Thanks and sorry

Isn’t it funny how our own tempers can ruin moments in which we’re truly grateful for those around us?

No? It’s really sad and infuriating? Yeah, those words do seem more appropriate.

This column finds your humble editor much happier, a little less stressed and feeling very foolish.

This weekend, we moved Wyndi to town. Wyndi and I are longtime friends who started a long-distance relationship from four hours away and since we’re great planners, we started the relationship just as the planet started getting roped up in the Coronavirus pandemic.

I started the weekend by heading to Anson where I got to see a great victory by the Dublin Lions although that meant I got home at midnight.

I was up the next morning early getting some things ready in town and then headed out on the four-hour trip with a couple of awesome friends who headed to Wyndi’s to help pack up and load some things.

They were also around while I spent around two hours on the U-Haul customer service line dealing with some technical assistance on a ‘convenient’ 24/7 pickup of a truck.

We got it sorted out at 8:30 p.m. and had a late dinner. We woke up at 7 a.m. the next morning so she could run a few errands an pick up breakfast before the movers got there at 9 a.m. to help us efficiently pack the truck. We rolled out at 12:30 p.m. and got here at 5 p.m. where we were greeted by my parents and more friends ready to help us unload/unpack.

Some of these friends had an even busier week than I did so I felt even worse when I snapped from being tired and let a few curse words fly in a couple of angry shouts, not directed at them but it’s still not pleasant to be around.

I was immediately apologetic for the outbursts and the people around me understood, so I felt grateful for having such understanding friends/family and even worse for losing my cool around them.

It’s really gratifying to have people who understand you in moments of weakness, but it’s more important to realize what others are going through.

Thanks to my family and friends for taking time from their busy lives to help on a stressful day. It would have been a lot worse without you.

Paul Gaudette is the managing editor at the Dublin Citizen and can be reached at 445-2515 and publisher@dublincitizen.com.