This morning was one of those. Let me give you a small list as to why I should have just turned around, went back to bed and hid under the covers. At least until Pluto becomes a planet again.
- When my alarm went off this morning, I rolled over and hit the snooze button. Wait! Let me rephrase that! I THOUGHT I hit the snooze button. As it turned out, I was wrong.
- After a marathon which included taking a shower, getting dressed and gathering all of my stuff, I raced out the door and hopped into the car. When I started it up, I remembered that I needed to get gas. I'm already running late and I need gas. Do the math.
- As I'm heading down our rural road, I pass the rather large curve that is accentuated by a huge, eerie looking Oak Tree. Even though I have my brights on (there are NO street lights), I narrowly miss making ham and pork chops out of a huge pig (hog?) and her three babies. I may have wet myself a little (sorry Mom). This in turn, causes my purse, lunch and cell phone to plummet to the floor, summarily dumping all of the items out of my purse and causing the top of the container to come off my lunch. Thankfully, the cell phone was safe. There is a God.
- Due to the fact that I was running late (see #1 and remember I normally go to work at O'dark thirty), the gate was lined up with cars waiting for entry. When I got up to the guards to flash my badge, I belatedly realized (you could see this coming couldn't you, come on, tell the truth) that I had forgotten my badge. I had to turn around and head on in to Pass and ID to get a temporary one. Lovely.
In brief, let me summarize the first 60 minutes or one long hour of my day. I woke up late this morning due to a malfunctioning alarm clock (not human error you understand). I had to fill up my gas tank because my husband doesn't love me enough to instinctively know when I am too lazy to do it the night before need to have it taken care of. I nearly made a ham and cheese omelet on the grill of my car, and spewed the entire contents of my purse and lunch on the floor. It's important to note that no cell phones were harmed in the potential bacon fest. To top off the morning festivities, I forgot my badge.
Despite the inauspicious start, I had a fantastic day. I accomplished what I needed to get done and it felt really good.
To hell with it, maybe I should be late more often!
Comments
yes some days it may be better staying at home, which reminds me to go find my ID token for work so I can get in / out.
Hmm a grilled bacon sandwich...
Yeah getting to work at o'dark isn't fun, now add to that if your already running late, your low on gas and well what do you know there's been an over night frost so the car is all white...
Posted by: Gordon at November 3, 2008 2:45 AM
MAN! Thats one heck of a morning. But it really sounds like my normal mornings actually. Lol! I live a half hour from work. And I am often MUCH too lazy to fill up on gas the night before, WHILE I'M AT THE GAS STATION, and for some reason I would much rather make myself late and frustrated the next morning. Whats up with that anyways?!
Brand new to your blog. This was the first post of yours that I read and I can tell you, I think I'm already hooked based on that alone. Lol!
Em
Posted by: Emmy at November 4, 2008 9:43 AM
