Man, what a weird day.
Started off strange as I was driving in to work at 7:30AM. I saw that my mom was calling. Okay, they never get up that early, so I knew it was some kind of urgent phone call. I answered, but the connection wasn’t going through, and we kept getting cut off.
Finally, we connected, and my mom started off in tears, “I love you very much…”
OK. Now I’m starting to freak out. My family is not affectionate or lovey-dovey very much. Sure, we share the occasional hug and whatnot, but we are not the kiss-huggy type, so surely this meant something terrible was coming after that.
But she went on, still sobbing, “I love you and I’m so proud of you and I know from Facebook that you’ve stopped drinking and I know that’s very hard…”
Long story short, I think she was ROYALLY PISSED at me for the puppy-sitting situation and the fact that I was annoyed at her shortness with me. I think I’d just put my mom and dad in an uncomfortable position and none of us really knew what to do with our feelings about it. I guess it had festered with her, and she wanted to let me know that she knew why I was “not very kind” to them (her words).
I told her that my not drinking was really not that big a deal and sure, I may have been a bit grumpy, but that was nothing to get all emotional about.
OY. I love my parents so much, and I appreciate the thoughts and emotions. But I hope that this is not the beginning of tears and drama with my folks. Regardless, I was VERY relieved that it wasn’t something terrible!!!
Get to work, drop off pup, and head to my offsite meeting. Day 2 of 4 day offsite meetings. The Bulldog has asked me to update him from time to time during the day with funny stuff from our meetings. I though it’d be fun.
Wouldn’t you know, the second I think I’m making inroads with him and he goes practically missing today. I texted him a few juicy tidbits from my meeting this morning and no answer. Finally, I asked him if he was alive via text. I got this back:
“sorta”
That’s all. A few hours went by, so I texted, “What’s wrong, sugar balls?”
Nothing for a couple of hours and then finally, close to the end of the workday, “bad day”
I asked him if there was anything I could do. No response. I called him when I got home from work. No answer. Finally I texted, “Hi. Are you ok?”
Nothing…until a couple of more hours later, “i am ok. i just feel like being anti social”
Fine. Whatever. No skin off my teeth. Just…well, please. In or out, motherfucker?
Moving on.
My puppy, Martini, is going to be a MODEL for my company’s new website! I’m so excited! She’s going to have all of these professional photos taken and she’ll be featured in some kind of tiny dog part of the site. I’m thinking it will be on the landing page or something. VERY excited about this!
The rest of the day was somewhat stressful considering I’m out of the office all this week and there’s so much to do!
I’m tired and I think I’ll go to bed now.
I believe today deserves a 4.5 rating. Good night, loves!
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!
GS
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