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Murphy was an optimist

December 11th, 2008 at 05:30 pm

I am ready to go hide in a little corner and refuse to interact with the world. I am getting tired of trouble shooting every single thing. Can't just one thing work without complication? Okay, that's unfair, but I have had a lot of things take unexpected directions lately.

I am one of those people who always plans defensively and am rather fond of Murphy's Law because it means I am always early and always prepared for problems. Unfortunately, you can only have so many potential problems become actual problems when you begin to wonder what is up.

House buying - built in extra time because I was afraid of a last minute problem scotching the deal. Problem came up but built in time saved the day.

Painting - built in extra time for repair, it took that time and then some

Moving - gave us an extra day then we normally have when we move and while we got all the big things moved, still have a few minor items and managed to forget food and cookwares.

Microwave - lost by UPS, kept an eye on it and got my refund.

Technicians - every single one has run well over their alloted time except for the DirectTV guy who just showed up at the end of his time but was quick. Aka, lots of time eaten up in waiting and watching other people work.

Moving van - company overcharged me by well over $100, am currently fighting this.

Car insurance - took much longer than it should have because we didn't have auto insurance before (course not, we didn't have a car)but finally got the right quote.

Washer Machine - water hoses are too short. Need to go get extensions or longer ones.

There was more but I have blocked the painful memories. :P

Okay, I feel better now. I am just getting tired of delegating potential problems to certain nights of the week so that I can solve one problem at a time. Thank goodness I bought a car so that I am more flexible on getting places.

Posted in Rants | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Murphy was an optimist”

  1. Ima saver Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 05:33 pm 1229016808
    1229016808

    Hope things go better for you from now on.!!

  2. gamecock43 Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 05:35 pm 1229016937
    1229016937

    I'm the same way you are...I plan my days in 1/2 hr time slots, even when I am going down the street! LOL...good luck in the future.

  3. Analise Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 06:24 pm 1229019881
    1229019881

    I loved the title to your post! Your sense of humor is always a good antidote for the problems that inevitably come up when you are in the process of moving and establishing a new household. But just think, soon you will be completely settled and you are about to spend your first Christmas in your new house. Wishing you a joyful holiday and best of luck in the future. Keep smiling.

  4. Caoineag Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 07:05 pm 1229022311
    1229022311

    Thanks Analise, after posting I feel much better but we are definitely being scrouges this year and are refusing to decorate despite the fact that we enjoy it. Just too much to do. Actually the holidays will help tremendously. We have two extra long holiday weekends coming up which will give us the time we need to work on things.

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