I think looking back, last week is going to be known as the 'bad luck week of 2004' in my household. It was just one stupid thing after another. I'm sure glad the week is over, so that we can start getting on with our lives...
You know what? Screw that - a lot of good things happend last week too - I mean, on Thursday, 1,000 people in my company got laid off (most everyone I know lost their job) but hey, I still have my job! That was good luck! Of course, the very next day, Carole's department laid off over half their staff, and she was one of them. Effectively immediately, we're a one-income household for the first time ever. On the flip side, Saturday was an absolutely gorgeous day. I lay out in the 17 degree sun, tanning on March 13th. THAT felt good. The gig that my band played on Thursday night felt good too, even if the promoter took off with all the money from the door. Yeah, that sucked - but it's not like we've never played a show for free before... getting ripped off is lame, but we had one of the best performances ever that night, and it felt awesome.
It also looks like the guy we were supposed to be renting this new rehearsal space business from has also bailed on us. We have a signed lease, but he's not returning our calls... possession date was supposed to be today, but if he won't give us keys, I guess we don't get it... bad luck for sure, but hey... we haven't been able to get the rent cheque to him in two weeks either, so at least we didn't lose anything! Coime to think of it, that bit of bad luck was actually pretty opportune. What with Carole losing her job, there's NO WAY I could afford to start a business right now. Having to leave our old rehearsal space was certainly bad luck, it would be nice if we knew where we were going to practise this week, but, well, maybe this'll get us off our asses and motivate us to book more shows.
A big storm was scheduled to hit us on the weekend but it never showed up - that was good luck! I got some gardening and other outside work done, and had the band over for drinks Saturday night.
Last night we had a really nice dinner and drinks with family. It was a really nice way to end the week. It would be nice if it wasn't a gloomy day today, but I think it's supposed to clear up. Now that I think of it, it was a pretty good weekend all in all. You know, maybe last week wasn't ALL bad after all.
Let's all keep our fingers crossed that my entry nexy week is called "This week was the good luck week of the year!"