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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Murphy’s Law
Murphy’s law is an adage which means ‘anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.’ It’s actually a scientific term in thermodynamics. This week I’ve had a lot of things go wrong.
First of all we had to buy a new fridge freezer! I know, I only bought one a few weeks ago, but we have two because of our large family. If our kitchen was better designed we could just make do with one of those huge American style Fridge freezers, but we have this gap for the freezer and a huge fitted cupboard next to it. We’d have to move the cupboard which means new flooring and plastering and it just seems too much at the moment. Not only that but we didn’t need to replace both at the same time before….until now. The old freezer was over 20 years old and had become less effective and many of the drawers where broken. The other freezer was only five years old and still looks like new, but just decided to stop working. So we’ve ended up buying two new ones. If the newer one had broken first I’d have seriously considered the hard work in removing the cupboard and getting an American style one. Murphy’s law or bad luck?
Then we have had to get our cooker repaired. I booked it in and they said they were coming on Thursday. Then on Wednesday I saw the repair had been cancelled. Another phone call ensured another repair time but now we have to wait until Monday. The first was cancelled because I didn’t submit all the information needed within 24 hours….or so they say, my phone says otherwise!
I’ve been having my treatment this week and the first day they pushed it through too quickly which made me ill. It really should be in my notes what my speed is, but they go by asking me, and when the nurse changed it, I’d fallen asleep, so she put it on a higher rate. The next day I made sure right from the start that I was not going above my highest rate. The third day I was happy that I’d only had one cannula all week and it was still working. But, it didn’t work for the whole treatment and I ended up with my left arm becoming twice the size of my right. The treatment will still work, but my arm hurt.
Yesterday I felt like I’d been run over by a bus. I’m not sure if it was because of the burst vein, but I’ve not felt so bad for a long time after a treatment session.
I’ve had a couple of other issues this week, and I don’t want to bore you, but it really does feel like whatever could go wrong did go wrong.
I’m looking forward to a trouble free weekend.
Now it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?
That is very annoying about the fridge freezer. At least now they’re both new they should last a long while and about the cooker too.
Oh no! That is rubbish that the nurse rushed your treatment through. I hope you are feeling a bit better now. Sending love and hugs. x
Oh I know that feeling. One Oh For Goodness Sake after the other. It is indeed Murphy’s Law that both freezers would go separately. Sorry your treatment didn’t go as well. I hope you feel better next week and that Murphy takes his leave of you!
It’s so annoying when appliances break down! Once one starts it’s like the others seem to follow. It’s happened to us and it’s made me wonder if the appliances were in cahoots.
This sums up my life. Well, it feels like it. Always big issues to deal with no little ones. I would love an American fridge but I do think you have to build the kitchen around them. That’s bad about your treatment, why is that not in your notes? It feels like that is a very important bit of information. I hope things have been going better for you lately #WotW