Wednesday, October 12, 2011

my day has been an unbelievable series of unfortunate events. (thank you, lemony snicket)

just a few of the ridiculous happenings:

  • i forgot to put shoes on this morning. for real. and i didn't realize it until i was half-way to work. thankfully, i had my trusty bag of extra clothing. :)
  • while crawling under the sink (at work) to turn the water on, i accidentally bumped into a long forgotten industrial sized can of rancid oil that someone left there....which was not solid and splattered it's foul goo all over me, my pants, shoes, shirts, and everything else within a 5 foot square area.
  • i dry heaved. several times. 
  • sorry, that was gross. but so was that smell. so. disgusting. 
  • trying to clean it up, i must have inadvertently mixed some unfriendly chemicals...oopsie. so add horrible chemical odor to the stench of a rotting pile of the grossest smelling crap you've ever had the displeasure of smelling. plus-no window, or even EXHAUST fan in the kitchen. 
  • my chemical experiment didn't clean up the goo. and i noticed that the grease was actually stripping the wax off the floor. so.....sticky, slippery mess.
  • i spilled my coffee. :(
  • my boss bought me another one. :)  ....and some industrial strength lemony scented degreaser.
  • oh, i forgot to mention that i had to make TUNA for lunch...which added to the delightful aroma. 
  • the degreaser MOSTLY worked....and smelled more like pinesol than lemons. plus ammonia. remember the no window & no fan thing?? yeah....i got a little sick to my stomach.
  • again, thankfully, i have that bag of extra clothing in my car...so i changed..all but the shoes, which i had used earlier. this meant i had to go to walmart to buy a pair. i don't go to walmart very often, especially not for shoe buying (but it was the only thing open at 8:50am!), let me tell you, they do not have very good shoes. they are ugly (hey, i'm no fasionista, but seriously...these shoes were UGLY), and cost more than i would normally be willing to pay. but since my shoes smelled like they had been boiled in a vat of festering pig manure, i had to bite it & buy an over-priced pair of too big, ugly, uncomfortable loafers. boo.
  • everyone kept coming to the kitchen & complaining about how bad it smelled in their classrooms...and then, they smelled the kitchen & said i should probably be in a coma or something. 
  • i forgot to serve lunch. (yeah..that one was kinda bad..but i blame the chemicals. i have to have lost some brain cells today.)
  • i forgot to take the trash out before i left. that is not going to smell good in the morning. :/
  • skipping ahead (past some less amusing, more stressful junk)..
  • it's raining...which is okay, but not good for hiking up a hill to look at lovely leaves. ahh well, maybe tomorrow...and if not, i'm sure i'll see some nice color on the way to warren on friday. 
  • i caught the dryer on fire. or at least i thought i did. thankfully, it was just a little smokey. :) hehehh
  • while sitting at the table with han, i felt a sharp stab...well...where i was sitting. heh. ow. what was that? i didn't see anything, so i kinda forgot about it. 
  • i smelled stink bug stink...but couldn't find the bug. 
  • then i found it. :( i had sat on it. and it bit me. yes. i don't care what the "experts" say. stink bugs DEFINITELY bite. and their bites leave blisters...which are not nice to sit upon. 
so now, it is 8:15, and before anything else goes wonky today, i am going to bed. i am glad i have a sense of humor. otherwise, i think i just wouldn't get up tomorrow. heheh.


  • booo. i should have gone to bed! i came back to add that i forgot i was scheduled to attend a webinar @ 7. grah. this one irritates me. 

this is what makes me smile:
tomatoes.