This week has been a tough week. I mean it. I’m not even kidding. If I was going to sketch out my woes, it would go a little something like this:
Monday: OMGWTFBBQ Work is blowing my mind! I go home! The A/C is broken! Crrrrap!
Tuesday: Oddly tired. Work is confusing. I ask my husband if we can have dinner somewhere so I can have a cocktail.
Wednesday: Woge ub all stubbed up. –ATCHOO– Ugh. Why id de dog so addoying? –ATCHOO– Ugh.
Thursday: –ATCHOO– OMG, who used all the Kleenex? What do you mean you can’t give me antibiotics, Doc? Oh, hey, our son is throwing up. Great. Crrrrap.
Friday: Barely. Staying. Upright. So much work. Why won’t this dataset do what I want it to? Who am I? What’s my name? –ATCHOO– Crrrap.
That’s the glass-half-empty perspective. Let’s throw that away in a tissue, just like I have all week long, shall we?
Here’s what I really learned this week…
Monday: I have so many friends that would drop everything to help me at a moment’s notice. So many people are worried about me and my family and making sure we’re okay.
Tuesday: In the midst of chaos, my family anchors me. Sangria tastes good. I like food. I like that I can afford to treat myself and my family to dinner and not stress out about it. I love my family. I love my friends. I love this shrimp.
Wednesday: My dog sure seems to like me. And my used Kleenex. Is she eating that– oh, COCOA! GROSS!
Thursday: Mia sends me an article about small dogs. All of my friends want me to get well soon. Sunshine urges me to go to the doctor and take care of myself. So does TK. And so do my friends at work.
Friday: I am lucky to have a husband who can leave work early to take the kids to school orientation so I can lather myself up in Vap-O-Rub and go to sleep. I am lucky to have a son that could pretty much behave himself all day playing video games, while I worked and we were both sick. I am lucky to have a job that I can do from home if illness strikes. I am lucky to have co-workers and friends who can accommodate my working remotely to get things done. And even though I can only breathe through 21% of my left nostril at the moment, I feel truly blessed and thankful for my life. Right now. This moment. This –ATCHOO!– oh, never mind.
Goodnight.
