Why?

This weekend was not a particularly good one. My bad luck began when I finally made it over to the Oxfam bookstore only to discover that the volunteer spots are full. Every time that I was going to head out to the store, something seemed to come up. And, of course, I let it because I'm such a scaredy-cat. It turns out, I don't actually like to go in and talk to people that I don't know. So, now I don't know what I'll be doing for my volunteer work. Unfortunately, procrastination never pays off.

I found out Saturday evening that the Blenheim International Horse Trials were canceled because of heavy rain. Nothing gets canceled in England because of rain! It was just too dangerous for the horses, so the cross-country and show-jumping phases were canceled. I went through great lengths to get my ticket and, thanks to a tip from one of my favourite people in the world, had actually bought my ticket on ebay. Now the ticket is just sitting on my desk, never to be used. So sad.

I have a project that has been moved up a week so that I now have to present this Monday, instead of a week from Monday. I just found out about the changed date this morning. Of course, I haven't even read the 100-page chapter that the presentation is over (and neither has my partner). I don't know how we are going to get this done, since we have church activities all day tomorrow.

All in all I'm very frustrated right now, perhaps even a bit angry. Nothing seems to work out, even when I put a lot of effort into it. So tonight, I'm wondering why. Oh, why?