Uh oh… the dumpster fire mug is back. Nothing has gone horribly wrong, but this week was a series of mini-emergencies, and when it came time to choose a mug my hand naturally reached for this one.
Our TV stopped working (during football playoffs???) My son’s luggage was lost on his flight back to school (but was luckily found.) His contacts didn’t arrive in time- supposedly because of the weather situation- so we had to mail them to him at school, and he got them the day he used his last pair. We forgot to order the music for my daughter’s flute solo in a timely manner (she was playing off a copy, and you need the original for contest) and it arrived one day before she needed it.
The biggest freakout was, my son’s college told us we owed them $24,000. GAAAAAAH. It turned out one of his teachers hadn’t registered him for class this semester, so he wasn’t considered a full-time student, and one of his scholarships didn’t come through. Luckily that was fixed as well, one day before classes started.
Everything worked out, but obviously this isn’t a fun way to live. When my husband got up this morning he saw me looking at my phone and said “What’s the emergency du jour?” Not everything was our fault, but some of it was- we really need to pull it together.
Let’s move on. Another thing I would tell you over coffee is that I got my copy of The Blue Castle for Engie’s book club. I like to think I was the deciding vote, because I voted for this book on the last day, and Engie said it won by one vote (so if anyone doesn’t like it, you can blame me.)
Of course, AFTER I voted I discovered that my library doesn’t carry this book. Oops. I ordered it from Amazon, and I had a nice choice of covers! I chose this one:
The last thing I would talk about over coffee is our weather. Brrr…
Okay, hear me out. I know this isn’t cold compared to the rest of the country! But this is very unusual for us. Cold, drizzly and gloomy just isn’t normal South Florida weather. And look at Saturday! I hope we’ll finally see the sun.
I definitely shouldn’t complain though- northern Florida got a ton of SNOW (nine inches in some areas!) I’m sure those cities were completely paralyzed. Southern cities can’t function with even a couple inches of snow, let alone nine. So I’m not complaining about our weather… I just feel bad for anyone coming down for a beach vacation. This is definitely not what you expect from Florida!
Are you joining the Cool Blogger’s BOok Club? Have you gotten your copy of the book yet?
How was your week? Any mini-emergencies?
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Your husband’s comment reminded of a meme from the summer of 2020…a news station looking graphic that says
BREAKING NEWS
Oh What the Fuck Now?
Some weeks are just like that. I’m glad that mostly things turned out OK, did you have to get a new TV? We had to get one a few months ago, and I love it. I never wanted a bigger TV, I thought, but this one is bigger and it’s great. Also better picture.
I’m doing CBBC, and ordered my book, but it doesn’t come until Monday. I like the idea of having all of my CBBC books together on a shelf, so I didn’t even check with the library. I like your cover. If I get the cover that I ordered, it’s yellow.
That sounds like a VERY stressful week. I was stressful just reading about it!
And as a San Franciscan, those temps look cold. When our lows are in the upper 30s and our highs are in the mid-50s we thing it’s VERY cold.
I hope you have a nice weekend, and get some sun.
PS, I really liked your “Besr Days Ahead” post and plan to write a response post myself soon. Really got me thinking.
Oh boy, that really sounds like you had quite a week. Nothing much here but I do get the “pulling together” part. I am currently struggling a bit with the whole political situation and need to figure out how much news I can stomach.
I have to check out the CBBC – I have been a bit out of the loop. Most days I am glad when I get to bed before 11pm and mostly everything is done that needed doing.