Today was one of those days where everything seemed to go wrong. I was having those days quite a lot for awhile, but lately I've been doing good. Today, not so much.
It started out this morning simple enough. Nat left for work but I don't usually leave that early because it doesn't take me as long to get where I'm going. So I was just hanging out, surfing Soulcast, drinking coffee. Then I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. When I walked back out, I noticed my front door was wide open.
I wasn't alarmed by that because of burglars. But because our cats don't go outside and I knew they probably escaped. Wrangling up 4 cats isn't easy. Not when one of them weighs a ton and wiggles around like a fish. But apparently when Nat left, the door didn't close all the way. It happens sometimes because the catch on the screen door isn't that great.
So I had to trudge outside in my pajamas and go look for cats. I found two of them on the front lawn eating grass desperately. They were chomping it like they were starving to death and would never eat again. One of them was sitting right on the front porch though all he required was a stern, "get back in the house!" and he took off back inside. He puts the pussy in pussycat.
But one of the cats was totally MIA. I wasn't sure where she had gone. She's the bitchiest cat and the one most likely to take her stuff and never come home. But I went out and scooped up the two grass eaters and they were pretty pissed at me. I tossed them in the house and walked around looking for the last escapee. She wasn't out there. So I went back inside and searched everywhere, and finally I found her asleep in the closet on a pile of shoes. Phew! Nat would be heartbroken if her cat ran away. So I was glad I rescued everyone and things were fine.
Except for that the grass eaters were sick and barfed up hairballs mixed with grass all over the kitchen. Beautiful! The green color really made it so much less disgusting. (Not!) So I had to clean that up, and before I knew it, I was late for work. I wasn't even dressed yet. But I figured it didn't matter that much because work was really super slow anyway. I'd get there eventually.
My day seemed much better at that point. Things were going along well once I got to work. At least until lunch time when my internet died. Oh the humanity! On the one day I was completely not busy and could just hang out and chit chat with people, I lost the internet. From 12pm-3:30, I was going nuts. You all know how addicted I am to the internet.
I waited a bit before I called the place because I thought it would come back on. But it didn't. So I called up and the stupid chick I talked to was totally brain dead. I asked her what was going on because my internet was out for almost 2 hours. She said she had no idea what was wrong but that it appeared my modem was offline. Duh. So what is she going to do about it? She didn't know. And then she said it appeared that lots of other people had offline modems in my area. So I asked her if they were going to fix it. She said she didn't know because no one else reported an outage.
Well I'm fucking reporting it! Now do something! Geez. So she said someone would look into it and I should have a great day! Yeah right. So I hung up and waited some more. Still nothing. After another hour I called back again, and this time I talked to someone else. He told me everything was running fine. Uh, no it wasn't.
And I told him that the other chick said everyone had down modems. He then asked me why a truck wasn't sent out. I don't know. Maybe because it's not my job to send the truck? Then he tells me it's not anyone else with a problem. It's just me. So that means a technician will have to come to the office and check the modem.
Blah. That'll take forever. But I agreed to it and told him to send someone out. I waited and waited, and then I get a phone call. Another guy tells me that everything is all fixed and it was something in their office and not my modem. Great! Except it wasn't fixed and still wouldn't work. So he walked me through all these special steps of what to unplug and re-plug and reset.
It was like being walked through the disarming of a bomb. He was like, "unplug the modem--then wait! Now unplug the router---then wait! Okay turn off the computer....wait!" At one point I asked him if I could turn the computer back on yet and he goes, "no! you have to wait 30 seconds, then plug this in, then wait, then plug that in, then turn it on."
I wonder what would have happened if I accidentally turned it on too soon? Or mixed up my unplugging sequences? I shudder to think that I could have blown up the entire building with my careless plug actions.
But the problem was finally solved! I was happy. I no longer felt cut off from the outside world. My day was better.
Then I went home. That's always the highlight of my day. Except that on the way home, a bird shit in my car. What are the odds? I have a convertible so it's a risky venture to drive around with the top down. At least if a bird happens to be dumping a load just as you drive under it. God doesn't hate me entirely though because at least it did not shit on my head. Just the backseat.
So as you can see, my day wasn't anything monumentally bad. But it sucked anyway. I want a do-over. Hopefully tomorrow will have more luck. But the good news is, I feel okay about all the crappy bullshit (and birdshit) that happened. In fact most of it is slightly amusing now. Not so much at the time. But now? Yeah, it's kind of funny.
That must mean I'm doing pretty good inside my crazy head huh? That's a nice feeling.
evil_twin posted on May 15, 2008
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the_infernal_optimist said on May 15, 2008....
[rofl]
Wait, give me a minute. Let me stop laughing...
[clamps hand over mouth, tries not to look at the "God doesn't hate me entirely..." sentence so as not to lose it all over again]
Oh my God...nope, that's still funny. :-D I'm really glad the cats are fine (eww on the hurling green stuff though) and that the internet eventually came back on. That sucks that it was off for so long though!
And boo to that bird. He couldn't have waited five more seconds?? I guess when ya gotta go...but yuck.
I'm glad you're feeling alright about all of it. I'd feel a little guilty for laughing (again) if you weren't. ;-) I hope tomorrow goes much less shittily (literally and figuratively).
~Infernal
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Lucytorial said on May 15, 2008....
You are a magnet I swear to god.... LMTO just stop telling us okay! next post is going to be me telling soulcast some made up story that will no doubt come true.... teeheheheee I'm sorry but ET why does this always happen to you!
{{{{{{mwaahahaha bird.... birdy num num te he he}}}}}}
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Mr_Box said on May 15, 2008....
So that's why I didn't see too much of you around today. You had no internet. That seriously blows. I hate when that happens. And it's even worse when the cable people are morons.Our new kitten got outside the other day too. She's easy to wrangle up though. But I was bringing in groceries and suddenly she was standing in the driveway. I had to scoop her up and put her inside one of the bags and I carried her back inside.The bird shit thing....that could only happen to you. Hasn't there been some sort of bird theme in your life lately? Now one took a crap in your car. The bird gods are trying to get your attention! I wonder what they're trying to say? -
secretlife said on May 15, 2008....
if a bird shits on you, they say it's good luck! LOLi betcha a bird shitting on your car is good luck too! (plus it beats getting it in your hair)yesterday i was letting the dog in. we have a lead out back that he goes on in the mornings while i get ready for the day-anyway, i went to get him, and he was all twisted around....instead of untwisting his lead, i decided to let him off and was sure he'd run right back inside. instead he took a hard right and took off into the neighborhood....i finally did catch him 6 or so houses up the road....i picked him up and his whole backside was covered in SH*T!!!I had to put him into the tub at 7:30 am, and was late getting out of the house by 1/2 hr.i know what you mean by 'one of those days'.... -
brit said on May 15, 2008....
Wow! At least it's over and now you're laughing about it! A do-over
would be ok as long as it doesn't turn out to be like the movie
Groundhog Day. But yeah, tomorrow's another day. It'll be better. Just
go into it positively! :-)
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evil_twin said on May 16, 2008....
Infernal--I'm glad this post entertained you! See, that makes the hassle of the shitty day worth it. If I can make someone laugh with my trials and tribulations, I have not suffered needlessly ;-) I do hope today is less stressful though....
Lucy--I think I'm just super lucky to have everything always going wrong in my life. *sigh* I am quite thankful the bird shit missed my head though. I might not have recovered from that one!
Mr. Box--Yeah, there has been a bird theme lately. I've had bird dreams and now a bird tried to crap on me. I do wonder what it means when the bluebird of hope takes a shit in your car? Good sign or bad one? :-P
secret--It's good luck to be crapped on by a bird? Maybe it's a good sign after all?! That thing with your dog would have driven me crazy too. Having to wash dog crap off his butt at 7:30am is not what you had planned!
brit--Thanks :-) I am hoping today will go smoothly and be stress and bird crap free! With internet access!
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uniquely-ironic said on May 16, 2008....
LOLSomehow you make it funny, even though I'm sure it didn't feel funny at the time.I've often wondered why more convertibles don't have more bird shit on them. I mean, they're often parked in the shade, which is usually trees, which have birds, .......... you see where I'm going with this?I get what you mean about the internet service. I usually let Bill handle that since he's an IT guy. Just listening to his side of the conversation sounds painful. Usually for them since he's not shy about telling them how stupid they are. -
diabolicdame said on May 16, 2008....
Lol.. well atleast you're lucky the bomb didn't go off! :-D -
soaringraven said on May 16, 2008....
evil_twin - I does seem than once one thing goes wrong during the course of a day it sets off a sequence of mishaps. Usually they are small things that you can chuckle about later, but while going through it there is little or no humour to be found.
I've had a fair share of such days over the years, so don't feel alone in that respect.
Heres hoping that today went more smoothly.
Good day to you
soaring
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quietone said on May 16, 2008....
A good way to end a "shitty" day kyle! I am glad you are having good days dispite the green hairballs~ -
CreativeWoman said on May 16, 2008....
I love your line..."He puts the pussy in pussycat." I nearly choked on my tea.
I hope today has gone better.
CW
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wombat said on May 16, 2008....
Glad you rounded up the kitty crew....this was a fun post! I didn't even know cats ate grass! Where have I been? Anyway, wish I could see you riding in that convertible....bet you look cool! Sorry about the drop in decor, though! -
evil_twin said on May 16, 2008....
uniquely--I never park my car under a tree with the top open! Otherwise I'm sure I'd have quite a mess. I used to park it under our plum tree (before the storm blew it down) and my car would be covered with purple bird crap.
diabolic--Me too!
soaring--Good day to you too :-) I had much better luck today. Nothing went wrong *knock on wood* I always seem to have too many days where every little goes wrong. I need a break!
quietone--I have been having good days :-) It's been great! But the green hairballs and bird shit were a little bit of a setback!
CW--Today has been much better. I'm glad I made you laugh, but I don't want you to choke!
wombat--Cats love grass. In fact they sell special 'cat grass' at the Petco. What it does is clean out their system of hairballs and gunk. So it makes them barf. But they feel better after! I hope I look cool in the convertible, minus the bird poo! :-P
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zixiseo said on May 16, 2008....
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zixiseo said on May 16, 2008....
You have a lucky day, is pretty good. -
silverwhisper said on May 18, 2008....
so wait, why was the door open, dude?
that's really messed up about the bird--and i gotta say, i had no idea whatsoever that you drove a convertible. what kind?
it's good to see that despite all that, you retained your sense of humor, kyle. :>
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evil_twin said on May 18, 2008....
zixiseo--Thanks.
silver--The door was open because when Nat left, it didn't latch all the way. It's happened before. It's a screen door and I already had the actual door open to get air in here. And I drive a Mustang :-)
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silverwhisper said on May 18, 2008....
ah, i've had that problem w/ screen doors, myself! i don't know how your door works but you might wanna see if you can fiddle with it so it latches more readily?
somehow, i was completely unable to imagine what you drive, but as soon as i read that it's a mustang, it just made sense to me. and for some reason, i'm picturing it as blue.
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evil_twin said on May 18, 2008....
silver--I should fiddle with the latch. Someday :-P I usually try to close it and then push on it to make sure it's latched. But sometimes you forget to do that. And my car is actually black...
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