There's always a catch...

Have you ever had a day when you say to yourself "why does this always happen to me"? Even when you're lucky enough to purchase something you want, there's always a catch. There's always something that keeps it from being the ideal scenario. Pretty selfish, I admit. Okay, there are horrible things going on in the world, unfathomable atrocities that we couldn't dare to realistically imagine at risk of perpetual nightmares. I get it. Perspective is a strong point of mine. I also understand that my patio furniture doesn't register as even a blip on the lowest rung of relative global importance. That said, it's been a long six months. My wife, and then newborn moved into a house in November...that needed a very expen$ive sewer line within weeks. Because they had to tear up the sidewalk, there has been a tape outside our house for 4 months. Negative: Can't pour concrete when it's wet. Positive: It's easy to give friends directions..."just look for the CSI police tape". Since our miracle name Jake showed up in October, I can count the number of interrupted nights sleep we've had on one hand, and still have a thumb or so left over. Sooooo, it's been culminating for some time. That sunny spring day. The finish line. The afternoon we can kick back on the back deck and enjoy an adult spirit at our new "home". Let's be honest, it's really not your home until you can barbecue. Tax return = patio furniture and BBQ for our empty deck. That got here last week, and our friend was nice enough to volunteer his pickup to transport the HUGE boxes (what, are these things made of glass?) to my house. The weather forecast for Saturday was sunny...and warm. Long story (a little) short(er), one of the chairs is smashed beyond use. Also, I can't fit the chair back into my car. I thought TETRIS would have paid off in this case, but not so much. So yes, I got my cold beer on a warm spring day. It was still a very good day. But not perfect, because there's always a catch.

Unlike the LCD tv tragedy.
That was a worse day.
A much worse day.

I'm only now able to talk about it...so I'll share that traumatic event soon.