My Weekend Suck-Bomb
My weekend sucked!!!
On Thursday night as I was going upstairs to go to bed my Dad told me that he was going to be taking Nancee to a resort on Lake Superior and that they would not be home until Sunday night...So I had to watch the dog.
That’s not a big deal, but I had plans to get ridiculously drunk on Saturday. The plans had not been set in stone for where we were drinking, but we had discussed drinking at Katie's house or Jimmy's for a little bit and then Katie's house. So I thought, "A party is still do-able, but I am going to have to call Katie and ask her if we can just do it at my house."
So on Friday I called Katie and left a message on her cell phone. I don't think her phone was working because she and Tony were in Superior drinkin it up.
On Saturday I still had not heard from Katie so I called her and something weird happened with my phone...it wasn't ringing or something, so I called Tony's cell and got his voice mail.
A little bit later Katie called and said that she had invited two more people to go out to the 90's with us. That was fine with me, but we had never discussed going to the 90's. Katie thought we had, and that was fine whatever, but as I hung up the phone with her I pretty much knew I would not be going out.
Again the plan was for me to get smashed with Katie, and at this point I would have to drive into Minneapolis, spend money that I couldn't afford to, and make sure that I didn't get so drunk that I could not drive home in order to take care of the dog. Because I had been planning on getting way drunk I knew that this would be too hard for me...So I called Katie and told her I would not be going out with her.
I felt really bad having to call and tell her this because she rarely gets weekends off and so this was a great time for us to hang out and get trashed. I think she was really mad at me as well for having to cancel but it was not something that was in my control.
Sure had I not gone out to a bar the night before with some girls from work to celebrate one of their last nights I would have had more money, and might have gone out to the 90's; however I had no clue we were planning to go out to a bar on Saturday, and the fact remained that I still had to go home to watch my dog because my dad has insufficient communication skills.
I ended up staying at home and not drinking, but Jenn came over and we rented some movies and ate pizza, so the night was not completely wasted, but I would have rather gone out to the bar with everyone.
My Dad ruined my weekend and look forward to the chance to do the same to him...My Dad knows I am moving to California, but he doesn't know when...Maybe I will just tell him the day before I move...That would be really hard though because I would have to hid all the boxes and I think he would notice me moving all my furniture.
Comments
I was just really disappointed because you're moving away and I never get to hang out with you anymore. I know it's not your fault.
Posted by: katie | October 3, 2005 06:45 PM
I think still have to say it to your dad in situations like these. There could arise another situation like this if you won't tell him. By communicating it to him early, you could both have set better schedules.
Interpersonal communication skills with someone close to you like your dad is very important. It will promote better understanding to both of you.
Posted by: Interpersonal Communication Skill | July 16, 2007 05:16 PM
What happened was nobody's fault, just the wrong timing. But I think you can always talk to your dad if you have there is some problem so that you can settle it. Using your conversation skills, ask him if there is something you can do to make you available to go out on that day or something like that.
Your dad may have insufficient communication skills so its up to you to reach out to him. Talk to him about anything that you need to clear to him.
Posted by: Conversation Skills | October 3, 2007 10:15 AM
When this situations happen, all you can do is to think positive to make yourself better. Just think that there can be more saturdays to come. Also, that you will surely make it the best saturday. That is to relieve your disappointment.
Posted by: sedona method | May 27, 2008 02:57 PM