I paint windows when my toddler allows me. Just finished the bulk of a big project (will be updating through summer). Moved on to another big project, but ran by the first one today to add a winky face to a bit of text that says "camping supplies sold here"... It's a liquor store, so we're being cheeky, but wanted it to be obvious we didn't mean tents and stuff. I walked up and noticed some scratches...
Apparently, someone was hanging up missing person fliers. The guy working told him not on top of the painting, and the guy freaked out and scratched my work up. So now I have to squeeze in repairs between painting my other client's windows, and getting ready for the farmer's market in a couple weeks, while making sure my kiddo is happy. I also don't want to be an ass, because they were missing person fliers. But I'm also really upset about it. The only other time my work had been destroyed was by my drunk ex husband destroying my art room and a bunch of paintings. I didn't paint for a few years after that.
THEN on my way home I got pulled over for speeding (35 in a 25, my bad totally). Took me forever to find my registration and look up my insurance, felt like a mess. The cop said he'd let me off with a warning and I just started crying. Told him I was sorry, and that I know he's probably used to people crying to get out of tickets, not when they're already being let off with a warning. He asked me if I was okay and I just bawled before unloading my day on the poor guy.
The worst of the scratches are in a "water" area of the painting, so I'm hoping the repairs will be easy. The manager that hired me for their windows is off on the weekends, and I'm upset thinking about her coming in tomorrow morning and being sad seeing the damage... I'm probably reorganizing my whole week so I can go in tomorrow to fix it.