A Series of Unfortunate Events
10 Apr 2008 | Filed Under: Domesticities
My dad used to tell this joke. When you’d complain about one of those days when everything had gone wrong - you woke up, slipped on dog puke, fell down the stairs, broke your ankle, hopped to the kitchen, realised your phone has been cut off of and you couldn’t call an ambulance, tried to administer first aid in the bathroom, and then noticed you’d somehow managed to lock yourself in there, he’d say “Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the theatre?”
While that is an old and very nearly completely true story, it is also pretty much what the last two weeks have been like. In other words, two weeks of miserable, epic Fail.
In all the incarnations of my blog I have been pretty much transparent. Were my archives online, which one day they will be, you could read about everything from heart break to politics to writing a sex advice column for a top shelf men’s mag to the fun ride that was a temporary psychotic break complete with my dead grandfather dropping in for a chat in my kitchen. You could, in short, read about the experiences of a woman in her mid-20s, which somehow fit into a different box of reality than a woman in her mid-30s.
Things are different now, and I’m not so transparent these days. Especially these days. Something happened, it was outside my control, I took the ride and I’m here to not tell the story. Sometimes, that’s just how it rolls, and I’ve decided today that that’s okay when it has to be.
I’m in the middle of returning all outstanding emails, and completed sites will begin to appear very shortly. I have a delightful pile of Xanax at my side, and frankly that and PhotoShop are enough to get me through the day and pending projects out the door.
Posts may be a bit light as I catch up, but we now return you to your regularly scheduled broadcast. Thank you for standing by.
pat phelan says:
Am extremely happy to see you back Mrs Lincoln.
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 10:49 amDarragh says:
Seconded! Hope you’re okay xx
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 11:12 amManicMammy says:
Welcome back.
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 11:13 amDeborah says:
Jaysus Sabrina. Hope everything is ok. You’ve been missed…
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 11:19 amJames Corbett says:
Good to know you’re ok Sabrina, we missed ya!
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 11:20 amJames Gallagher says:
Welcome back and good luck with the rest of the day - hope the alprazolam does the job for you. Love the post graphic :)
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 11:27 amDavid Behan says:
Hi Sabrina. Glad to hear you’re back. Was going to twitter today where you’d gone to. You can put my mail to the bottom of the pile, I’ll be away until Monday :D
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 11:53 amcathy says:
It’s good to see you back, I missed your posts and delightful graphics. Sorry to hear about the lemons and bad theatre, hope everything gets back on an even keel…
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 12:48 pmCronoCloud Creeggan says:
Ditto!
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 1:46 pmSabrina Dent says:
Aww, thanks guys. It’s a lot easier to grope through a return when you have nice thoughts and well wishes paving the way :)
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 1:58 pmConor O'Neill says:
Like a dope I thought you were just busy with work. Take care of yourself and welcome back, we missed ya.
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 3:20 pmPaul Sweeney says:
I’m only here for the writing style :)
Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 6:17 pmSarah C says:
missed you Sabrina - glad to see you back
Sunday, 13 April, 2008, 2:03 pmneuro says:
Sabrina, Photoshop isn’t InterCapped … *runs* :)
Sunday, 13 April, 2008, 11:40 pmSabrina Dent says:
Neuro, what about Internet AssKicking? IS THAT INTERCAPPED? :P
Monday, 14 April, 2008, 9:35 amJo Murphy says:
God Sabrina. Hope you’re ok. I’ve been reading backwards.
Get yourself to a homoeopath!
Monday, 14 April, 2008, 8:48 pm