Drama Rama

What is up with this week??? The planets must be in some terrible stress knot that is just tightening and tightening.

1. I have been sucked into some bad relationship drama usually reserved for Judge Judy. A "friend" of DGs--who he only knows socially through soccer--decided to break up with his girlfriend. The drama involves her being here on a J1 Visa, being kicked out of the house they share, getting her cellphone turned off, having no friends/acquaintances but us in the area, living in BFE, trying to sell furniture (ownership of which is being disputed by crazed boyfriend), a $3,000 guitar, a great dane puppy and a whole lot of stress. It's like an "Arrested Development" episode but with no humor. I've tried to stay minimally involved, but it is so hard for me to not try to problem solve for others. Especially a problem this big. I have managed to realize that my life is quite simple in comparison, and through a series of avoiding a-holes and over-spending on stupid gifts for stupid people (see $3,000 guitar), I may actually have de-stressed my life.

2. We have mice. Two weeks ago I noticed some rustling in the kitchen and voila! A mouse went scurrying across the floor. Gross. DG was not too concerned, convinced it was only one and it would go away. Ha. What fools we mortals be. Now we have at least 2-3 and they are cheeky and intelligent. They avoided the humane trap like the plague (no pun intended) and so we were forced to get ugly and unveil the death trap. We went for the old fashioned spring-loaded kind, but they have outsmarted us again by eating the peanut butter straight from the trap and thumbing their tiny noses at death. Except for two of their comrades who were not so smart. A moment of silence.

3. Arts group mayhem. Every few months, the arts groups we represent, help fund, etc. act like petulant, whiny children and freak out on us. As in, "What do you do for us, anyway?" "We don't get enough money," etc. "You don't care about XXX, you only care about XX" And, complete misinformation. So, I spend most of my day shooting out far too thought out and eloquent e-mails to put out fires only to have someone else gets snarky about not getting enough money. It's like Christmas with a dysfunctional family.

4. Stalled home improvement project. We cannot seem to find the time to put our new bed together and switch our office and bedroom. So, instead of having a 2-bedroom apartment, we have a 1-bedroom with additional room of furniture. Annoying!

5. I'm sure there's something else.