one of dem days all week
I tried to start out early this morning, and succeeded, but only marginally. I got out at 0720, dropped C off, and high-tailed it to Shop Road, and 2 people were ahead of me, and I let a 3rd go ahead b/c her lab was visibly nervous, and the clerk provided paper-towels and a trash-can. Poor them. I was oout late, and traffic was slow goings, but I wasn't going to get a ticket or accident. Called ART, and endet up about 20mins late. And then I realize I forgot my neck-pouch AGAIN, and make do with an old card, and no one challenges me on it, even security. Wow.
TC's bday! there was plenty of most excellent nibblage and succulent tarts!!!!! The pics were up so quickly! WCC even managed an appearance
I had a chicken and dumplings (lucks) and to vary the flavor, i have taken to adding a bbq or ketchup packet, but overall, I think I'm getting tired of them. I might chage back to the frozen deals. Anyway, today, I decided to try a mustard packet. not bad it turned out.
I snagged a 15 minute nap, and chatted with
maybejet again and retrn to a rowhr and a ups issue, and lo and behold, the one is taken care off, and I follow up for the last time, close the issue, and the second one salved 2 problems - a set of missing expensive laser pointers that weR recieved, failed to log, aqnd stashed away on 05apr2007. I recieved a call on 11apr2007, wrote and dated a note for ART, and forgot about it, but a builing/agency-wide audit is in the works, and ART's cleaning, SJ is pegging down loose ends, and in the meantime, I just bound together stray check logs, and will likely compile a DB or spredsheet.
I was originally 16.30 to leave, but RMF had to leav early for important, unsaid reasons, so I covored, and in the meantime, scoured some paper shreds for Sterling "litter" (un-suctured = vulnerable to infection from real litter).
photo29033 meets me at 1700, I close, I give him 2 more salvaged/scavanged 100zipdisks (one had been "his" before).
So, I guess I dawdled too much, (and on the road I realize and suimltaneously get a reminder that I'd left the shreds in
photo29033's trunk) cause I'm almost at the HSPCA on shop road and K calls b/c they called her. I pull in, and walk in, and they say, "you're late", and I say "I have to be in at 1730", and they say "it's 1732. Itr's a 10$ late fee." for 2 minutes. and they still want to charge for the shots that I already paid for before!! 26$
they won't let m take him and pay later, and the young lady says nothing can be done. I say if they keep him for me not have the 10-26$, then that's another ton of fees for the extra day. I am not paying all of that crap for 2 minutes. Period. I was basically dredding coming home without him. I asked if any authority was present or reachable, the young lady said no, and I siad hen the're going to have to keep him, whick pissed me off, b/c I paid 41$ for a cat I love but don't like, was late to get to work over, and is going to be now very heart-broken at having his little world turned upside down. I thanked the young lady, and went out to my van, and for some reason threw my keys into the van, lucky, becasue for some reason I felt to trapped and powerless that I wanted to smash out my own windows. Stange to internalize that.
I start diggind through papers at least to locate my recipt showing all paid for, and can't find that, figuring after getting home and dealing with the mundane and the fall-out, monday will see K on the phone blasting the eardrums out of anyone who picks up the phone, but after a while, I'm just sitting against my steering wheel on the verge of tears, and the young man comes up into the door, statrling the craop out of me and says to take Sterling, and he'll take care of it 'cause he just want's to go home and that his co-worker is all about rules®s, (and shelter is up the hill) He hands me paper and pen and my tears just fall and my voice breaks, ansd I thank him, gingerly buckle Sterkling's carrier in, and offer all the change I had in my drawer (even tho it chould go to 331 for a 35cent graprefruit) I ride off to get my "litter", and think I see a 20$ bill in photo29033 neighbor's yard whjile he's helping her with her mail, but it was just a newspaper.
got home, explained to K what happened, ate some leftover meatloaf and icecream, and watched Dr Who (~Reg/+Master) Striling is very groggy, and sways while walking, and almot fell off the bed, so I gave him my leg pillow on the floor. Jane's been happy to have her friend back.