A Post of ARGH! No Sunshine and Lollipops Today

Monday begins a week of Jury Duty, something I really am NOT looking forward to. Chickie will have to work for me on Monday, for at least part of the day if not all of it, and of course my entire schedule for the week is up in the air. If I actually get selected for a jury and the case extends past this week, I might be stuck for longer than a week. For many people it's a minor inconvenience. For me it's a serious issue - I run a business and there are only three of us on staff. I've been excused in the past, but not this time. This time the state is insisting that I appear and serve. 

ARGH

That's totally F__ked up! 

I really could do without this. I got an 
extension once, but they refuse to grant 
me one again, and also refuse to allow 
me to pull out as a small business owner. 

I'll have to park in a parking ramp. I get paid all of $20/day plus 54 cents a mile to and from ($11.66). That's not going to go far to offset the costs of a parking ramp. But ... no choice. It's winter and parking on the street doesn't work in the winter. Plus, parking meters are set for a 2 hour maximum. Great for shoppers, not so great for workers or drudges like people on a jury. 

GRRRR - just GRRRR.

So, that's my week ahead. Thank goodness I have the opportunity to still get in my treadmill or swimming every day, but I won't be able to be there and at the shop every day, so that's going to be a problem for everyone. What a mess! GRRRRRR. 

I'm sure there are other things on my mind. But frankly, right now all else pales in the face of this reality. Of course, DH isn't talking to me yet again because he's "too stressed out" about getting the store ready to close. And of course I'm just beating my head against the proverbial wall yet again, trying to get through to him that there are good ways and bad ways to go about this, and that his way just isn't going to work well enough in the time we have. Additionally, he's having fits because I finally have firm dates for the family reunion and want to go to New York a week earlier to get an opportunity to spend some time in the various museums of the city before family festivities commence. Apparently that's unreasonable, and I admit the timing could have been better. But still. 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an Egyptian 
collection of 26,000+ items and I want to spend a 
day or two or more just looking at what they have. 

So, it's been a post of complaint today. I don't indulge often, I'm usually trying to be upbeat, as much as possible, because we live in a world of hurt and sorrow. But I'm not achieving sunshine and lollipops today, so I beg your forgiveness. Have an excellent weekend. I'll be able to post on Monday, and we'll see from there if I have time for full posts every day or just quick pops in to reassure my readers that I'm still alive and well. Slava Ukraini.