{"id":4482,"date":"2014-04-09T20:33:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T02:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2014-04-09T20:34:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T02:34:32","slug":"some-days-you-need-a-good-cry-and-a-great-cuddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/some-days-you-need-a-good-cry-and-a-great-cuddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Some days you need a good cry and a great cuddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c…you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.\u201d \u2013 Lemony Snicket<\/span><\/p>\n

So I will start by admitting that what I am about to tell you might seem\u00a0a little ridiculous so right up front I am going to just admit that, but here it is anyway…..Today sucked.\u00a0 Like really, really bad.\u00a0 It truly did.\u00a0 Like, I want to cry and I don\u2019t cry often.\u00a0 Everything seemed to go wrong from the start of the morning until I sit here tonight writing this.\u00a0 We had stone workers that decided simply not to show up today on the jobsite even though they were supposed to finish their part last October and haven\u2019t, but hey they just didn\u2019t feel like coming to work today apparently, oh, and what about the lighting company that flat out lied to us about having ordered our wall sconces for the main lobby that we paid him for last December only to find out from the manufacturer that he never actually ordered them, and heck, who cares that the contractor is now past due on the contractual date to complete our house and there are a million things still not finished\u2026right?!?<\/p>\n

Oh, but my day go so much better – I called Bloomingdale\u2019s to find out why the Ralph Lauren bed I ordered clear back last November of last year still had not arrived only to be told that they were now unable to get that bed even though they charged me for it in full last November!\u00a0 To make matters worse I bought the entire furniture set that goes with that bed \u2013 we are talking night stands, dressers, bookcase, lamps, and I even had the sheets embroidered with my sons initials as this is the furniture set I bought for his new bedroom to surprise him when he gets home from his mission.\u00a0 And NOW they are telling me they can\u2019t get me the bed that goes with all of that furniture in the set with the bedding I cannot return because I had his initials put on it.\u00a0 And they couldn\u2019t have told me the bed wasn\u2019t available when I spent a fortune with them buying the furniture and bedding\u2026no they had to wait until I called them again for the thousandth time after six months of calling to ask where the heck my bed was before they finally said, shucks, we don\u2019t know but we can\u2019t get it anymore. \u00a0WHAT?!?\u00a0 So I immediately call Ralph Lauren to figure out what the heck is going on here and the gal that I just talked to an hour before I am now told wasn\u2019t in the office today and they can\u2019t get her \u2013 but I just talked to her an hour ago?!?!\u00a0 Clearly she was in today or I talked to an imaginary her.\u00a0 ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!\u00a0 I would expect bad service from some stores but we are talking Bloomingdale\u2019s and Ralph Lauren! You would think those companies would have been safe to trust with such a large purchase\u2026.well apparently not so much!<\/p>\n

And that was all before lunchtime today :)\u2026.and the afternoon was even worse but I won\u2019t bore you with the details.\u00a0 All I know is that as I sit here tonight typing this blog, what I really want to do is breakdown and cry.\u00a0 And I know that sounds stupid because the fact is that I am truly blessed to be building a new house at all and I am so thankful that I can do that, so I don\u2019t want to cry as in \u201cpoor me\u2019 by any means\u2026it\u2019s more that I want to cry because I am super frustrated that I have worked so hard to pay attention to every detail and to have everything mapped out and coordinated perfectly to make sure I could get this house done and have it perfect for my son\u2019s return and no matter how hard I have worked, if other people don\u2019t do their part too it ruins everything – and that is super frustrating.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard when you put your faith in other people and they let you down. It truly is.\u00a0 And that has happened a tremendous amount throughout this home building experience. As a CEO I got so used to working with a team of people I could trust and count on and when you then have to go into a situation that is polar opposite and no one seems be able to keep their promises or their word\u2026well that is just plain depressing.\u00a0 So yeah\u2026.I kinda want to cry right now.<\/p>\n

And then I found this quote and I realized THIS IS MY LIFE TODAY!\u00a0 And it actually made me laugh out loud:<\/p>\n

\u201cEventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you\u2019re falling to the floor crying thinking, \u201cI am falling to the floor crying,\u201d but there\u2019s an element of the ridiculous to it \u2014 you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you\u2019re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realize you didn\u2019t paint it very well.\u201d \u2013 Richard Siken<\/span><\/p>\n

Been there\u2026.done that\u2026.except someone else messed up the paint and I am just the one who noticed it ;)\u2026.bust out the blue tape!!!<\/p>\n

Here is hoping for a better day tomorrow.<\/p>\n

~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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