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July 26, 2004
one of THOSE days
nearly walked out of the house with my shirt on inside out i was so tired, could not wake up. caffiene at work revived me, but i crashed again later and sleepwalked through the afternoon. somewhere in the morning i got a mail from a friend asking me to adjust the thermostat
[ holycrap i think my neighbor just spanked his daughter for being outside in bare feet and pajamas ]
when i went to feed the cats. i'm feeding your cats? was my response. hm, i missed something. ok.
went to the apple store at lunch hoping to just drop off the ailing powerbook and come back for it later, which is what i did, but only after much waiting, and me getting kind of snippy with the staff over the wait. honest, i am very nice and patient usually... but it was my third visit to the store with a dead powerbook.
spent a good hour in charles' office bitching to him, as always he lent an understanding and sympathetic ear. left, then promptly crashed. maybe bitching makes me sleepy.
ran back to apple store right after work; waited an hour while they work on my machine. i am sure they hadn't touched my machine all afternoon meaning that my lunch run was a waste.
i note a man sitting at the genius bar who i realize, slowly, that i recognize from the personals. this is getting ridiculous, i think. and then i think, maybe it's time to give up on the personals. i reflect on my ratio of happy results to unhappy results and realize that it's pretty bad. maybe it's insanity to keep trying.
finally after i am dying of hunger genius boy zach comes out of the back to say that i have a dead logic board. or, well, the airport port on the logic board is dead. we arrange that he'll replace it and i'll come get it tomorrow. i straggle home annoyed and exhausted. on the way out of the mall parking lot, i am stuck behind a car driving slowly yet erratically, with a large bumper sticker on the back that says...
WARNING!!! exposure to the son may prevent burning!
ok, fine. just learn how to drive, please.
whilst trying to safely traverse the dead stoplights on duke street, oh so close to home, i am confronted with a truck bearing a similar WARNING!!!
once home, my advance food preparation completely saves my ass and i've got a proper dinner coming out of the microwave in under five minutes. after eating, i drag myself out to the cats that need feeding, and once home, i sit down, exhausted, and cry a little. my exhaustion cry. i think, "maybe i am getting my period soon..." and note that i've got 30 minutes to finish crying and clear some seating in the living room before friends come over.
now it is an hour later, no one is here, but the seating is clear, i am long since finished with my silly tears, dinner has suffused my body with contentment and i suppose the gin and tonic i am sipping is not hurting either. kitty is plastered to my side. it is nice to just sit and wait for friends.
Posted by lisa at July 26, 2004 08:41 PM | TrackBack
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Hope today is better.
What was up with those lights on Duke Street (and Gregson) yesterday, anyway? And why do people drive like assholes when the lights are out?
Posted by: minty on July 27, 2004 09:24 AM
that was totally weird-- for three or four blocks, the lights were just completely out on duke street.
the thing that kills me is that it was right next to the police station and there were cop cars traversing those intersections-- people going on and off duty i suppose-- but they didn't send anyone out to direct traffic!
Posted by: lisa on July 27, 2004 09:36 AM
I always hate driving behind people with "the fish" on their car. You know, the Jesus fish, sometimes with a cross in it. They almost invariably seem to be driving the way you described Mr. Bumper Sticker.
I hate unsolicited proselytization in all its forms.
Posted by: Steve Meister on July 27, 2004 10:28 AM
That bumper sticker always makes me think "WARNING! Exposure to MY FOOT may cause pain in YOUR ASS."
The worst of all is the one with the "truth" fish eating the "darwin" fish. That's so wrong I can't even think of anything to say.
Posted by: Sarah on July 27, 2004 10:45 AM
hey steve...
isn't "unsolicited proselytization" kind of redundant?
:-)
Posted by: christa on July 27, 2004 02:15 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.