The Summer Of Suck
August 29, 2007
Many people are lamenting the fact that September starts this week, that the days are getting shorter, that fall is imminent and summer is fading away.
I am not. I am very happy to see the turn of the seasons this year, because this summer has mostly sucked shit through a rag.
Okay, I'm not totally happy to see the days get shorter, but it's a small price to pay for overall improvement.
Let's review the reasons why 2007 was The Summer of Suck:
- Job uncertainty -- from the initial announcement of the reorganization to the revelation of the new structure to the applying for jobs to the decisions made, the whole process sucked. It's like a Law of Corporate Life. No matter how hard the organization tries to do this type of thing right, it will suck.
- No real vacation, as in a week off doing nothin'. A week of lolling and sipping cool drinks; a week of reading trashy novels and indulging in naps -- whatever, it didn't happen.
- Got fired from the paid blogging gig. Just not mommybloggish enough, evidently.
- I did not juggle or write much of anything, two of the things I most like to do. Why? Eh. I don't know. Depression, tiredness, lack of motivation... I can come up with plenty of excuses.
- And, of course, the biggest reason of all -- Mom's illness and decline has totally thrown all of us for a loop. I don't care how nice a nursing home is, it's still a sad place.
Of course it hasn't been all bad. There have bright flashes of fun and happiness and light: a weekend with friends, two weddings, our anniversary, Memoranza. Joe has been my rock. I got my job.
Best of all, Mom stayed with us, and may even get to go home.
So bring on fall! It's gotta be better than this summer.