I hate it when I have one of those dreadful weeks where everything seems to be going wrong and it puts my mood in a tailspin.
On Sunday, the week got off to a great start when I got up. I was sitting at the computer when I saw movement out of the corner of my eye and saw a HUGE spider sauntering along the curtain rail. It's one of those big black monster things that live around the garden hut and was about two inches long. I freaked out and ran screaming from the room, waking my dad to come and deal with it for me. By the time he had dealt with it I was in hysterics. My nerves have been shot to hell all week and every time I go into a room I'm scanning for things with more legs than me. I'm so scared of the horrible things and I've been shaky and miserable all week. My dad thinks it's the biggest one he's ever seen in the house. Oh bloody brilliant. We better not start seeing more of these buggers in the house.
My bedroom is becoming another source of stress. It is such a mess at the moment. Shelves are overflowing with books and badly need tidied but until I read more books and clear the shelves a bit I just can't get it sorted. It's annoying me! Behind my reading chair is a small unit with cds and dvds in it and it needs to move into a new position but to get it out, I need to move the chair, everything under it and around it, everything behind the unit...it will take ages and the stuff will need sorted...ugh! Just Ugh! It'll be tiring and annoying and time consuming and I'm not looking forward to it. But looking at the mess is depressing me so I do need to get it done. I'm already aching today from a mass hoovering through the house last night. WHY CAN'T I HAVE A HOUSE ELF!!!!!
Yesterday, my dad went out to scrape a few bits of moss off the back fence so I can get it painted. I heard a shout from him and went to investigate. For some reason, in the space of a week, the bloody moss has quadrupled!!! There is now a ton of it to deal with and I just wanted to scream! It feels like a garden conspiracy as the weeds are also coming back up. We're talking about getting the whole lot concreted now. Yes it'll cost money but it might save us a lot of hassle every year, especially with my dad's knee as an ongoing issue and my lack of fitness and no green fingers.
My dad had a cortisone injection in his damaged knee back in April and it seemed to take all his pain away, allowing us to have that great holiday in June. Last night my dad finally admitted to me that the pain came back within two weeks of the injection and he has been concealing it from me since April, pretending that it is all fine. He was forced to tell me yesterday because his knee went from under him last night and he can't walk without severe pain now. I was horrified that he's hidden this from me and not went back to the doctor until now. He'll have to suffer this until his next hospital appointment which could still be weeks away. It is really depressing and wrecks all the DIY plans we had for the summer. I'm really not sure how much I'm fit to do myself but I'll need to get on with it.
So my dad and I are sitting in the house today, sulking and feeling sorry for ourselves today. It is like Chuckles House of Misery. I hate a week like this as it just feels like things are getting on top of us. It'll pass I know but it still hacks me off. I really hope this week gets better or we just get it over and done with quickly!
I hope you guys have had a better start to the week!
Oh man, sorry to hear about your dad. And that he's kept something like that from you. I'm sure that isn't helping with the general stress levels.
ReplyDeleteConcrete'ing everything gets a big fat thumbs up from me! Less work over time means more time for reading :-)
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We decided that concreting most of it will be for the best and be less work for us in the future. I do get mad when my dad keeps this health stuff to himself. He says he doesn't want to worry me but I certainly don't like being kept in the dark!
DeleteOh I hate hearing all of this! Those darn spiders better stay away. If Cass was there, he'd definitely bark them away from Auntie Chuckles. Your poor dad. Sounds like something my Gpa would do. I hope he can get some relief quickly. You guys need to only focus on what you can realistically do and not harm yourself trying to be Super Chuckles and Dad. And look at it this way, when you are reading, you are helping to address the bookshelf problem :) Hang in there my friend!
ReplyDeleteSpiders that size totally freak me out-even in wildlife parks when they are behind glass or whatever! Why can't they look like butterflies!!! The problem with my dad's knee is that he needs surgery but the NHS don't want to give it to him until he's 75 (about 10 years away) and they keep trying temporary fixes which aren't working. It's pretty frustrating.
DeleteSorry to hear that you are having a rotten week. Hopefully, Mr. spider didn't invite any of his friends to the party in your house and I do hope that your dad's knee improves.
ReplyDeleteI certainly hope nothing else that size is in the house! My nerves couldn't take it! My dad's knee won't improve sadly as he needs surgery. The ligaments around his knee are all ripped and torn but the doctors won't do the surgery and we don't have the money to go private.
DeleteThis sucks, sorry the week is getting off to a horrible start! It can only get better, right?
ReplyDeleteYour poor dad. Fingers crossed they can help him at his next appointment and that the treatment keeps him pain free for more than a couple of weeks!
The week did improve a bit as I took out my bad mood on tidying the house and getting small things done. It did help a bit! My dad is getting frustrated too-he took his anger out on painting the garden gate!
DeleteUrgh, hope things pick up soon. :(
ReplyDeleteMy mood is a bit better at the end of the week so that's good!
DeleteI'm sorry you both had such a stressful week. And spider's scare me too. I killed a big black one the other day and didn't realize until too late that it had babies on it's back. They went all over the place and I had to smash them all. Still gives me the shivers.
ReplyDeleteOh man that sounds like my worst ever nightmare! I've never had that happen to me with a spider and never EVER want to see it!!!
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