Friday, March 08, 2002

Fri
8
Mar
2002

Today: I Need A Do Over

Today totally sucked ass.

First I woke up stressed out after having some really bad nightmares. Then I had to drive to town in this totally dense fog. I had to deal with some dude at work that wanted to come into the store before they were open to work on the floors. He claimed he was there on behalf of the landlords. I told him I didn't have authority to let him in and he'd have to come back after 10 when the manager was there. Since I wasn't informed such a guy was coming, how was I to know if he was legit or if he was there to scope the place out to rob it or worse? He was a little ticked that I wouldn't let him in. Too bad.

After work I decided to head over to CollegeAmerica to take a look at the job board. It was snowing these weird little snowballs that felt like the styrofoam pellets in bean bag toys. Since the weather people said it was going to be a "light dusting" of snow today, I didn't think much about it. Of course, there are no jobs on the board. What else is new? I figured while I was in the neighborhood, I'd stop in at the JoAnn craft store up on Yale & Colorado. When I came out there was a full-fledged blizzard in progress! What the? Mike Nelson, the weather guy on KOA, says, "Oops, we goofed." Damn. I left the store at 2:30 and didn't get home until 5:45. What a disaster. I was so frazzled I stopped at a convenience store for about 15 minutes to use the restroom and relax. The roads totally sucked. No sand trucks, no plows, no nothing. Somebody died in a 30-40 car pileup on I-76. The accident list was absolutely huge. When I pulled up in front of my house, the storm was over, the sun was shining and there was even a rainbow in the Northwestern sky. I guess it really is true what they say about Colorado weather. If you don't like it wait a little, it will change.

So, here I am at home all alone. Marcus really wanted to go to the Apple store to get an upgrade for his Adobe Go-Live. I advised him to go tomorrow with the condition the streets were in, but he and his friend Mike are going anyway. So, I'll be in dreamland (hopefully not the same destination as last night) well before he gets home.

I picked up a new pair of dog clippers at PetSmart today. Why do replacement blades cost just as much as new clippers? I don't get it.

Well, I'm really tired. As soon as I do the Friday Five, I'm going to bed.