Come join my pity party!

It seems everyone I've talked to over the past week has had as much or more to gripe about as me. I would say this week has shaped up to be an all time low for the year.

Monday: Got dumped via email by nice but apparently clueless guy I'd been intensely dating for all of 3 weeks. I'm tempted to tell his mommy on him since she seemed to have failed at instructing him in basic ettiquette.


Tuesday: While still in a daze from my heartache, I tried to distract myself by taking the kids to the swimming pool. I let my worry guard down! What was I thinking??? I remember walking in and thinking "Creston Park feels like such a friendly, safe place, I'm so glad we live in this neighborhood." So, I had my purse and the bag with all of our pool stuff. I didn't have a lock and with my feelings of security for some reason made the very dumb choice that it seemed safer to leave my purse in the locker where it wouldn't be visible than out on the lawn. We piled all of our clothes and extra towels on top of it, shut the door and went swimming. Well, I'm sure you can all see where this is going. We came back to the locker ready to shower and get ready for an evening of fun at an outdoor concert, but something wasn't right. The locker wasn't as full as it had been. OH NO!!! My purse was gone. I immediately rushed out to the front desk to report it and had all the lifeguards looking around although I'm sure the thief was long gone. I called the police who considered it a non-emergency and then had to comfort my two scared and dripping wet children to get ourselves home. yes, this is when I realize all the things that were gone. Besides the contents of my purse which included my cell phone, wallet, ID, debit card, car keys and camera, they took: 1)Our shampoo! Well, we weren't goign to take the time to wash our hair at that point. Never mind that I had colored my hair not 3 days before and I was likely to completely fry it by leaving the chlorine in. 2) Our towels! Fortunately with all the running around to call the police, we had sort of drip dried. 3) Ian's shirt! He had to just go shirtless. 4)ONE of my shoes!!!! This was teh worst of all. So, without my car keys, we couldn't drive home. Without my cell phone, I couldn't call anybody. And even though the pool staff let me use their phone, who could I call? I don't have anyone's phone numbers memorized. Okay, I had 2 - I knew both my sister's numbers and neither answered. Without my wallet, I couldnt' pay a cab. Without my shoes, we were looking at a long walk. Big bummer! Fortunately the pool staff lent me a pair of flip-flops. Big kudos to the Creston Pool staff!!!! Thanks for all their help.

The past day and a half has been spent trying to replace all the things I lost. It got very expensive - I've spent around $600 now and I won't be able to replace my camera for a while. I won't ever recover the pictures on my phone and camera, or the sound of Ian's voice saying "telephone mommy" that I recorded, the "LOVE" that Betsy spelled with toys on the floor that had been my phone's screensaver. I'm sad for that.

The upside is that my sister Joanne was my savior! She was there in my time of need to watch my kids while I did stuff and then to drive me around to run errands. We actually had a fun day hanging out yesterday. And nothing bad happened really. We are all safe, it's only money.

Wednesday: After a long day of running around town, I started to feel a scratchy throat. Then I started to feel feverish. By morning, my throat hurt so bad I couldn't sleep and I am exhausted from all the stress of this week. So the kids are at the sitter and I am just trying to get better. Imagine the sound of the air coming out of a balloon and that's how I feel.