Gummi Bears

I got some gummi bears today. I paid for the candy about a month ago, as a charity for a school. This "delayed gratification" has a good effect. It relies on the fact that, as soon as we give our money for something, that cost becomes "sunk cost" for us. So, after that instant, we do not think of the money we have given as "cost", which makes recieving your order feel like a gift to you.

So, I bought my tickets to Turkey on November 1st. I have been thinking about going back for the last two months, imagining how it would be to go back and see my friends after a year and a half. But it turned out that my visa was not filed with "premium processing" as the lawyer told me. Thus, I cannot get a visa to go back to the USA, if I go to Turkey. I would not be able to go back for a few months, which would most probably have cost me my job. So, now I am back at work, and today, I haven't the slightest urge to start working. I am dragging my feet still. I am past the denial phase. I guess I am mourning right now. I will be okay eventually, but the high expectation I had for this holiday season really brought me down. Apparently, the higher you go, more it hurts when you fall down.

I bought these gummi bears about a month ago, and I just got them this morning. I was really excited to receive them, and I feel like a little brat, munching on those. This was a good day to receive my delayed gratification.