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Well people, in order to ‘keep it real,’ I have to say…. I AM FRUSTRATED!!!

ANGRY, LIVID, IRRATIONAL, (insert every other ‘angry’ adjective you can think of!) - UGH!

To make a long story short, I won’t be having surgery tomorrow. My surgeon threw his back out and is unable to operate. It has been rescheduled for NEXT Friday.

The reason why this is such an issue is because I inconvenienced a lot of people to accommodate this surgery. I moved meetings around at work, the Mister took off work and moved his meetings around, we skipped out on the Dave Matthews Band concert since it was raining and I didn’t want to get more sick (they won’t operate if you are sick)…needless to say I now feel like the inconvenience. NOT A GOOD FEELING!

For those of you who have had surgery before, you know how much re-scheduling, planning, etc. goes into it. In addition, I have been anticipating this surgery and been ‘mentally ready’ for it all week. Now I feel all discombobulated and out of sync. Haha, I guess I don’t adapt very well to change

I’m really hoping the Mister and I could make the best of it and enjoy one last weekend before I turn into a little ‘hobbler!’ I’m seeing some putt-putt and possibly a zoo visit in our future!

Anyway, before I heard of this terrible news, I met the Mister for lunch and purchased a snack to enjoy later this afternoon.

Let’s just say it was unwrapped as soon as I returned to my desk.

All wrapped up

Check out those chocolate chips!

Presenting: Octane’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip EmPower Bar.

Heavenly.

OK — I need your help – what do you do when you are super stressed? How do you keep things in perspective? How do you handle the fact that you (even if it was indirectly) also inconvenienced the people you care about most? Because all I want to do is SCREAM!

12 Responses to “Daily Delish – Seeing red….”

1. Sagan said:

   YUM and HUGS. Hope your surgeon is feeling better, too.

   Things like that can be super frustrating. When that happens, I go for a really long walk or else I write. It helps when you’re alone with your thoughts to put it into perspective. After all, the surgeon threw his back out- he could have gotten much more badly hurt, which would have been REALLY awful, right?

   Hang in there! It sucks that you were prepared for it and now you have to wait and that people are inconvenienced, but the important thing is that it will still go through.

   Posted on July 30, 2009 at 1:57 pm | Reply
2. Vanessa (Lsat Night's Leftovers) said:

   Ohh, that really sucks .

   I’m not good at dealing with anger – I would probably just scream

   Posted on July 30, 2009 at 6:12 pm | Reply
3. Jenny said:

   bah i am so sorry girl! that is such a pain i hope lunch with the mister turned your frown upside down!

   Posted on July 30, 2009 at 6:25 pm | Reply
4. Deirdre said:

   Aww I’m sorry. That stinks. I’ve had surgery before and I understand how much you have to mentally prepare yourself for it. When I’m super stressed, I like to be around people that make me laugh. I also like to watch one of my favorite movies. Escapism is KEY!

   Posted on July 30, 2009 at 7:38 pm | Reply
5. K said:

   Oh my gosh, I am SO sorry to hear about that! I get the same way – I feel super guilty if I feel like I’m being an inconvenience Just know that it’s not your fault at all! You didn’t have any control over it.

   Posted on July 30, 2009 at 8:58 pm | Reply
6. christina said:

   hey its definitely something that you “allowed” to get upset about. but whenever things like that happen to me i always try to think- “yeah this sucks but there is nothing i can do about it but move forward and make it right from here.” and then i usually either take a nice shower, a walk, a run, sip some tea, read a book, right in my journal, etc. just something to take my mind off of things and put things into perspective. sounds silly but it works for me!

   Posted on July 30, 2009 at 10:49 pm | Reply
7. MizFit said:

   MAN
   I feel for you and would be feeing the same way as well.
   I love christinas list of things she’d do for herself.

   me? TRASHY NOVEL or TRASHY TV.
   for a few hours.
   all me indulging.

   ooh or a pedicure.

   Posted on July 31, 2009 at 6:34 am | Reply
8. allijag said:

   bleh! sorry about the reschedule! hang in there!

   Posted on July 31, 2009 at 9:37 am | Reply
9. Elina said:

   Man, that sucks! I don’t do well with stressful situations like that. There may be crying or bingeing. So yeah, don’t take any advice from me. I hope you are “over it” by now and feel better

   Posted on July 31, 2009 at 12:05 pm | Reply
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