Oh no (((((big hugs))))) to mamac sorry you missed out on the tickets lovely, I think we only just made it...as a result I suspect our seats are shite but in the circs quite happy to settle...the eBay thing does really piss me off though, I refuse to buy overpriced tickets there on principle. It's really unfair.
Sorry you're feeling so down about everything, I think sometimes it's the little things like not getting TT tickets that just set everything off. Fwiw i do empathise about 2010, it's been truly crap in every way. Our run of bad luck started last December and has gone something like: crashed car, dad had minor stroke (those on the same day!), dd didn't get into ds' school, have to change ds' school mid-year, go on holiday for a break and get stuck due to volcano (I mean, ffs!), spend extra £1000 and two whole days trekking across Europe to get back, discover am pg (yay!) but dsis won't speak to me due to previous mc and impending ivf trauma (stress), boss complete arse about whole thing, dsis gets pg (yay!), I mc at 16 weeks, dsis mc 3 weeks later, dog dies, dsis' dog dies, dad breaks arm, ttc for remaining 5 months with no hint of diffage..
I am beginning to think our entire family needs to just stay at home until 2011 and then just start again!
Hopefully the business thing will sort itself out for you, have you looked at any more pubs? Is there any chance the original landlord will change his mind? I'm sending good luck vibes your way and keeping my fx that you have some good news soon.
Here's to a better 2011 for all of us xx