Letdowns

This has probably been one of the most emotionally exhausting weeks of my life. 

All week I have been strung along- by a friend, by a guy, by my phone company- just to be let down in the end. 

FIRST OF ALL...My phone "broke" last week, so I had to wait 5 days- and pay $50- for a new battery. Just when it started working again, it died on me, and after 4 long hours bouncing between the 2 Verizon stores at the mall, I was told that- after switching phones and pleading to get my numbers/pictures transferred over- it was just my charger was broken. My phone and its original battery was fine, and the useless woman at Verizon had told me lies, saying that she didn't know when I would get my phone back, there were no chargers in the country (yeah, seriously), ect. Had she just asked from help from another employee, I could have been out there in like 10 minutes with a new phone. 

THEN...a friend of mine told me he wanted me to come check out his friend's band because "i was a good person to know in the local music scene". I was under the impression my company was wanted and that I wouldn't have to pay. Needless to say, I drive the hour to Cambridge just to discover that he just needed to sell tickets. He was there with his group of friends and didn't really hang out with us (my friend and I) at all. 

ALL THE WHILE....this is happening, a good friend of mine just stopped talking to me. Just stopped. The last time I spoke with him was Thursday night, and I don't care how many people say that's not a big deal, it's weird to go from speaking with some one every day to simply nothing. I sent him one text and gave him one call, both unanswered. Not only do I feel mad for being stood up, I feel embarrassed for putting myself out there like that. I literally don't even know what to think. How can you just stop talking to some one? The worst part of it is I didn't see it coming at all. We (this friend and me) had this conversation before. He promised me that if he wasn't feeling it anymore, he would be up front about it and not just cut off communication. I just don't see why it is so hard to call some one- or text, or use the wonderful world of technology- to talk to some one. Just to say "Hey, I'm alive" or "Hey, have a nice life". 

This kid was a friend of mine, and now I don't even know when I'll ever see him again. How does something like this even happen?

If this is karma working its magic, I can't help but wonder what the hell I did to be treated this way.