I work in retail, so you can imagine that we were so clutster-f%#& busy that my head was spinning just a few hours in. An 8 hour shift with 2 hours of sleep under my belt.
Two hours into my shift I find some cheap apple juice and think "Oooh, carbs! I'll need that energy!"
Turns out what I was saying was "Oooh! I can spend my shift buying immodium and sitting on the throne!" As you can imagine, it put a slight damper on things.
But it snowed! I'm in Texas now, and it's certainly a white Christmas! Granted, it started snowing before I left, so driving in the snow was going to prove challenging- my car is barely ready to drive in normal weather! And I'm 2 towns away from home!
So I snail it home, hoping to catch some of the winter event and work on my Ski Slope badges. At the brisk speed of ~15 in a 45mph zone, no one's moving very fast, and every swerve, skid, and red light is enough to make my heart stop. But I make it two towns over and I get to the main road!
The main road that leads to my house is a narrow, 2-lane road with way too many cars on it at any given time. Going possibly in the single digits of speed, I continue forward until I see someone pulling out! Someone from my left!
I push down the brake pedal, but it's too late! A loud and vaguely family 'cTHUNK' echos in my head as I watch my car slide into theirs and then roll down into the nearby ditch.
Turns out the Holidays isn't too bad! The person I hit wasn't moved off the road, so she offers me a ride home! In the process of sprinting to her car I lose my hat and by the time I actually reach her, there's a nice pick-up truck with a driver holding my hat out for me! Glee and jubilation, it was a reunion!
So, here I am, with my car still stuck in a ditch, AARP busy until tomorrow morning, and ready to hang out and play a little CoH. I can only ask those around me... Any room on the team?
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa, Happy Ramadan, Joyous Winter Solstice, Happy Samhain, and a content Atheists' Day!
I tell ya', it's been a rough day, all.
I work in retail, so you can imagine that we were so clutster-f%#& busy that my head was spinning just a few hours in. An 8 hour shift with 2 hours of sleep under my belt.
Two hours into my shift I find some cheap apple juice and think "Oooh, carbs! I'll need that energy!"
Turns out what I was saying was "Oooh! I can spend my shift buying immodium and sitting on the throne!" As you can imagine, it put a slight damper on things.
But it snowed! I'm in Texas now, and it's certainly a white Christmas! Granted, it started snowing before I left, so driving in the snow was going to prove challenging- my car is barely ready to drive in normal weather! And I'm 2 towns away from home!
So I snail it home, hoping to catch some of the winter event and work on my Ski Slope badges. At the brisk speed of ~15 in a 45mph zone, no one's moving very fast, and every swerve, skid, and red light is enough to make my heart stop. But I make it two towns over and I get to the main road!
The main road that leads to my house is a narrow, 2-lane road with way too many cars on it at any given time. Going possibly in the single digits of speed, I continue forward until I see someone pulling out! Someone from my left!
I push down the brake pedal, but it's too late! A loud and vaguely family 'cTHUNK' echos in my head as I watch my car slide into theirs and then roll down into the nearby ditch.
Turns out the Holidays isn't too bad! The person I hit wasn't moved off the road, so she offers me a ride home! In the process of sprinting to her car I lose my hat and by the time I actually reach her, there's a nice pick-up truck with a driver holding my hat out for me! Glee and jubilation, it was a reunion!
So, here I am, with my car still stuck in a ditch, AARP busy until tomorrow morning, and ready to hang out and play a little CoH. I can only ask those around me... Any room on the team?
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa, Happy Ramadan, Joyous Winter Solstice, Happy Samhain, and a content Atheists' Day!