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Can't catch a goddamn break
14 years ago
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My partner's grandmother just died. This, in itself, sucks enough. But that's not the end of it.
He is also sick, again. He's been at war with this sinus/cough thing for, like, four months now. It comes back just as his grandma dies. Of course.
He wants me to come to the funeral with him. The wake is being held on Wednesday. In upstate New York.
We are in Minnesota.
I don't have a passport anymore, so we can't cut through Canada. That would've shaved many hours off of the trip.
I will be spending my birthday driving to a funeral.
And spending the weekend at his family's house, fighting for spare moments to finish the commission I've been working on all month. There's still at least 20 hours' work left (more if it gives me trouble, which it's been doing lately), and it's due at the end of the month. I don't know how things work on that side of his family, how much time I'll be expected to spend with them, how much time my partner will need me to be there with him, and how much I'll have free to do some work.
I'm not even there yet, and already I feel torn between responsibilities.
Oh, but that's not all. There's more.
The rubber grip on my tablet stylus has been eroding for about a year, and last night it finally fell off. The stylus feels completely different in my hand without it there. I wouldn't mind this — I'm adaptable — but in the final stretch of a large, paid project with a deadline? OH HELL NO.
And! And! And! One of the buttons fell off with the grip. Couldn't get it back on. I never use the buttons, so whatevs, but... that can't be a good sign. That fucker better not break. Not until the commission is done, anyway.
I might have to look into getting a new tablet once this piece is squared away. It's been about 2 years since the pressure sensitivity worked on mine, anyway. Modestly priced recs for brands/models, anyone?
In conclusion: FUCK THIS FUCKING FUCKTARDED FUCKSHIT PIGFUCKING GODDAMN SHITEATING FUCK!!! Seriously. It never ends.
He is also sick, again. He's been at war with this sinus/cough thing for, like, four months now. It comes back just as his grandma dies. Of course.
He wants me to come to the funeral with him. The wake is being held on Wednesday. In upstate New York.
We are in Minnesota.
I don't have a passport anymore, so we can't cut through Canada. That would've shaved many hours off of the trip.
I will be spending my birthday driving to a funeral.
And spending the weekend at his family's house, fighting for spare moments to finish the commission I've been working on all month. There's still at least 20 hours' work left (more if it gives me trouble, which it's been doing lately), and it's due at the end of the month. I don't know how things work on that side of his family, how much time I'll be expected to spend with them, how much time my partner will need me to be there with him, and how much I'll have free to do some work.
I'm not even there yet, and already I feel torn between responsibilities.
Oh, but that's not all. There's more.
The rubber grip on my tablet stylus has been eroding for about a year, and last night it finally fell off. The stylus feels completely different in my hand without it there. I wouldn't mind this — I'm adaptable — but in the final stretch of a large, paid project with a deadline? OH HELL NO.
And! And! And! One of the buttons fell off with the grip. Couldn't get it back on. I never use the buttons, so whatevs, but... that can't be a good sign. That fucker better not break. Not until the commission is done, anyway.
I might have to look into getting a new tablet once this piece is squared away. It's been about 2 years since the pressure sensitivity worked on mine, anyway. Modestly priced recs for brands/models, anyone?
In conclusion: FUCK THIS FUCKING FUCKTARDED FUCKSHIT PIGFUCKING GODDAMN SHITEATING FUCK!!! Seriously. It never ends.
