I can never experience too much joy
Jun. 25th, 2014 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greatbearI apparently have some sort of curse. Seemingly without fail, when things seem to be going my way, I am happy, productive, enjoying life basically, something will come around to smack me back down. It has come to the point where I can foresee the big slapdown happening. No, I can't predict what exactly that "slapdown" entails, but it like a deatheater cloud lurking around some corner ready to pounce when things are at their rosiest. Lately, life has been pretty damn good here at Mayhem Acres. Jeff and I are getting married, as most of you know from recent posts (and have been reading). We've been working our literal asses off getting the house and yard in order for the big day. We enlisted Jeff's sister and nephew for a few days of help here too, taking them out for nice dinners and a trip to the Baltimore Aquarium to let his (our, actually) nephew experience new things. It's not all work, at least for guests. The driveway and work area as well as the building that comprise the Garage of Mayhem have been pressure washed and are so clean you can literally eat off of the concrete. To top it off, Jeff and I became grand-uncles once again with the birth of little Brooke. In short, lots of really good things have been happening.
You can probably guess that what lurks around the corner is done lurking.
I had to get fuel for the big truck after one of our myriad trips to the garden supply center. Jeff was concerned since I was holding onto my wallet because the gym shorts I had been wearing all day had no pockets, so he took it from me, put it in his pocket for safe keeping. The next day I went looking for it since I had to run several errands and it was nowhere to be found. We turned the house inside out searching for it, along with the vehicles, yard, garage, everywhere we had been and most places we hadn't. It's gone. Along with several credit and debit cards, driver's license, medical insurance IDs, and at least two hundred in cash. So, after a weekend of incredible progress and joy, my Monday was spent in an angry funk, searching and re-searching for the damn wallet to no avail. Jeff came home earlier to help with the search, though fruitless. He's upset, I am at the point where the tiniest thing sets me off. Today Jeff came home early again and will be off of work until Tuesday so we can continue prepping for the wedding. But a lot of that prep is being pushed aside as I begin the agonizing process of getting new credit/debit cards, license, etc. To top it off, I stopped by the one credit union to get the new cards. Well, I couldn't without ID. I left in a huff saying that I will be back when I get the new license. Turns out that is a process that will take about a week, as the replacement gets mailed to the house. I plan on calling the credit unions to tell them any charges that might show up on the cards are not going to be my responsibility. I am hoping the wallet is lost here at the house and not in possession of someone else. So far, all the accounts look untouched except by me. The bright side of this is I can finally reposition all of my automatic payments and such to the more local credit union versus the one where I used to work. Still, this is an annoyingly frustrating ordeal.
So, I am trying my best not to let this cast a dark cloud over our big day. Things can turn out even worse, given the circumstances. Presently, I am totally unable to buy anything locally or get any money out of my accounts until I get the new cards or at least the license. I no longer have any valid photo ID. I did place a few last minute online orders using open accounts and have them on rush shipments, but nothing local unless I pester Jeff. Aaargh. Not good at all.
This is why I have a difficult time trying to enjoy myself or truly let go and enjoy life. I must not be meant to be completely happy, because there will be consequences with impeccable timing. Without fail. It's because of this I am really beginning to hate my life more and more with every one of these damn occurrences.
You can probably guess that what lurks around the corner is done lurking.
I had to get fuel for the big truck after one of our myriad trips to the garden supply center. Jeff was concerned since I was holding onto my wallet because the gym shorts I had been wearing all day had no pockets, so he took it from me, put it in his pocket for safe keeping. The next day I went looking for it since I had to run several errands and it was nowhere to be found. We turned the house inside out searching for it, along with the vehicles, yard, garage, everywhere we had been and most places we hadn't. It's gone. Along with several credit and debit cards, driver's license, medical insurance IDs, and at least two hundred in cash. So, after a weekend of incredible progress and joy, my Monday was spent in an angry funk, searching and re-searching for the damn wallet to no avail. Jeff came home earlier to help with the search, though fruitless. He's upset, I am at the point where the tiniest thing sets me off. Today Jeff came home early again and will be off of work until Tuesday so we can continue prepping for the wedding. But a lot of that prep is being pushed aside as I begin the agonizing process of getting new credit/debit cards, license, etc. To top it off, I stopped by the one credit union to get the new cards. Well, I couldn't without ID. I left in a huff saying that I will be back when I get the new license. Turns out that is a process that will take about a week, as the replacement gets mailed to the house. I plan on calling the credit unions to tell them any charges that might show up on the cards are not going to be my responsibility. I am hoping the wallet is lost here at the house and not in possession of someone else. So far, all the accounts look untouched except by me. The bright side of this is I can finally reposition all of my automatic payments and such to the more local credit union versus the one where I used to work. Still, this is an annoyingly frustrating ordeal.
So, I am trying my best not to let this cast a dark cloud over our big day. Things can turn out even worse, given the circumstances. Presently, I am totally unable to buy anything locally or get any money out of my accounts until I get the new cards or at least the license. I no longer have any valid photo ID. I did place a few last minute online orders using open accounts and have them on rush shipments, but nothing local unless I pester Jeff. Aaargh. Not good at all.
This is why I have a difficult time trying to enjoy myself or truly let go and enjoy life. I must not be meant to be completely happy, because there will be consequences with impeccable timing. Without fail. It's because of this I am really beginning to hate my life more and more with every one of these damn occurrences.
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Date: 2014-06-25 05:07 am (UTC)The timing sucks!
But life gets better Phil, and I know that you understand this. :)
A microscope? Cool!
I love science, myself!
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Date: 2014-06-25 05:43 am (UTC)And, because I've been away from LJ for such a long time, I wish you 'congratulations' to you and Jeff!
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Date: 2014-06-25 11:38 am (UTC)I believe I know what happened, but still "my stuff" is out there ... It's ok to be angry, but don't let it ruin the happy times ahead next week.
Big HUGS!
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