12:36 am: still awake
1:17 am: yep, still awake
1:42 am: change alarm, because no way in H-E-double-hockey-sticks am I getting up before 9:00 am
7:06 am: up anyway (weird dreams...where are these coming from all of the sudden?)
7:07 am: Why were hommie (LA friend/drinking buddy extraordinaire) and I drinking expensive, crappy beer in the middle of the CVS parking lot in Lompoc? He was also in a crabby mood...likely because we were drinking bad beer in the middle of the parking lot...not in a car...but actually sitting in a parking lot. Spend the next hour dozing on and off
8:43 am: give up on sleep and proceed upstairs to coffee maker
8:56 am: first up of coffee
9:13 am: second cup of coffee
9:15 am: try to log in to remote desktop to access important spreadsheet...could the connection move any slower?
9:36 am: get started with my research...only to realize I'm in way over my head...how are there nearly double the amount of schools as last year. WHERE ARE THESE COMING FROM!!??
10:00 am: contemplate having a drink...because shit is getting stressful
10:12 am: realize I still have two more loads of laundry to do before my trip
10:13 am: curse self for not finishing this yesterday
10:15 am: get back to research
11:40 am: finally eat breakfast...in bed...with my laptop and spreadsheets
3:15 pm: still researching this bitch of a project. I thought it would be easy to update this year...I was wrong.
3:16 pm: resist urge to pull hair out
3:17 pm: clean out the trunk of my car so that I can fit everything in for the drive to LA tomorrow
3:25 pm: find shoes I didn't even realize I was missing and start to pack carry-on
3:37 pm: send lotto email to coworkers...resist urge to pull hair out for the upteenth time today (what on earth did I get myself into? I'm not a money tree, people!!)
3:40 pm: packed most of my carry-on and I didn't even have to sit on it. Go me!
3:45 pm: go back to work and keep researching...try to accept the fact that this project is going to take many, many, many more hours than I anticipated
4:49 pm: start to get very hungry
4:50 pm: now is a good time for a drink...get distracted though and start thinking about packing again
5:03 pm: realize that I don't have enough of one of my prescriptions to get me through my trip...order online and prep for a 45 minute round-trip drive to get medication (note to self: either get on home delivery or switch pharmacies)
5:07 pm: blog...because I am a gold-medal procrastinator and it just seems like the most logical thing to do at this point
5:21 pm: get comfortable with the fact that I will have to take my laptop on this trip
5:22 pm: cross the library displays off my to-do list for today - no way is that shit getting done before I leave!
5:31 pm: wrap up stupid blog entry because I still have to finish work..and packing...and picking up meds
7:15-ish pm: Gas station will not accept my debit card...wtf...checked my account balance only to realize one of my more expensive recent transactions is listed in both pending and history, making it look like I have $200 less in my checking than I really do (I also generally keep most of my money in a savings account and move to checking as needed so that I'm not tempted to spend as much.)
7:20-ish pm: I have more than enough gas to get home, decide to drive home where gas is slightly cheaper...try not to be bitter on the drive home about my checking account having a low, low balance (but know that the $200 will find it's way back tomorrow...still. Really annoying, especially since it was fine four hours earlier.)
7:40-ish pm: get to gas station where gas is way cheaper...only to find all that's left is premium.
7:40-ish pm: decide "eff it" and pay the extra 20 cents, because I don't have to get that much anyway and I just want to go home. I gladly pay an extra $1.20 total to go home and not have to worry about getting gas tomorrow morning when it's crowded as eff.
8:45 pm: finally finish packing my carry-on and checked luggage...all that's left is my laptop and chargers (I will likely wear my glasses to the airport because flying in contacts sucks and wearing my glasses is the one way to ensure they make it on the trip with me :) I can't see more than blobs when anything is a foot from my face, so it's hard to function without them. )
8:52 pm: decide to keep blogging about my action packed day full of first-world problems
8:55 pm: start to get pumped, because I'm super excited to see my sister and super excited for her to get married.
Ok, off to shower and try to go to bed...I figure trying to fit several hundred schools in an already packed spreadsheet in alphabetical order by country, city and school should help me fall asleep.
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