Today is not my day…

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I guess I should have stayed in bed. I’ve been painting my house which is a 132 year old Queen Anne inspired Victorian. Hours and hours of work with 5 different colors to bring out all the architecture. I went out today with the thought that I could finish the front of the house. Almost immediately I spilled 1/2 a gallon of $100 paint all over my enclosed porch which in turn splashed over the walls and railing of the house which had been completed. I cried a little. Cleaned up my spilt paint and thought “gonna come back to this later”. Went inside, made some lunch and fell asleep watching TV. I woke up and realized I hadn’t turned a burner off and burnt the shit out of a pot of rice (glad I didn’t start a fire). Then proceeded to go back outside to salvage some painting since it will be Fall soon and I don’t have much time to finish and guess how lucky I am? I spilled ANOTHER can of paint when I missed the last rung of the ladder I was on while coming down!

I know it doesn’t seem like much and I did my best to clean up and salvage what I could but man was it so deflating. I felt so good this morning and it quickly turned to such a shit day. It didn’t make me want to pick up a drink but it sure pissed me off and reminded me of shit I would have done if I were still drinking, now I just don’t have an “excuse”. I guess tomorrow is another day and I will be more careful in the future. Just really lost my whole day being bummed out.

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Honestly… this sounds frustrating as hell. I would absolutely be thinking the same thing. Im so sorry ur day was rough :frowning: my hubby and I were actually talking about this the other day. When it rains, it pours haha ugh… BUT u got thru this sober and Im so proud of you! Tmrw is a new day!

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No matter what, painting DOES suck :grinning:

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Thank you! It does seem if one thing goes wrong other problems will follow. They don’t like to travel alone.

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Oh, nooo, that’s what I said aloud during reading your post. Some days are fuck. I can totally understand your frustration. I think I’d kicked the rest of the paint container out of anger. So you already won.

This is maybe not a lot in the scheme of the whole picture but it is still a lot to deal with in the moment. Breathe or punch something soft :pray::sunflower:

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It is frustrating when a plan doesn’t come together or adversity arises during the process of doing jobs in the house like painting. In my opinion it is not minor, and those things can trigger a lot. That’s why mostly I ask a friend to help, more relaxed and more fun.

Well done on sitting it out sober!

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I definitely kept my cool knowing that if I were to throw something or kick the can it would have made it worse. The thought however, did cross my mind! :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

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I’ve been working on the house for over two months now and have some family coming up next weekend to help. Just can’t ask for help every weekend if you know what I mean.

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Yep, I totally understand. That’s why there is limited progress here at the moment. Btw. Love very old houses, mine dates from 1880. Nice but a lot of work :joy:

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Mine was built in 1890. Almost samesies!

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