The Pink Shoe Diaries

first of all, thanks to everyone for the get well wishes. last night i came home, adam made me dinner and then gave me what i think was a GLASS of nyquil, after which i promptly passed out.

and this morning, i awake and can breathe. it's a lovely thing.

now, have you even noticed that when one things happen to make you late; a MILLION other things will happen after that.

for instance, today i did a bad thing and turned off my alarm to "rest my eyes" for a few moments. of course 20 minutes later i wake up suddenly and am like "DAMNit!". so i rush to shower and get dressed and am out the door only 10 minutes later than usual which is not TOO bad.

and of course, i have to stop at dunkin donuts to get an iced coffee. of course.

and i end up being stuck in the longest line EVER. someone ahead of me must have ordered enough to cater a party of 100 because they got bag after bag after bag of bagels and muffins and tray after tray of coffees. i hate that person.

and then the traffic light near my apartment isn't working so it's a free for all that takes more precious minutes to get through.

then i get stuck behind a school bus.

then i get stuck behind an oil tanker.

then i figure i can bust on the highway but of COURSE that is backed up because of the interesting spectacle that causes millions of people to slow down: a car stalled on the side of the highway.

and then when i get of the highway near my work i get stuck behind a laundry truck (this is newton, apparently people send their laundry out to be done. Mr Bundles anyone?). at this point i was like "WHY ME?".

and all things told i was about 17 minutes late this morning.

so the moral of the story is, if you wake up late, don't think to yourself "no, i can make it on time! i will just rush!". just bite the bullet and call your boss then and say "yeah...i'm gonna be a little late this morning". and then you won't have to sweat the small stuff.

(small stuff meaning laundry trucks)