How to Cure the Bad Week Blues.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

*** OMG I totally forgot to include the worst thing that happened to me this week! My Visa Number got stolen and someone in the UK took a very expensive trip to Spain. After hours of haggling on the phone about it they finally sorted it out. But Sheesh. The thief could have at least taken me with him!!!***

 

Ok, I'm sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but I am feeling pretty low at the moment and need some DK love. This has been The. Worst. Week. Ever.

 

It all started with that last minute trip to Washington DC for work. The last minuteyness of the trip made it really challenging to prepare both work wise and doodle wise (those who followed the forum will remember my self inflicted drama over who to leave my doodle with). It was a stressful couple of days of intense meetings with a group of my colleagues who didn't really want me there to begin with but my boss insisted I go (I don't even want to start with the office politics, but at least it wasn't personal, it was more to do with my function). The others spent the whole trip bad talking my colleauges and my boss and I felt like I had to defend them. So unprofessional! Apart from feeling like an outcast the whole time, all these random things went wrong: My alarm didn't go off; I lost my cell phone; I got blisters from my high heels; and I caught a cold. All I wanted was to come home and hug my doodle. 

 

When I got back the cold meant I couldn't sleep, so I was soo tired, but I had sooo much work to do that I had to suck it up and go in anyway. Guess who got stuck writing the report from the trip to washington even though she wasn't supposed to be there? yep, on top of catching up on all my crazy work. Then, one of my co-workers stiffed me on her portion of the work so I had to pick up her slack.

 

Yesterday I had a bit of a tiff with my boss and I had to bring work home with me and as a result I missed my tennis class and my poor furbabies didn't get any attention.

 

Today I got an email stating that I was 'unseccessful' in the hiring process for the promotion that I thought I was a shoe-in for. I can't even begin to express my disappointment here. Apparantly I didn't adequately demonstrate that I have netoworking skills. Give me a break! I should have told them about my DK network.

 

Other random crummyness:

-All my attempts to self-medicate have gone awry: the shopping was great until I saw the bill; the ice cream I bought was bad (yes, there is bad ice cream - chocolate peanut butter by hagen daz. too salty!); I can't lay under the covers and feel sorry for myself because my doodle is hyper and I have to throw the ball or else she will harass the kitty.

-I've been busy/away so Sophie hasn't been getting enough exercise so she's been waking up at 5am, ready to go. Less sleep for me.

-I accidentally deleted my DRC account and had to sign up all over again.

-The friend who is staying with me just happily announced that she will be staying all summer (kill me now).

-I found out an ex-boyfriend got engaged.

-I stubbed my toe.

-The forcast is calling for rain all week-end.

 

AND, the icing on the sh!tty cake? I figured out that my poor doodle has giardia again (!!!BLEEP!!!). Another $80 vet bill and a few more weeks of rice and ground beef. My doggie play date this evening is cancelled. I was nearly in tears by the time I left the office today, only to find myself walking home in a thunderstorm.

 

I swear you can't make this stuff up.

 

I'd love to hear about what others do to recover from a bad week. Not even my lovely doodle and sweet kitty are able to jolt me out of my funk tonight. Usually taking my doodle to the dog park perks me right up, but it's raining and she can't go given the giardia anyway. At least my nighbour is stopping by with a bottle of wine which will certainly help.  ... oh wait, never mind. she just sent a text to cancel.

 

I'm sure there's a bright side somewhere. I just need someone to point it out to me...

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

Sherri - all I can say is that I am so sorry your week was this bad.  You will laugh about it later but not for a while.  Hang in there - remember this is why God made the grape - to give us wine!!!  LOL

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Your week was HORRIBLE!  My bad week: finally went on our first RV retirement trip and the first night we got an emergency call that my mother had fallen. We were worried all night and didn't sleep until we got the diagnosis call.  She broke her femur up near the hip.  We raced home only to find out that her surgery had to be postponed for 2 days because she was on bloodthinners.  She laid in the emergency room until the night before her surgery and we  sat with her every agonizing moment.  My children got her newly rescued dog and are caring for him.  Now we are post-surgery and she is so mentally confused that she thinks she is hearing Christmas music and lives at the hospital (that is when she knows it is a hospital! Earlier today she thought she was in a garage - and she has the window side of the room!).  She goes to re-hab tomorrow or Monday.  I had to set up to visit and choose the rehab, set up to pay her bills permanently, clean up and water her plants, catch up on her laundry, get the new dog neutered, wash and pack her clothing for re-hab..... I am exhausted - at least I am not the one with the broken leg.  Oh yes - poor doodles - I leave in the morning and return after dark.

Oh, did I also mention that the air conditioning in the car broke after we just got it fixed and that they can't seem to get the correct part, Hopefully, on Monday....

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Sherri I really am sorry you are having such a hard time having to deal with all you have this past week. It is good to vent and certainly nice to hear all the great things we DK friends can share. How nice that we have eachother to bounce this stuff off of.

SOunds to me that the stress of your job makes everything else just that much more magnified. I just left a very political, stressful, demanding job in Feb. and I was having weeks like this every week because I just couldn't handle even the small stuff in life anymore. And like you it was making me physically sick. Sounds to me like a promotion is the last thing you need from an already stressful, demanding and political job. Consider them having done you a favor!! Keep smiling and hug your doodle. It will get better.

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[Denise & Hunter!!!]

Sherri, that was one crappy week. Ugh. I can totally feel your misery. I swear we have to be able to complain to each other or we would go insane. Here are some positive's for you: the promotion could have meant less time with your fur babies, the ex-boyfriends fiencee cannot possibly be as beautiful as you - I think I heard her face could scare the hair off a dogs butt :-). Now you can get a bottle of wine and not have to share with anyone :-).

[Bonnie and Kona]

I am so sorry.  Having it all clump into one week is miserable. The worst part is that your job (politics) sounds horrible. In this economy that really is awful. Now that you've made a list of all the bad stuff that has happened, it might help to try to make a list of things for which you can be grateful. It is supposed to help. Blessings upon you dear DK friend!

[Camilla and Darwin]

Oh no, that sounds awful. You need to have a night for yourself, just relax and try to feel better!

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Sherri, I too had an awful week, first I have pneumonia again and feel like crap still after 5 days of antibiotics, I had to go in to work because, well I have to. Managed to take yesterday off for a doodle romp, it drizzled and rained but we did still have a nice time, today I am paying the price for being out in that weather (I so wanted to go anyway).

However, the worst thing that happened was my friend who lost her 21 year old daughter on June 4th ended up having open heart surgery on Wed...she did fantastic and is now the proud owner of 3 stints. I am grateful and thankful that she is doing fine and praise God for that miracle.

I hope your next week is better, it can't be worse, right?!

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

I one particularly dark point in my life (sucky job etc.) I came across the book "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff" in the Atlanta airport.  I can honestly say that book changed my life (Instantly) or at least my outlook on many of the things that were making my life miserable.  I still think back to it at tough times now.

[BG and Gavin]

Take a hot bath, pop in a movie you love but have seen 10 times as least so you won't be mad if you fall asleep, get 10 tennis balls to toss from the couch to entertain the doodle while you relax, turn off your phone and your computer and just tune out for a while :)  Sorry for your crappy week.

[F, Calla & Luca]

It will get better! You need to write a list. List the easily solved, will solve themselves, nothing I can do about it, long range fixes etc. Important, not important etc.. Figure out what you can change and what you can't. Remind yourself that some things, stubbed toe for instance, tend to occur when we're rushed or stressed. But some things like a stubbed toe or a cold will get better with a little time. "Friends" don't announce that they are staying for the summer. If you don't want your friend to stay tell her that this doesn't work for you. Bad ice cream can go in the trash so solve the easily solved. But having lived for many years I assure you everything on your list is transient and sorry to say, things could be far worse. Nobody is terminally ill or has died and the rest is just "stuff".