Stick A Fork In Me
This past week has included:
1. Food poisoning
2. A ten hour work day that started at 7 AM (more on that in a minute)
3. A chipped tooth which prompted a trip to the dentist
4. A broken air conditioner on a day with 100 F heat.
I have never been so thankful to see a Saturday.
The food poisoning was Sunday evening into Monday. I had leftover pizza for dinner that was evidently a little too left over. So really I did it to myself.
The ten hour day was Wednesday. I had to get up at 5 am as my first meeting was at seven. By 5 pm I was beyond loopy. Case in point: S- came by my desk at 5 and asked how long I'd been there. I answered "12 hours!". When he looked at me like I was crazy I explained "7 to noon is 5 hours and noon to 5 is 5 hours. 5 + 5 is...um...not 12 hours." Yes, I was so tired I forgot how to do simple math. *sigh*
Thursday I ate breakfast and thought I had some granola stuck but when I went to get it realized that the sharp and pointy was not in fact granola but that I'd chipped my bottom left molar! Luckily my dentist is great and was able to get me in on Friday. Equally lucky all we had to do was grind it down a bit as the tooth (and previous filling) are still solid. The general consensus is I did it while grinding my teeth.
Friday, after the dentist and getting pretty much nothing done at work I went out to Conference Room S with S- and B-. We had a drink, shot the shit, then I dropped B- off at his place and headed home. The official high yesterday was 99 F but every temp sign we saw said100 or 101. I got home and the house was 82. Uh-Oh! Called the heating/cooling guys and they said they could be out between 8 and midnight. The guy actually got there a little after 8 pm. The sun was down and somehow it hadn't gotten any hotter inside the house. Turns out the capacitor had burned out due to the heat so while the fan and compressor were fine they weren't getting any juice. Took about 5 minutes and $261 bucks to fix and I now have AC again. Thank goodness since today is supposed to be another hot one. I was prepared to replace the unit if I had to but I'm relieved that it was fixable and for a lot less than six grand.
As for today? Well, so far I've done laundry, dropped off recycling and made the trip to the grocery store without incident. Fingers crossed and knock on wood that it stays that way. I have work to do this weekend (when don't I have work to do?) but first I plan on editing the music on my iPod Touch and adding a movie or two in prep for my big trip. Then I'll likely chill for a bit, try to stay cool, and generally lay low for a day or so. Monday is a holiday here in the US so I have plenty of time to get my work done and clean the house before my routine reasserts itself.
On that note, everyone have a great weekend!
1. Food poisoning
2. A ten hour work day that started at 7 AM (more on that in a minute)
3. A chipped tooth which prompted a trip to the dentist
4. A broken air conditioner on a day with 100 F heat.
I have never been so thankful to see a Saturday.
The food poisoning was Sunday evening into Monday. I had leftover pizza for dinner that was evidently a little too left over. So really I did it to myself.
The ten hour day was Wednesday. I had to get up at 5 am as my first meeting was at seven. By 5 pm I was beyond loopy. Case in point: S- came by my desk at 5 and asked how long I'd been there. I answered "12 hours!". When he looked at me like I was crazy I explained "7 to noon is 5 hours and noon to 5 is 5 hours. 5 + 5 is...um...not 12 hours." Yes, I was so tired I forgot how to do simple math. *sigh*
Thursday I ate breakfast and thought I had some granola stuck but when I went to get it realized that the sharp and pointy was not in fact granola but that I'd chipped my bottom left molar! Luckily my dentist is great and was able to get me in on Friday. Equally lucky all we had to do was grind it down a bit as the tooth (and previous filling) are still solid. The general consensus is I did it while grinding my teeth.
Friday, after the dentist and getting pretty much nothing done at work I went out to Conference Room S with S- and B-. We had a drink, shot the shit, then I dropped B- off at his place and headed home. The official high yesterday was 99 F but every temp sign we saw said100 or 101. I got home and the house was 82. Uh-Oh! Called the heating/cooling guys and they said they could be out between 8 and midnight. The guy actually got there a little after 8 pm. The sun was down and somehow it hadn't gotten any hotter inside the house. Turns out the capacitor had burned out due to the heat so while the fan and compressor were fine they weren't getting any juice. Took about 5 minutes and $261 bucks to fix and I now have AC again. Thank goodness since today is supposed to be another hot one. I was prepared to replace the unit if I had to but I'm relieved that it was fixable and for a lot less than six grand.
As for today? Well, so far I've done laundry, dropped off recycling and made the trip to the grocery store without incident. Fingers crossed and knock on wood that it stays that way. I have work to do this weekend (when don't I have work to do?) but first I plan on editing the music on my iPod Touch and adding a movie or two in prep for my big trip. Then I'll likely chill for a bit, try to stay cool, and generally lay low for a day or so. Monday is a holiday here in the US so I have plenty of time to get my work done and clean the house before my routine reasserts itself.
On that note, everyone have a great weekend!