Difficult life!!

I always seem to go through a great period in life then all the troubles of the world seem to pile up on my shoulders at the same time making me powerless and weak!
First off Megan the dog started to have chronic diarrhoea on Sunday, she had a reprieve on Wednesday, then Thursday seems to have her all loose again, i will see how she is once i get home and maybe a trip to the vets is in order.
Then on this trip only 3 out of 11 crew were on strike and the 8 scabs are all spread all over the different cabins so there is no escape, even the CSD is a scab, the atmopshere is not good and the tension is mounting, i try and get on with my job and try and bite my lip, not an easy thing for me to do.
Then i heard the letters have arrived at our homes for those who have to do Standby at Christmas, i text home with no reply so that is telling me i am one of the chosen ones, i loathe working Christmas as when your parents get older these are cherished times in the calendar and to be away from them is not easy, i have always vowed i will lock myself in a hotel room and speak or socialise with no one. if i cannot have Christmas at home i refuse to enjoy it with a bunch of strangers or possibly even scabs!!
I am in Muscat now typing this, Oman is hot, 46 degrees outside, we fly to Abu Dhabi from here, a 30-40 minute flight then stay on ground for an hour, load more passengers then fly to London Heathrow which will take about 7 hours landing at 0620 in the morning so should be home by 0800.
Just had my 2125 ( local) wake up call so will have to go now and get the eau de boeing uniform on ready for the longhaul home, just two days off then Dallas, which i have applied for unpaid leave to avoid but not heard anything yet.
Nite nite folks!!