The fiasco

After weeks of procrastination I HAD to get stuff done before my trip to Calgary so the last few days have been insanely hectic. Productive, but mildly painful. Anyways, after a few hours of sleep I got up, finished up the new ramp as best as possible without being able to hammer since it was 4:30 a.m., finished packing, etc. and headed for the Airport. I got there a half hour before my flight left but had to wait in the speedy self check-in line about 15 min. so the guy told me I missed my flight. They couldn't get the baggage on, I should be an hour ahead, and so on. I assume my face showed my shock & dismay because he was very nice & got me booked on the next direct flight at 9. Stand-by but there were lots of seats so not much of a worry. You know me though, I HATE difficulties and FREAK with difficulties involving travel. I had to eat candy to prevent myself from bursting into tears in front of everyone. I went to the washroom after getting my new not-quite-confirmed ticket and balled in the toilet stall for about 10 minutes. Then I went for coffee, had a mediocre croissant, and read #5 of "confessions of Georgia Nicholson". The concession lady told me to have another coffee at no charge even, which was awesome. The flight was ok. Then, I went to pick up the rental car. My card was declined due to the $500 deposit I didn't know existed so again I was a little upset. Luckily Janet was able to come to the Airport & rescue our plans. We went to eat and Janet got splashed with some fountain beverage and I got a bit of pop in my eye.
After that though - smooth sailing. Ah a mini-vac. I had a nap even.

Lame a$$

Today was really just way too pathetic not to share for a laugh. First of all there was a mouse in my kitchen this morning. As usual, I got up and let Clyde out. I closed the door and Hal was playing with his cat nip container in the kitchen for a while. Clyde came back in and I ate breakfast, had a coffee and started to get ready for work. Clyde was in the living room and Hal was napping on the futon but I heard something in the kitchen so I went back to look and saw a mouse next to my plant. I opened the door and got the broom and tried to scare it out. It ran across the living room and I freaked a bit because I didn't want it to end up living with me. Luckily it headed back to the kitchen when I went towards it. Clyde was completely oblivious and decided to go outside so I opened the door all the way. After about 5 minutes of me hovering with the broom the mouse finally headed for the great outdoors. It took off across the yard and Clyde finally noticed it and started barking. A little late in my opinion. So, Hal clearly didn't even notice or care there was a mouse around and Clyde didn't notice so my whole theory that a mouse wouldn't be able to come in is shot to hell. It was a really cute mouse and I wouldn't mind having a pet mouse, but I am not ready to welcome another animal into the family & I certainly don't want it bringing all it's mouse friends over. I definitely can't kill it. I feel guilty killing a spider, which I also don't do unless it's between me & my shower or bed or something. I did make it to work and work is work so I won't get into that but when I got home I found Clyde had pooped on the carpet. Great. Then, when I let him out I stepped on the ramp and it broke in a new spot so I have to herd Clyde up the middle so he doesn't fall through...
On top of the joys of today I have a bug infestation I'm dealing with. Oh, yeah, and there's diarrhea on my curtains.

Better

I have been sick. After recovering from my cold from a couple weeks ago I caught some crazy ass bug and got all sick and feverish this week. I even took a day off which is very unusual for me - planned vacation days are one thing but admitting defeat is another. I truly believed I would not get very sick so after spending all Tuesday evening slightly feverish and napping on and off on the couch I went to work Wednesday with some serious denial and spent the day hacking up bits of lung and spewing infectious air onto my co-workers. Apparently one of them has already gone down and was home today because of it. I gave up yesterday morning and called in sick with the promise that I would try to come in after lunch. As lunch approached I felt less and less like moving so I called again and said I wouldn't make it. After several more hours of napping my fever finally broke and I spent the evening in relative okayness. I tried to play Zoo Tycoon for a bit even but didn't last very long. I did however do a load of laundry and have a shower which felt very productive, and was of course hygienic. Today I am mainly just really stuffed up so sound really sick. I could hear people snickering at me on the phone though some people were very supportive and sympathetic. Statements like "you poor thing" really ease my pain. I also like being called "dear".
On the up side I did find a great place to take visitors or even just go for a walk by myself- the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve. It's awesome and I actually got some decent bird pics! Can you spot the goose in this one?