Generally, I consider myself a fairly optimistic person… I've found my life, while not perfect, contains far more in the way of sunshine and flowers than rain and toads. Actually, I like both rain and toads, so scratch that comparison and instead just note that my life is generally lovely. Generally. The last seven days have been quite disappointing and I am thus giving my week an overall satisfaction rating of 2, on a scale of 1 to 10. My justification for such a rating:
I’ve had no leads for a subtenant for my office building: -28
I had to sit through a Chamber of Commerce meeting, which turned out to not be a nifty networking opportunity (as I had hoped) and instead just an expensive meal with few vegetarian options: -8
It rained on me on the way back from the meeting: -1
My student still hasn’t shown up for his tutoring session: -3
I’m going to charge him for the session anyway: +2
I’m having staff problems at work: -18
I was turned down for a terribly nifty job: -20
Overall, my financial situation for this summer looks dismal: -42
I found out on Friday that my ex-husband married the person he had an affair with and they are expecting a child in September. As much as this theoretically has no impact on my life whatsoever, I still found myself clutching the edge of the toilet: -60
The person who was my best friend for a significant portion of my life helped to plan their wedding: -60
The wedding was on April 1st, making for an excellent built-in April Fools Day joke. I do love built-in jokes: +58
I sent away my laptop for two weeks to be fixed, and they forgot to fix my battery and instead just wiped my hard-drive: -22
I had backed-up all my files in advance: +12
I talked them into just sending me a new battery rather than requiring me to send my laptop away for an additional two weeks: +4
I continue to have a lovely source of snuggles, sex, and companionship while doing math problems on table coverings in Italian restaurants: +100
Said source of such goodness is being sent away by a mystical being generally known as Williams Sonoma for the entire summer: -70
Based on all the above negatives, god apparently hates me: -1,000,000,000
I don’t believe in god, so the fact that he/she/it hates me has no relevance to my emotional sanity: +1,000,000,000
To end with additional positive notes, in the past week I have not been hit by a car (+53), struck by lightening (+53), or maimed by a wild boar (+52).
I conclude: my week shall receive a fully justified, highly scientific satisfaction rating of 2. With this compilation, I shall officially reset my “week meter” and begin accumulating points for a new score.
I’m off to a writing workshop in Rowe, MA and won’t be around to post/respond to emails/etc. until Monday. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend, preferably with high satisfaction ratings all around!
