea and then he ended up walking with me all the way to the office all the while telling me his story. 36 years old, 9 year-old daughter, 15 year heroin addiction, 7 overdoses, multiple stints in rehab and today was going to be his first day of not using…..until some random girl offered him some drugs. He said yes and then hated himself for it. It was a very depressing conversation and kind of put me in a bummed mood for the rest of the day.

After work Andrew and I rushed home so he could grab his laptop and we could head over to Free Geek for the Perl Monger’s meeting. Andrew was giving a talk about Perl on OpenBSD. He did a great job even though he started out kind of nervous. Someone took notes with questions and suggestions and I had some suggestions as well. He’s hoping his talk is accepted for YAPC::NA::2015. He’ll find out Monday! We all headed over to Lucky Lab afterward and had long, interesting conversations with some of the regular attendees. Good people. I’m glad my day ended on a more positive note.

Today I learned that I really don’t have many bad days because I had forgotten what it felt like to be so sad. No complaints here.