Bad Week

This past week hasn't been a good one for me. Physically everything has been absolutely fine but there have been a lot of things going on and they all seemed to be happening at the same time. There have been issues with the youngest kidlet, there was a massive storm that caused some issues and increased stress with my work. We were also supposed to be having our landlords come and look our house over to make sure everything was fine.

Now, don't get me wrong, I love our landlords. They are amazing people and have been great with communication and dealing with problems. Last year's visit was very quick as they just wanted to drop off some furnace filters and have a quick peek at the place. This year, I wasn't sure if the same thing was in store or if they would want to spend more time looking around.

That was part of the problem. I have been working a lot and the house wasn't in as good a shape organizationally as I wanted it to be. Its clean but it was cluttered and I was worried about the impression that would give. I also worried that there would be nobody here to help me control our 80lb dog that has a serious case of stranger danger. All of those things were causing me to stress out and on top of that, my writing work had picked up steam. Trying to take care of that on top of working 40 hours had me just about panicking.

I will admit, I could have handled it better. My attitude was not the best. I felt frustrated because I didn't know how to keep on top of everything and was panicking that things wouldn't go well for the inspection. On top of that, I was finding that text messaging was more frustrating than reassuring. Sometimes, while it is convenient, I need to hear a human voice. I'm a little old. I'm allowed to feel that way.As a result of my stress and frustration, I was a bit snarky when communicating with Master. There's a correction in my immediate future to address that.

Luckily, everything seems like it has turned out and better than expected. The walk through is done. The last, lingering school year stuff is cleared away and work is going well again. I just hope that I will be able to sit down and that this correction will be enough to keep me in a better frame of mind for the foreseeable future.