Monday, Again?

It rained hard overnight, but at least it was warmer when I woke up on Monday.

It was only sprinkling on the way into work.

I ended up having to write an email to all our LAN-WAN folks, reminding them to do a walk-through of the shop and office at Building 3 before setting the alarm after hours or on weekends. I would have just let it drop, but the shop guys discussed the situation in their Monday morning meeting. So, I had to use finesse to keep the incident local, if you know what I mean.

I went to Ten Yen at lunch and got the usual. Then I drove down to Office Max and got two reams of printer paper for the house. I only needed one, but they had a special on them if you took two. A trip to Office Depot last Saturday for paper was another of the errands that got cancelled because of rain.

I opened my fortune cookie in the afternoon (I was too full after lunch) and it read: “You have many special gifts, go experiment with them!” Hmmm…

The day spiraled down from there.

When I got home, I discovered I’d left my phone at work. I debated just leaving it there, but it would be dead by tomorrow. So, I drove back to work, grabbed the phone and drove home again.

When I got home, I had a bill from St. Mary Mercy Hospital. It was for my share of a test my doctor asked me to get done last time I went to see her. It was for $362.92!

I went to make my shrimp scampi. I opened the baggie of shrimp I had thawed and damn near puked! Nothing that smelled like that could be edible! The first half of the bag didn’t smell like that when I used it, so I must have thawed it wrong or kept it in the fridge too long…

If this is the first day of the rest of my life, it’s gonna suck!

I threw the shrimp in the trash and ate the rest of the chili mac and cheese and another half of a turkey sandwich.

I took the rest of the night off and read in the living room until 10:00 p.m., when I went to bed.