Raffeal and his Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

The day was long with many of winding turns. I spent all day at Verve today. I was there from 10:30-7:00; a brotha was tired. I could feel the week old stress all over my body. I was a little overwhelmed with all that was going on throughout the week; it caught up with me.
After I left Verve, I walked down the street for pizza, because I was famished (big word). It was dark and rainy outside, I do believe that my attitude was a reflection of it. Just as I was standing, waiting for the light to change, a taxi zoomed by and christend me with New York Yuckness. It was just like the movies. Was I having a "terrible, no good, very bad day" today? (That's before your time! What do y'all know about that book?) I was in the play some years ago. I though you ought to know (lol).
So there I was, walking into Ray's pizza drenched. I was so hungry. I thought "Pick on Raffeal Day" was growing nigh, but, boy, was I wrong. I reached to sprinkle some garlic on my pizza and what do you know? I opened the wrong end and all of the garlic dumped itself onto my plate. I was borderline "postal" by this time.
So I sat down to eat my garlic topped pizza and it was mad cold. I could feel the smoke coming out of my ears and nostrils. I put my headphones on to help me ease my mind. I had my tracks set to shuffle; I wasn't aware of what song would be played next. God was the DJ for my Ipod today. As soon as I pressed play, Kirk Franklin's "More Than I Can Bear" started to play. I closed my eyes and took it in. I knew at that moment that God was trying to remind me of His faithfulness and peace. He wanted me to be still and know that He will never give me more than I could bear. What was I trippin' for?
At 8:30pm, I will be attending Kurt Elling's concert at Carnegie Hall. I'm sooooo excited! I will not leave this earth without performing at Carnegie Hall; it's my dream!!! I can't believe that I'm going to see Kurt Elling; the man is amazing!! If you don't know who he is, educate yourself and check out his myspace. (www.myspace.com/kurtelling)
I'm hustlin' up here in the land of hustlers. Sammy Davis once said, "if you want to be the best, baby, you better work harder than everyone else." I'm exhausted, but I know God will sustain me. I want to perform so bad that I'm constantly restless. I pray that God would extend His grace towards me tomorrow; I have to go to work at 4:4m am. Y'all know that I'm not a morning person.

Until next time.

Peace,
Ra