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This has been, no hyperbole, one of the worst weeks in totality in my life.
We begin with atrociously cold temperatures that kicked us down below -40F with the windchill all week long. Unceasing and never letting up, making driving a nightmare for even the daily commute.
Then in the span of 2 days my dog goes from getting lab tests done, to an ultrasound, to finding he has liver cancer, to which we need to put him down, days before Christmas. Our family sobbing, inconsolable for the rest of the day. But as you go through it, the pain starts to dull where it's more just missing him than anything.
Well heck, at least Christmas will brighten up the week. That'd be true, oh so true. But just an hour before going to the in-laws for Christmas Eve dinner, our furnace gives out. So I send my wife and child off so they can enjoy themselves while I sit in my cold house for hours on end. A furnace tech has been working away for hours now, troubleshooting and trying different parts, fans, you name it.
My wife comes back to pack an overnight bag for her and our daughter so that they can stay the night at her parent's, incredibly distraught over all of this stacking up against us, while I remain behind, on Christmas Eve, to see if the repairs will be successful at nearly 10 p.m. as I post this.
So yeah, while these do amount to 1st world problems by and large, holy shit they sure do seem amplified when smashed together like this.
Here's to next week being better.
We begin with atrociously cold temperatures that kicked us down below -40F with the windchill all week long. Unceasing and never letting up, making driving a nightmare for even the daily commute.
Then in the span of 2 days my dog goes from getting lab tests done, to an ultrasound, to finding he has liver cancer, to which we need to put him down, days before Christmas. Our family sobbing, inconsolable for the rest of the day. But as you go through it, the pain starts to dull where it's more just missing him than anything.
Well heck, at least Christmas will brighten up the week. That'd be true, oh so true. But just an hour before going to the in-laws for Christmas Eve dinner, our furnace gives out. So I send my wife and child off so they can enjoy themselves while I sit in my cold house for hours on end. A furnace tech has been working away for hours now, troubleshooting and trying different parts, fans, you name it.
My wife comes back to pack an overnight bag for her and our daughter so that they can stay the night at her parent's, incredibly distraught over all of this stacking up against us, while I remain behind, on Christmas Eve, to see if the repairs will be successful at nearly 10 p.m. as I post this.
So yeah, while these do amount to 1st world problems by and large, holy shit they sure do seem amplified when smashed together like this.
Here's to next week being better.