From the highs of a Six Nations title to the lows of a weekend whitewash polished off by an utter humiliation for the Scarlets.
Welcome to Welsh rugby.
If the three implosions from winning positions witnessed on Friday and Saturday left you scratching your head, the sheer wretchedness of what the Scarlets produced on Sunday was enough to make you choke on your Easter eggs.
That 57-14 home defeat to Sale Sharks has led the Times newspaper to call for "an immediate Welsh rugby inquest into how the country’s four regions are so far away from challenging Europe’s elite when their national side are consistent winners in the Six Nations".
The Welsh domestic game is "in chaos", the report adds.
This grim weekend comes just days after one regional chief spoke out about the ongoing struggles - Cardiff Blues CEO Richard Holland insisting the current Welsh rugby finance model effectively consigns the pro teams to consistent mediocrity.
The issues are exacerbated by the current Covid pandemic.
The Blues, for example, were expecting £6.2m of regional distribution money this season under the Professional Rugby Agreement. Instead, they have had £720,000.
A £20m loan has been negotiated by the WRU to keep the pro game afloat, but it's the regions who are saddled with that debt, which currently needs to be paid back in the next three years., although it is hoped that will be extended to 20 years.
The WRU point to the current pro system operating on a risk-reward basis. If Welsh rugby is doing well financially, the regions can really prosper as they get more money. But throw a pandemic into the mix, which has wiped out swathes of the WRU's usual income, and we clearly have a problem.
"It’s important to recognise that is not funding from the WRU," Holland says. "That is payment for the services we provide them with, for providing players and developing players.
"It is primarily the money for player release for international games, based around how many players we contribute to the elite 38 and the wages they are on."
With that in mind, there is unhappiness within the regions over the WRU's stated intention to plough the first chunk of the £51m CVC windfall into capital projects, such as the Westgate Hotel development, rather than the struggling pro game, which won't get an extra penny.
The regions have largely provided the players to win the Six Nations last month, but the system means they get little reward right now. It's not hard to see why they are somewhat miffed.
WRU chief Steve Phillips recently explained the thinking behind it all here.
You can, of course, rightly look at a strong-looking Scarlets matchday 23 that boasted more than 600 international caps and nine members of Wales' Six Nations-winning squad and ask if it really is all down to cash. What happened on Sunday is hard to excuse no matter what the backdrop.
In truth, everything is probably interlinked. Lack of money is undoubtedly a major root factor in lack of success, but culture, attitude, player depth and an apparent acceptance of mediocrity can often compound the problems and result in what we saw in Llanelli.
Playing in a PRO14 competition that, from a Welsh perspective, has largely meandered from one insignificant game to another for years just perpetuates the feeling of lethargy about it all.
The hopes of a meaningful Anglo-Welsh league seem a pipe dream right now, as the Gallagher Premiership thrives perfectly well all by itself while Wales' teams prepare for a rather messy-looking Rainbow Cup that's being held in an effort to generate some much-needed extra revenue.
Finding more money for the four Welsh pro teams would just be the beginning, though. Spending it wisely is everything.
When Warren Gatland was asked for his summary of regional rugby's issues before his departure at the end of 2019, he pointed to money being wasted on players rather than going after the very best coaches, staff and facilities. Get that right, get the culture spot on and everything grows from there, was his mantra.
The arrivals of people like Toby Booth and Dean Ryan, and the returns of Dai Young and Mike Ruddock, would suggest that is being addressed to an extent, but it's all about what those figures can realistically build around them with the cards they have been dealt.
The Wales national team has experienced remarkable success for over a decade now, while the regions have slowly dwindled as the money from benefactors has been withdrawn.
As long as the national team are delivering, do the WRU or a large proportion of Welsh rugby fans really care all that much? Does it really matter if the regions just exist rather than prosper, as long as the production line of players keep on winning Six Nations titles?
Their role seems to have become primarily that of providing players for national success, and it all works rather well from that perspective for the time being.
But Holland's parting message was this: "We have been left behind as it is. If we do not change, we will be left behind to a point where we will not be able to catch up. That will result in the production line of players, sponsors and supporters drying up."
Judging by this weekend (although it really isn't just about those four European defeats) the Welsh teams are indeed some way off achieving sustained individual success in their own right.
Reversing the tide will not be easy, and the WRU and regions don't seem aligned on the way forward right now.
