sick

Someone must hear of my stupid morning and, as I am home sick, you are my only outlet. (I believe my voice is mostly gone as well but I'm not testing it.)

First off, I could not get my body out of bed, and, while I've become fond of the snooze button, it normally doesn't take me thirty minutes just stand up (I'm one of those hateful morning people, after all) and so I was running late. Then I turned the hot water on for the shower and, despite the nob moving in my hand, the actually metal connection (into the wall) didn't turn. I almost went back to bed. A fair amount of force (like pushing on a child-proof medicine lid) earned me a hot shower (thank god) and I even got it off again (also tricky).  I ate very quickly, and then lost more time because I had to blow dry my hair (it was still wet). Then, of course, there's a list of things I couldn't find, ranging from my key card (which I hope I left at work, but that means I'll have to ring the doorbell to get in on Monday) to lunch money to my kleenex (which is a bandanna, actually, and if you ever want to hear an unscientific rant about why fabric is better than tissue paper, you just have to ask).

Eventually, I was pulling on my socks (couldn't find them either), realizing I wouldn't be phenominially late, and then that I planned on coming home after lunch because I felt really horrid. Having been distracted (I was walking around with one shoe and sock on, for some reason), it dawned on me that I really felt bad. I flipped a coin, it wasn't heads, I turned my computer back on, sent an email to say I was sick (and sent it without the 'e', so I signed it 'Kati'), changed, washed my face, and climbed back into bed.

But that's not the end of it. 

My rent money was due yesterday (the 1st) , but I only received my paycheck yesterday (instead of Wednesday) because of flooding up in Boston. I opened a bank account yesterday, but that check won't clear until Monday morning. Since I went to see the cherry blossoms after work yesterday (which was stupid, I was feeling so much better until that little excursion), I didn't get home until after 6, which meant the office was closed. The plan was to turn the check in today after work, a day late, but no huge deal. Because i get out of work half an hour before the office (for Colonial Village) closes, that means I could give them the check a day late and there's no way they'd process it until Monday morning. With the broken shower, I figured I would call and 'ask' how to turn the check in if I arrived home after the office closes and then add that my shower needed to be fixed (immediately). You see the problem if I stayed home sick? I can't be in the apartment when they come to fix the faucet, or else I could turn the check in any time today!

Therefore, life is stupid. I'll just walk over at 3 or 4 and hand them the check and put the stupid request in then (so much for immediate fixing). Also, I'm missing Tom's birthday lunch and an easy day at the office because no one is there (it's the week of vacations). Not to mention, I'm really sick. I repeat my earlier conclusion: life is really stupid.

(and that's how things are going for me. How about you?)