you just know it's going to be a good day when...
...before even getting ready for work, you get a call from your mother that she opens with, "i think we need to talk - I feel like everytime we talk about anything, you always end up upset with me." oh geez. good job, mom. this has been going on for a long time (years even) and you just now realize it, today, at 7:30 on a wednesday morning?!?! so we talk. i tell her how it upsets me that's she's critical of me, how nothing i do or any decision i make is ever good enough or correct, and how it really upsets me when she says unfounded, negative things about brett. i was even able to give her specific examples of all these things from the last couple months. i don't think she got it. i didn't even get into the fact that she always has to be the center of attention (something that i fear is going to really make me angry at my wedding - i'm sorry, but it's not her day - not in any part. it's our day, and by ours, i mean mine & brett's) at least if she did begin to grasp anything i said, i don't think she understood that this isn't a problem she's developed in the last few months - this has been something that has spanned the last several years. she concluded the conversation with "i guess i just don't know you at all." nice. now granted, i've always been more of a daddy's girl. but this is partly b/c i think that mine and my dad's personalities are more similar. plus, he's very smart, logical, can carry on an intelligent conversation, and other things like that, that i relate well to. i used to be so jealous of all my girlfriends who had these great relationships, friendships even, with their mothers. somewhere along the way, i guess i decided that was impossible with my mother.
so, after hanging up the phone, i quickly get ready for work, hoping that the day would improve - i mean, with that kind of start, it just has to get better, right?
well, around 10:00 or so, the water for the entire street of elm hill pike is turned off - something to do with a water main - and we're told it won't be back on until 6PM. ok, no big deal, we can leave and drive somewhere if we need to go to the bathroom. but no - around 11, we all start noticing that the office is getting really hot. apparently the air conditioning system is water-cooled or something like that, so no water = no air. great - it's going to be the likely the hottest day yet this year, the walls of the building are mostly made of glass which does not help. well, at 11:30, they make an announcement that we can go home at any point if we wish, however, we needed to consider that this week is our fiscal year end (there are so many things that have to be done for this), and stay accordingly. so, i decide to stay and get some work done before heading out. my goal was to skip lunch to avoid coming back to another hour in the heat and leave around 2:00. well, just as i was shutting down my computer around 2:20, the air came back on. just my luck. so i sat back down and began working again. at 4:00, i went to my boss and was like, hey, i'm leaving, i skipped my lunch thinking i would get more done and leave this afternoon before it started getting even hotter, so not only have i spent most of the day almost sweating, but most other people have already bailed, plus i'm starting to not feel well since i haven't eaten today. he looked at me like he was going to say no, but i think he saw i was determined to walk out, and he replied simply with "ok, fair enough, see you tomorrow."
what a day! however, i did get dinner at chili's, so that makes everything just a little bit better.
so, after hanging up the phone, i quickly get ready for work, hoping that the day would improve - i mean, with that kind of start, it just has to get better, right?
well, around 10:00 or so, the water for the entire street of elm hill pike is turned off - something to do with a water main - and we're told it won't be back on until 6PM. ok, no big deal, we can leave and drive somewhere if we need to go to the bathroom. but no - around 11, we all start noticing that the office is getting really hot. apparently the air conditioning system is water-cooled or something like that, so no water = no air. great - it's going to be the likely the hottest day yet this year, the walls of the building are mostly made of glass which does not help. well, at 11:30, they make an announcement that we can go home at any point if we wish, however, we needed to consider that this week is our fiscal year end (there are so many things that have to be done for this), and stay accordingly. so, i decide to stay and get some work done before heading out. my goal was to skip lunch to avoid coming back to another hour in the heat and leave around 2:00. well, just as i was shutting down my computer around 2:20, the air came back on. just my luck. so i sat back down and began working again. at 4:00, i went to my boss and was like, hey, i'm leaving, i skipped my lunch thinking i would get more done and leave this afternoon before it started getting even hotter, so not only have i spent most of the day almost sweating, but most other people have already bailed, plus i'm starting to not feel well since i haven't eaten today. he looked at me like he was going to say no, but i think he saw i was determined to walk out, and he replied simply with "ok, fair enough, see you tomorrow."
what a day! however, i did get dinner at chili's, so that makes everything just a little bit better.