It's Been a Week From HELL

"PatBateman" (PatBateman) 11/12/2015 at 11:49 • Filed to: FML

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Seriously, this sucks.

Saturday morning, I was at one of my best friend’s side when he died in the hospital. Sunday, my daughter’s cheer team came in last in their competition. Yesterday, I put said friend in the ground, then got into an argument with my sister over the phone. Last night, my dad called me to gripe at me about getting into said sibling tiff (I am a married 38 year old father of three, but some things never change). Today, I’m stuck at home with a four year old that has a bad neck cramp (she slept on it wrong). Luckily, I don’t have any meetings scheduled for today, but I was going to schedule a ton of meetings for next week. Oh, and now I have to take a day from my family vacation the week of Thanksgiving to drive my ass from San Antonio to Austin to close on a real estate transaction that was supposed to close this Monday.

I would say that Friday night will be a once every six months drunk night, but I have to get up at 5 am Saturday to help prep TWO of my daughters for yet another cheer competition.

I know that I still should be thankful for everything that I have (home, family, health, flexible job, etc), and that plenty of other people are having shittier weeks than I am, but this crap still sucks.

I better be due for some positive mojo soon.

crowmolly > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 11:57

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Sending some positive vibes your way, that sounds like a hell of a bad streak. Sorry to hear about your friend.

My citroen won't start > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 11:57

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Here have a laugh, and maybe go outside for a bit and have a smoke if you are into that.

PatBateman > crowmolly 11/12/2015 at 12:03

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I appreciate it. He had to go in for a triple bypass last Monday at the ripe old age of 45. He had complications Friday night. The emergency surgery wasn’t successful.

I’m just trying to get my head back in the game, and everything else going on isn’t helping.

PatBateman > My citroen won't start 11/12/2015 at 12:06

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This is what happens when direct translations don’t quite work out.

I normally don't smoke, but yeah... On it.

ttyymmnn > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 12:06

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Life: the variables are always different, but the result is the same. Hang in there.

spanfucker retire bitch > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 12:07

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TheHondaBro > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 12:10

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That exhaust though.

PS9 > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 12:16

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I wish I had the kind of life you live. Friends, family, a career, financial security, you have it all.

CalzoneGolem > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 12:16

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Just take it one bite at a time brother.

jariten1781 > My citroen won't start 11/12/2015 at 12:18

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For a while the Stradivarius wiki page had a line something akin to ‘also known as Antonio Stella bottom tile’...made me chuckle.

edit: found one...apparently it was vandalized a ton of times after the ashens thing came out: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti…

StingrayJake > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 12:20

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PatBateman > ttyymmnn 11/12/2015 at 12:22

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LOL This reminds me of what I tell my clients:

“There will be up periods, and there will be down periods, but your portfolio is designed to succeed in the long term.”

Thanks, Bud.

Ash78, voting early and often > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 12:23

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Partial solution: have daughters write/choreograph a cheer routine just for you!

Perspective: You’re still doing better than probably 4-5 billion other people. The worst periods of first world living only move that ranking by a couple notches.

Support: Praying for you, seriously. Even if you’re not into that kind of thing, there’s a saying that God doesn’t give you anything you aren’t equipped to handle, as trying as it may be.

PatBateman > spanfucker retire bitch 11/12/2015 at 12:23

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I'm married, so that might cause a divorce and additional future bitching on Oppo. However, I like your sentiment.

PatBateman > TheHondaBro 11/12/2015 at 12:24

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It is magnificent(ly ridiculous), isn't it?

PatBateman > PS9 11/12/2015 at 12:27

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Like I said, I’m grateful for all I have. It’s still been a rough one, though.

It'll all fall into place for you eventually.

PatBateman > CalzoneGolem 11/12/2015 at 12:27

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As long as it's not a shit sandwich every day, I'll be okay.

PatBateman > Ash78, voting early and often 11/12/2015 at 12:35

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Yeah, my worst day is better than a lot of people’s best day (with everything going on in the rest of the world, we all can say that). “I complained that I had no shoes, until I met someone who had no feet.”

Rico > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 13:05

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Sorry to hear about all this. As the saying goes when it rains, it pours but you’ll overcome and things will be okay again. Hopefully you hit a good luck streak soon to balance all of this out.

USA-NSA-NSFW-WTF-FFS > PatBateman 11/12/2015 at 13:56

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Glassman meets Wrecking Hearse. How appropriate. Poor lambo, though.

Deputy Kovacs > PatBateman 11/13/2015 at 09:13

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Sorry to hear about your friend—life is way too fragile.

Keep grindin’. Imagine the feeling when you conquer all.

Eli's Got 2 > PatBateman 12/17/2015 at 20:13

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I’m going to reply here, k? Juuuuust in case it gets weird. I’ve always commented on DS. My kinja account was made for DS. Lol

PatBateman > Eli's Got 2 12/17/2015 at 20:44

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Not a problem. No weirdness for me. Yes, I figured your account was made for DS and you were just “slumming it” elsewhere.

Just shocked me to see you in the comments section. :)