Spiral down

Eh, I'm going to write a somewhat moody post. You've been warned.

This week has been a truely miserable week and I have made a woeful circle ... wait, scratch that. Things have NOT been that bad. Before I start complaining what didn't go right, I want to give some credit to what did. Number one, my roommate got a new job and I took him out for drinks. That was fun, and it was a really decent thing to do. One of my best friends has always insisted on buying me a drink when I met some major accomplishment. Feels good to return the karmic favor.

And then I got sick the next day. I know, sucks, right? But I have a great job with understanding bosses who let me bail when I started coming down with a fever and kept things together for me until I got well. I also have a great doctor that, just a few hours after I was out the door, had me feeling much better again. And as for my wretched disease — strep throat, which had me out nearly a week after I last caught it — I delivered the KO in just a few days. Hooray for abbreviated misery!

Oh, and the cherry at the end of this week is getting to attend a very great info session on Drupal 7, learning everything that's changed from two very talented Drupal contributors, including one who actually oversaw the development of Drupal 7. Not only did I learn a ton, but I have the knowledge I need to push my personal sites to the next generation of web CMS and I have a roadmap to do the same (someday!) at my own job. Seriously, this is very exciting.

OK, now I think I've earned the right to complain.

So I end up talking to this guy on Monday while I'm having drinks with my roommate. I was a little shy to approach him at first, and I got the courage to do so and he seemed really cool. Kind of dorky, but cute and really fun.

Then the strep throat hit and, my God! If there's one routine sickness I hate more than strep throat, I haven't gotten it yet. It's a miserable disease and I was stricken with a fever for two days and couldn't sleep for more then one or two hours. You might say, "Yay! Two days off from work!" Well, there's nothing about a strep throat sick day that's fun ONE BIT. I ate Jello, condensed soup, and had to skip four of my fast runs this week. That really pisses me off. Being sick sucked, but texting the guy I met Monday actually helped me to feel better.

Couldn't really do anything about hanging out w/ him since I was sick and I also had my Drupal session. The session was Saturday and Sunday, all day, which basically nixed my weekend. Like I said, very interesting stuff, but I wish I could have gotten out to meet this guy.

Well, Sunday night, I want to see if he still wants to meet up next week — when I'm not sick or shuttered indoors — and suddenly I find out why he had been so quiet all weekend. Met someone else. Friday, when I was staying in recovering from my wicked sickness. What a bumrush.

As is life, I guess. This whole week feels like a miserable spiral, like I was running up something only to find myself falling down. What is interesting about it all is this week sort of typifies what I feel this whole year may be like. All in all, things are really good. I'm pushing that boulder up the hill, making progress every day, but I can't help but feel underfoot. I'm working toward something, but I'm not there yet. Progress is frustratingly slow and I have to expect setbacks now and then. But, come on!

Anyways, tomorrow is the start of another week. Certainly I won't be having strep throat again. Next weekend is wide open. I have five full days of fast runs ahead of me. See? I'm already back on the up and up.