Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Last Weekend
Because I really dont feel like trying to outline the events of this past weekend, I'm just gonna copy and paste the entries from another journal I keep ...
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
11:49 am I'm Having A Bad Day ...
Right now, I'm just sitting here at work, but have had a fairly bad morning (nothing wrong, just a bad day) ... my security badge doesnt have 'weekend access' yet, but it's SUPPOSED to ... so I tried several doors first to get in the building at 6:45am ... no luck ... called my manager at home on his cell phone and commented loudly (yelled) at him to "get me in the freaking building!" ... (he and I had a discussion LAST weekend about this problem and it was supposed to be fixed by now), so he called security so they could buzz me in ... so I had to go in on the other side of the campus and walk thru buildings (all connected) to get to our office ... then an hour later, they announced they were testing the fire alarms, not to be concerned.
Well fire alarm testing commenced ... and continued ... with flashing lights, buzzers, shrieks and bells going off non-stop for over 30 minutes before I got up and walked out ... it was so loud it was making me dizzy and nauseous ... I had grabbed my cell phone and pager, and called my manager back at home on his cell and explained the situation to him ... told him I was away from my desk and outside for the duration, that I couldnt take it anymore. HOWEVER. Now that I was outside, I couldnt get back in, I was outside of the 'secure area' and my badge doesnt work... so I had to go back to the security desk. On the other side of campus. Going around the OUTSIDE of the buildings ... a few miles away. So I had to hoof it back to building 002 to have them buzz me in, so I could go thru the inside of the buildings to get back to our office here in building 060.
Do ya really think i'm leaving to go out for lunch??? HA!!!!!! d;)
(As I was walking around campus and building 002 came in to sight, I took a deep breath and sighed, "It could be worse. It could be raining." It's been cold and grey and misting ... but not raining. )
Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
10:23 am And another bad day ...
And today is worse than yesterday ...
Had a migraine last night, but spent 4 hours on the phone anyway ... woke up still feeling dizzy and nauseous and migrained after a little less than 4 hours of sleep. Got ready for work, laid back down. Got up and realized I was running late for work. Left for work at 6:30. Decided to see if I could get here in 30 minutes (it's about a 40 - 45 mile drive).
Yeah, you can guess what happened next, by the kind of weekend I'm having.
Met a State Trooper. At the point I passed him, I was only doing 70 in a 65 zone tho (I saw him pulling on to the highway, so I slowed down from 85 to 70). Apparently, passing him was a bad idea. He was fussy, guess he hadnt had his morning coffee, so he pulled me over and advised me not to pass a State Trooper doing 70 when he is doing 65.
So he checked my car, asked where I was going, ran my license and registration ... and then the fun began ... because, WHEE! My drivers license expired on my birthday, 6 days ago! Oh, the fun and excitement. I had no freaking idea. It's been valid for something like 8 years ... it hadnt even crossed my mind that it'd be expiring.
So he decided that the "passing a State Trooper, doing 70 in a 65" was "frivolous" ... and just gave me a warning ... and the penalty for driving with an expired license is ... not having a license. YAY.
That was so much fun, while migrained, and late for work, and upset about the phone call last night ... just imagine the rapture, the joy, the pleasure ...
Monday, October 24th, 2005
4:26 pm It Got Worse ...
So, yesterday got better ... *sarcasm*
About mid-day, the person I'm selling my Taurus to called and said it overheated again (a problem I just had fixed on Thursday). I told her this time I couldnt swap cars with her ... last time, I let her drive my Matrix for a week while I had the Ford looked at and I drove the Ford ... (I'm UNFORTUNATELY selling the Taurus to a friend of mine).
Add that stress to the migraine.
Then I get home and find out that psycho violent nutjob next door is apparently back. At that point, I couldnt handle any more ... I just locked my windows and doors, and went to bed.
I woke up feeling like I'd been hit a few times by a truck, every muscle in my body ached (EXCEPT my head ... the migraine had finally broken) and I couldnt stop shaking ... just the sheer exhaustion of pushing all of the weekend events thru the migraine. It's no wonder the three Vicodin hadnt touched it ...
So this morning, I ran my errands ... this afternoon, I've curled up in a little ball under my security blanket and slept ... and this evening I've got a Ghost Trackers meeting.
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
11:49 am I'm Having A Bad Day ...
Right now, I'm just sitting here at work, but have had a fairly bad morning (nothing wrong, just a bad day) ... my security badge doesnt have 'weekend access' yet, but it's SUPPOSED to ... so I tried several doors first to get in the building at 6:45am ... no luck ... called my manager at home on his cell phone and commented loudly (yelled) at him to "get me in the freaking building!" ... (he and I had a discussion LAST weekend about this problem and it was supposed to be fixed by now), so he called security so they could buzz me in ... so I had to go in on the other side of the campus and walk thru buildings (all connected) to get to our office ... then an hour later, they announced they were testing the fire alarms, not to be concerned.
Well fire alarm testing commenced ... and continued ... with flashing lights, buzzers, shrieks and bells going off non-stop for over 30 minutes before I got up and walked out ... it was so loud it was making me dizzy and nauseous ... I had grabbed my cell phone and pager, and called my manager back at home on his cell and explained the situation to him ... told him I was away from my desk and outside for the duration, that I couldnt take it anymore. HOWEVER. Now that I was outside, I couldnt get back in, I was outside of the 'secure area' and my badge doesnt work... so I had to go back to the security desk. On the other side of campus. Going around the OUTSIDE of the buildings ... a few miles away. So I had to hoof it back to building 002 to have them buzz me in, so I could go thru the inside of the buildings to get back to our office here in building 060.
Do ya really think i'm leaving to go out for lunch??? HA!!!!!! d;)
(As I was walking around campus and building 002 came in to sight, I took a deep breath and sighed, "It could be worse. It could be raining." It's been cold and grey and misting ... but not raining. )
Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
10:23 am And another bad day ...
And today is worse than yesterday ...
Had a migraine last night, but spent 4 hours on the phone anyway ... woke up still feeling dizzy and nauseous and migrained after a little less than 4 hours of sleep. Got ready for work, laid back down. Got up and realized I was running late for work. Left for work at 6:30. Decided to see if I could get here in 30 minutes (it's about a 40 - 45 mile drive).
Yeah, you can guess what happened next, by the kind of weekend I'm having.
Met a State Trooper. At the point I passed him, I was only doing 70 in a 65 zone tho (I saw him pulling on to the highway, so I slowed down from 85 to 70). Apparently, passing him was a bad idea. He was fussy, guess he hadnt had his morning coffee, so he pulled me over and advised me not to pass a State Trooper doing 70 when he is doing 65.
So he checked my car, asked where I was going, ran my license and registration ... and then the fun began ... because, WHEE! My drivers license expired on my birthday, 6 days ago! Oh, the fun and excitement. I had no freaking idea. It's been valid for something like 8 years ... it hadnt even crossed my mind that it'd be expiring.
So he decided that the "passing a State Trooper, doing 70 in a 65" was "frivolous" ... and just gave me a warning ... and the penalty for driving with an expired license is ... not having a license. YAY.
That was so much fun, while migrained, and late for work, and upset about the phone call last night ... just imagine the rapture, the joy, the pleasure ...
Monday, October 24th, 2005
4:26 pm It Got Worse ...
So, yesterday got better ... *sarcasm*
About mid-day, the person I'm selling my Taurus to called and said it overheated again (a problem I just had fixed on Thursday). I told her this time I couldnt swap cars with her ... last time, I let her drive my Matrix for a week while I had the Ford looked at and I drove the Ford ... (I'm UNFORTUNATELY selling the Taurus to a friend of mine).
Add that stress to the migraine.
Then I get home and find out that psycho violent nutjob next door is apparently back. At that point, I couldnt handle any more ... I just locked my windows and doors, and went to bed.
I woke up feeling like I'd been hit a few times by a truck, every muscle in my body ached (EXCEPT my head ... the migraine had finally broken) and I couldnt stop shaking ... just the sheer exhaustion of pushing all of the weekend events thru the migraine. It's no wonder the three Vicodin hadnt touched it ...
So this morning, I ran my errands ... this afternoon, I've curled up in a little ball under my security blanket and slept ... and this evening I've got a Ghost Trackers meeting.
# posted by Elims @ 1:33 PM 
