I was feeling rather grumpy and grouchy today. I found out late yesterday that there’s a screening I need to do for work and it takes a couple of weeks to process. This required me to attend one of the local offices to put the paperwork through and verify four different ID sources. It kind of broke into my plans for going to the gym. Luckily I decided to go before the gym so I showed up at the office in my workout clothes. Not ideal but it had to do. I think I’d have run into time issues if I had waited. Instead I got right through to someone and that took a while even so.

I then went to the gym and kept having tech issues. Again, it’s a downside of all these fancy new machines. I had put off my weight workout from yesterday so I’d have more time but the issues ate away a fair bit. I did finish the exercises but had a bit of a rush once I got home. On a good note, it seems some of the exercises are getting easier, so that’s a win.

Work was pretty low-key, which was good since my mind was elsewhere. I support a guy who had a stroke last year and has memory issues. It’s not a high involvement job so that worked to my advantage. The guy I work with was kind of grumpy too. :D

I spent a lot of time with my thoughts on my friends and feeling so terribly far away. This death is hitting my Dad really hard. This guy was one of his best friends and it’s not like he’s able to communicate in a way that allows him to be a part of things easily. I wrote a message to one of the kids to offer further support and to ask if there might be some sort of video link for the funeral…not sure if that’s common there but it seems to happen here a lot. If there is, it might be a way for us to be more a part of saying goodbye.

Some other things didn’t go very smoothly today either, so it seems it was just one of those days. Lots of little things to aggravate when it’s least welcome. :)