This Sums Up My Week

This week hasn’t been fun and I’m glad it’s coming to a close.

Mr. A has been sick all week. Do you have any idea how miserable a 17-yr-old boy can be when he’s sick during his spring break and all he wants to do is see his girlfriend? His misery can dampen the entire mood in the house.

Wednesday night my Sweetie and I were suppose to meet for dinner. The hopeless sickie didn’t want to come so S and I were going to have date night in the middle of the week. I was even wearing a dress! Then my Sweetie called from the shoulder of I-75. He had driven Mr. A’s truck that day and the transmission broke. So much for date night. I changed my clothes and headed out to pick up my Sweetie. Thankfully, he was safe and it didn’t happen while A and his girlfriend were on their way to the zoo in Tampa.

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The comic relief came Thursday. I work on a 66-acre estate and most departments have golf carts available for various uses. Late Thursday afternoon I drove my department’s ancient cart over to another building to pick up some boxes of brochures. I parked the cart, put it in neutral, engaged the parking brake and went in the building.

About ten minutes later I heard someone say, “Who has Cart 16? Cart 16 is in the pond.”

It took a moment for what I heard to sink in. Cart 16 was my cart. I thought to myself, “Oh shit! I hope they don’t make me pay for it.”

Apparently, the parking brake let go and luckily the mud stopped the cart before it became completely submerged. Once I realized that no one was hurt and there wasn’t any damage, I was able to laugh about it with my co-workers and visitors who stopped to take photos.

In the big scheme of things, nothing too horrible has happened. This week has just been one thing after another without a break and all on top of the anxiety that swirled up last weekend. Little things like spilling iced tea on the computer keyboard at home, running to Publix at 8:30 pm for sorbet after fetching my husband from the side of the highway, taking my eldest to the doctor for a sinus infection, and accidentally breaking my iPod earbuds so that I’m stuck listening to the office gossip/chatter when I don’t want to. The most disheartening thing is that we’ll probably post-pone buying our new bed to next month. Dammit. I really wanted a new bed and new bath towels. Oh well.

This week was the type of week designed to test my patience and make me thankful for everything I have in life. I can honestly say that I am very thankful.