My frazzled week...
Dec. 2nd, 2005 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threadwalkerMy life has been extraordinarily challenging this week. And I didn't even put it together until a friend e-mailed with "uhhh, can't seem to get you on the phone... is everything okay?"
As of Monday, my cell phone will ring, but hangs up on callers and won't let me call out.
Tuesday I ended up working late and then a car fire in the tunnel trapped me in the Oakland hills past 9pm. I got home close to 10 pm. Again with the straight to bed thing.
Wednesday I decided the phone was truly dead. I tried to replace the cell, but Verizon wouldn't give me a discount without Da Husband signing the paperwork; the contract was in his name and he wasn't there, so I still have no working cell because $200 is a lot of money to piss off. (you save $200 with the discount).
Wednesday Nana "persuaded" us to come over to her place to "deck the halls". (She's a blackbelt at wheedling and guilting). She and Unka picked up the kids from school and, after being at Verizon for an hour (without getting a new phone), I drove over there to watch them decorate. I had no steam left, so I just watched them do it. "Deck the Halls, blah, blah, blah!" Even though the plan was for Da Husband to join us, too, he worked so late, he didn't even go to her place, he went straight home. I got the kids and myself home around 9:30 pm. Straight to bed for everyone!
Thursday I blew a tire on the front of my Volvo ... in the driving rain ... on the Accalanes on ramp onto Hwy 24 ... in the freaking middle of nowhere ...... without a cell phone. Let me remind you ... driving rain.
Several hours later I arrive to work with 4 new tires, $500 on my credit card, and a new friend named Nancy who let me use her cell and stayed with me to wait for the tow truck. I got soaked multiple times from dealing with my car and then running around the plant at work. Then, once again, there was driving rain at 6pm when I was going to go home, but I decided to wait. Instead of getting drenched ... again... on my walk to my car (a distance of about 3 city blocks from my building), I waited for the storm to go from "driving rain" to "mild downfall" before trudging out to my (newly shoed) car. I was just plain tired of being wet and cold, dang it!
Add some workstress: I'm behind on everything, I had to train a room full of managers yesterday on a procedure, and my customers are hammering me from all corners ... My boss is gently reminding me of all the things I've fallen behind on ...
It's been a week of "crisis management" mode and it's no wonder no one can get a hold of me. And now I know why I'm so freaking tired. I am really looking forward to going home (in my newly shoed car) and going to bed. Maybe a bubble bath first - as long as I'm not so tired that I have to worry about drowning.
Next week should be better. Afterall, I have new tires.
As of Monday, my cell phone will ring, but hangs up on callers and won't let me call out.
Tuesday I ended up working late and then a car fire in the tunnel trapped me in the Oakland hills past 9pm. I got home close to 10 pm. Again with the straight to bed thing.
Wednesday I decided the phone was truly dead. I tried to replace the cell, but Verizon wouldn't give me a discount without Da Husband signing the paperwork; the contract was in his name and he wasn't there, so I still have no working cell because $200 is a lot of money to piss off. (you save $200 with the discount).
Wednesday Nana "persuaded" us to come over to her place to "deck the halls". (She's a blackbelt at wheedling and guilting). She and Unka picked up the kids from school and, after being at Verizon for an hour (without getting a new phone), I drove over there to watch them decorate. I had no steam left, so I just watched them do it. "Deck the Halls, blah, blah, blah!" Even though the plan was for Da Husband to join us, too, he worked so late, he didn't even go to her place, he went straight home. I got the kids and myself home around 9:30 pm. Straight to bed for everyone!
Thursday I blew a tire on the front of my Volvo ... in the driving rain ... on the Accalanes on ramp onto Hwy 24 ... in the freaking middle of nowhere ...... without a cell phone. Let me remind you ... driving rain.
Several hours later I arrive to work with 4 new tires, $500 on my credit card, and a new friend named Nancy who let me use her cell and stayed with me to wait for the tow truck. I got soaked multiple times from dealing with my car and then running around the plant at work. Then, once again, there was driving rain at 6pm when I was going to go home, but I decided to wait. Instead of getting drenched ... again... on my walk to my car (a distance of about 3 city blocks from my building), I waited for the storm to go from "driving rain" to "mild downfall" before trudging out to my (newly shoed) car. I was just plain tired of being wet and cold, dang it!
Add some workstress: I'm behind on everything, I had to train a room full of managers yesterday on a procedure, and my customers are hammering me from all corners ... My boss is gently reminding me of all the things I've fallen behind on ...
It's been a week of "crisis management" mode and it's no wonder no one can get a hold of me. And now I know why I'm so freaking tired. I am really looking forward to going home (in my newly shoed car) and going to bed. Maybe a bubble bath first - as long as I'm not so tired that I have to worry about drowning.
Next week should be better. Afterall, I have new tires.
