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laurainlimbo at 12:56pm on 03/08/2006
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Yesterday I think I entered the Twilight Zone – or at least it was some extreme version of Murphy’s Law that was plaguing me through the day. Work wasn’t so bad – in fact, I even felt bored since there were no real crises to deal with, and nothing too unusual. And since I had a major case of the blahs (a lot having to do with the fact that my husband is still waiting for word on these jobs he’s applied for and is getting impatient and restless, which doesn’t bode well for me), I actually left work early (after my required 8 hours, that is) and was on the road home by 4:20. I was so excited because I thought I’d actually get home before 5 p.m. for the first time in a few weeks! But I was so wrong. I decided to take the freeway, which I usually don’t do, because it was relatively clear. Little did I know that the road I take when I get off of the freeway was blocked off (I still don’t know why), and traffic was being averted. So I turned around, thinking I’d find some alternative route to my house (which from that point was really just 5 minutes away). I went the opposite direction because I couldn’t go back towards my building (traffic was stopped everywhere over there), and ended up going about 20 minutes out of my way, and because I was starting to panic and get frustrated, I accidentally turned the wrong direction on Montrose (the street where I live), and ended up another 10 minutes out of the way. So, by the time I got turned around and headed in the right direction, I had already been in my car for about 40 minutes! Then, Montrose turned out to be basically crawling, and there was really no other street I could take without adding more time (and I was already wasting gas), so I just sat. I had to call my sister on the the phone to keep myself from crying. I don’t know why I felt so emotional, but I just wanted to get home: it was hot, I was tired and emotional, and I was hungry. And I was so angry that someone or something had blocked the road so I couldn’t get home.
Finally, after an hour and 10 minutes in the car, I got home and realized that I needed a drink (and not a drink of water). So Masahiko and I walked to the store, 15 minutes on foot, and then got stuck in the rainstorm which made us both very wet and very hot. It’s amazing how rain on a hot day makes it feel like you are walking in a sauna, especially when you are walking on the wet asphalt. I’ve never needed a cold shower so much in my life, which is what I did when we returned home from the store with our jumbo size bottle of peach wine. We ate dinner, drank wine, and then I sat at the computer for awhile until the huge thunderstorm forced me to abandon the internet – I don’t want the lightning to damage my computer (it happened to me before in Chicago when my modem was fried). Turns out the lightning was pretty major and even destroyed trees and houses all around Chicago. It was a beautiful show, though…
I do really love the thunderstorms here – they make me realize how small and insignificant I am in the whole realm of nature.
I tried to watch a movie, but after too much wine, and too much stress with the husband, I gave up and went to sleep before midnight. But I should have gone to sleep earlier – I am starting to feel the effects of too much overtime at work and too many nights staying up until midnight or later. I am so tired today that I feel emotional – I wanted to stay home from work but I felt that it would just cause more stress on another day so I came. And I am here now, writing this during my lunch break since I don’t really have the chance when I get home. I have so many things to do at home, but with this heat, and the storms and the stress, I have no energy. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday and I can just relax this weekend and do nothing. Which is exactly what I want to do.
Finally, after an hour and 10 minutes in the car, I got home and realized that I needed a drink (and not a drink of water). So Masahiko and I walked to the store, 15 minutes on foot, and then got stuck in the rainstorm which made us both very wet and very hot. It’s amazing how rain on a hot day makes it feel like you are walking in a sauna, especially when you are walking on the wet asphalt. I’ve never needed a cold shower so much in my life, which is what I did when we returned home from the store with our jumbo size bottle of peach wine. We ate dinner, drank wine, and then I sat at the computer for awhile until the huge thunderstorm forced me to abandon the internet – I don’t want the lightning to damage my computer (it happened to me before in Chicago when my modem was fried). Turns out the lightning was pretty major and even destroyed trees and houses all around Chicago. It was a beautiful show, though…
I do really love the thunderstorms here – they make me realize how small and insignificant I am in the whole realm of nature.
I tried to watch a movie, but after too much wine, and too much stress with the husband, I gave up and went to sleep before midnight. But I should have gone to sleep earlier – I am starting to feel the effects of too much overtime at work and too many nights staying up until midnight or later. I am so tired today that I feel emotional – I wanted to stay home from work but I felt that it would just cause more stress on another day so I came. And I am here now, writing this during my lunch break since I don’t really have the chance when I get home. I have so many things to do at home, but with this heat, and the storms and the stress, I have no energy. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday and I can just relax this weekend and do nothing. Which is exactly what I want to do.
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HIHIHIIII!
*hugs*
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hey, where've you been this week? I've missed you! hope to see you online soon:)
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Maybe catch up soon!
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take care!!
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thanks for the head rub. I feel better already:)