I feel fed up with this week already, and it's only Wednesday! I've had so much bad news and mishaps this week.
The worst thing is that yesterday I heard the news that one of my best friend's Mum had died. This happened very suddenly and came as a big shock. I always got on well with my friend's Mum, and she was very kind to me especially when my friend and I were at high school. My friend is only 28 and obviously you don't expect to lose one of your parents at that age. I really feel for her.
There has been a lot of pressure at work recently. An urgent project came up last week, which meant I had to stop most of my other work in order to get this project completed on time. Therefore, a backlog has built up. This week, the project managers have been fighting over my time, and even though it's the team manager's responsibility to deal with this (which he has done, by negotiating with the project managers in question), it's still stressful, although I'm coping with it a lot better than I would have done 6 months ago.
The other stressful thing is that I'm organising a meal out with my social club this Saturday, and I originally had 5 people confirm they'd be attending, so I booked a table for 6 (I always book an extra seat in case someone wants to come along at the last minute). However, this evening I had a text message from a couple saying they can no longer attend, so I'm now down to 3 confirmed attendees (including myself). I get on well with that couple so I'm disappointed they can't make it. As for the 2 people who are still going: one of them I've never met, and the other is someone I'm not particularly close to, so I'm feeling more anxious about the event. However, I'm determined to go ahead with the meal, even if there will be only 3 of us.
Also, I'm trying to arrange an evening out with my friends over Easter, but one of my friends still hasn't got back to me (not the one whose mother died, this is a different friend), even though I've texted her twice, which means I can't make any further arrangements until I know what day suits her best.
I didn't get to sleep until late last night as I was upset about my friend's mother dying, and I didn't get home until quite late yesterday evening anyway as I was at a work's evening out. So I feel rather tired today and fed up! It feels like all this stuff is getting to me!