This is sabotage ! :)

@arkaf61 (10881)
Canada
March 23, 2008 5:45pm CST
It has to be. I mean if it keeps happening ever and ever again... there has to be something to it. Every time. Every single time that I have some free time and plan to do a few things here and there , rest, just relax, something happens to spoil the whole thing. I had 4 full days. No work. Classes resume tuesday. Today is hubby's birthday. So I had it all sort of planned. I would do some "housekeeping" on friday. SPend the evening on hubby's aunt house to have some time with his cousin that was leaving back to Japan on Saturday. THen Saturday I would proof read some report cards and rest. Today we would go out somewhere. Tomorrow I would do some more proof reading and rest some more. But no, that couldn't be. Grandma went to the hospital on Friday. I feel even a bit sorry thinking of her being ill as spoiling my plans, but the fact is that this is a pattern that keeps repeating itself.I can never take some time to really rest or do some of the things I planned. I can understand something like this happening every once in a while, that's life. But every single time????? It has to be some sort of sabotage, no? Does this happen to a lot of you too, or is it just me?
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@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
24 Mar 08
Stuff like this happen to me all the time. I mean if it can go wrong it probably will, pretty much says it all for me! I mean just the simple little things always go wrong. All i can say is hang in there. Keep trying. When the one time does happen you'll enjoy it more, and when it doesn't, you'll have been waiting so long it won't really bother you much that it doesnt!
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
LOL I guess that works for me. Good way of seeing things, and it covers both when it works and when it doesn't :):) But that it is annoying.. well , it is LOL
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
LOL that saying fits right in my alley too !
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
24 Mar 08
Yeah, me and "Annoying" are pretty good friends! Kind of like that old saying from Odessa,Texas that says....spit in one hand and poop in the other and see which fills up first!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
23 Mar 08
Sweet Twin when I was working and I had Days of yes that would happen to me but now not any more as I just plan every Day as it comes I do not plan to much ahead any more like I used to I wish though that it was still like that and that I would still have to plan things around my work and on Days of but I guess I won't any more Don't let it get you down Sweetie I understand you I really do but do not let it get to you I think the only way this will not happen is if you and Hubby go away for the Days of A Happy Birthday to him Sweetie Hugs
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
23 Mar 08
You're so right. GOing away on the days off will help tremendously :)I just wish we could hehehe Oh well, I still have tomorrow, and I told aunt that i will need to stay home because I have things to do still that didn't have the chance to do since friday. We'll see :)
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
24 Mar 08
Oh sure this does happen to me too. Not all the time but when it does I just go with the flow and keep going. Dont let it down and dont let it get to you. I think this happens to all of us. Hang in there!And Happy Birthday to your hubby.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
THe problem with me, my friend, is that for the last 10 years it has been happening all the time.No breaks in between so I don't get used to them :) I could say it's a phase.. it probably is, but it is a very, very long one :)
@hey_baby (425)
• Philippines
24 Mar 08
same here, i got 4 days off work for lent. i was waiting for that holiday for weeks, i had plans from start of day one. Now i'm back to work and i'm looking at my list. Only 2 out of 10 has been crossed out. But its my fault, my mood got in the way. Sometimes my plan works out as planned. I just don't count on that too much.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
Yes sometimes we have a chance to do the things but end up not doing them. I've had that before too, but now I don't even have a chance to procrastinate, life gets in the way and decides for me.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I blame stuff like that on the Ides of March...lol...even in November, but wait, we just came rolling off the Ides of March into a full moon didn't we. Things can only get better.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
LOL we tend to blame the ides of March for lots of things too hehehehehe specially when things are not done when they should.IN portuguese we call it calendas de Marco, and when something is taking too long we tend to say " Oh! that? only by the calendas " You're right that things can only get better.. there's no space for them to be worse LOL
@gemini_rose (16264)
24 Mar 08
I know what you mean, it happens everytime we plan things too. I now do not get excited about anything beforehand until it actually happens because something would always go wrong to spoil it. My hubby will often say to me are you excited about us doing this or going there, and I always say nope, I will when we are on our way or it happens, but if I get excited about it now it will all go wrong. I never make plans for anything until the last possible minute! I am sooo pessimistic, think the worst and then you cannot get upset!! Plus sometimes if I think everything is going to go wrong,it does not!
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
I know. I stopped getting too excited about things quite a while ago LOL THe problem with us is that even not getting too excited about it things still don't go right. NOthing has been right for a long time and I'm really wishing for a small break to recharge my batteries.
@gemini_rose (16264)
24 Mar 08
Well I really hope that you get your small break very soon, its horrible when life is like this.
@GardenGerty (157624)
• United States
24 Mar 08
With us it is cars that conspire to spoil our fun, delay our getaway, and eat any extra cash that might get spent on us. We did finally get to go away for the weekend. We had wanted to go Friday night, but it ended up being Saturday morning, because of car issues. What sends gramma to the hospital?
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
24 Mar 08
OH yeah, our car conspires against us too, often LOL ANd when it does it really spoils the plans big time. Grandma is in bad shape, infection that is spreading and antibiotic is not really working.
@gandatwo (602)
• Australia
23 Mar 08
Lol..believe me you are not alone!I use to make plans,still do,now I use a mud map,it does seem to work better.Yesterday as we have visitors over Easter, I suggested to hubby we take them out to a favourite Italian Resturant of ours.We were later in the day invited out of the blue to spend the evening at a frinds home,which we accepted,had a lovely time chatting,sharing.Very nice Evening,and no huge bill to boot!I find when I don't make plans life goes along very nicely,when I do, more often then not things turn chaotic!letting go of control was a major turning point for me,and spur of the moment intuition always serves me well.Perhaps it is just destinys way of saying.."Hey It's o.k., I have it all under control"?..Lol Simply Be works.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
23 Mar 08
Geesh, what a relief!! :) IT's not only me then LOL I never even make any strict plans, but when I have some free days I usually tend to take some time to rest, because I don't rest much when I"m working. But no, it never happens :) If destiny has it under control it should give me some time to rest LOL
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
28 Mar 08
Oh dear, this is not sabotage! Though such coincidences are tiring, irritating and frustrating, I prefer to see it as god's way of giving you strength :P I only know when I am "free" from work, something is bound to happen. Often I will fall sick. It always does not seem to happen when I am working especially when I wish I could take medical leave.
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@Aingealicia (1905)
• United States
31 Mar 08
I look at them as blessings in disguise. You never know why your plans are intervened or what the purpose is until the time has passed and you see as to why it has happened. If I had a penny for everytime this happened to me. I would be rich beyond my dreams. Rest, wow there is such a thing. There is a reason for everything, just remember that. Ainge
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