Tough Day

This was just one of those days. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong.

I took the day off from work to have the Dish network guy come and install the Dish in my house. I figured with the entire day off I would have some time to do other things. Wrong.

From the minute the guy got here it was one thing after another. The receivers weren't programmed, the codes wouldn't activate them, the VCR wouldn't work with them, one of the TVs wouldn't work when the receiver was connected. It was 5 hours of insanity. Most of the network is working now although there are still a few bugs to work out. But...

I didn't get any other work done. I didn't make any progress on projects, I was mentally exhausted by 2:00pm and I still had to learn new songs and go to music practice at 4:00pm. The wife came home from work and was really unhappy about the VCR not working, my daughter called and said that her job was in jeopardy and her boyfriend just got laid off and she didn't know what they were going to do to survive. (this is still all before 4:00pm) I never did have the time to learn the new song so I have to go to practice somewhat unprepared.

As I drove to practice I had my wife on the phone and I was trying to walk her through the new system and she was still pretty ticked off especially when I hit a deadspot and my phone died. I got to practice and got jumped by the guy you try to avoid that is very kind at heart but really up in your face when he's going on about one thing or another.

I finally made it through practice, and I'm winding down getting ready to crash.

I'm really glad the day is over. I thank God that this is still the land of opportunity, I thank Him that I can still make choices about how I react to situations like this and I thank Him that tomorrow is another day, He still loves me and I am still excited about my future.