Ever had one of those days where you know it is for the greater good of mankind that you stay in bed and don’t leave it? You know the ones. The days where you can’t do something so simple that you wonder how you remember to breathe.
Today I did ALL of the following. None of it is made up, I really was having the day from hell!
I was scanning in a document for my lovely wife and scanned it upside down. Yeah I could have just flipped it in Windows, but decided I would just do it properly the first time. So I scanned it again. Except that rather then turn the paper the right direction, I actually turned the paper right over so it then scanned the back of the document instead. Then swore at the scanner for messing it up.
I then took the parrot food bowl out and picked up the cat food bowl. One pink and girlie (cat) and the other silver and metal and very parrot type. I put the parrot food in the cat bowl and was about to put the cat food in the parrot bowl when I realised.
Realising I was on to a losing streak here, I then decided to have a bath and get ready for work. While in the other room, I see my shoes, so I put them on. Thing is, I still had a towel round me. I had not got dressed yet. I realised when I went to put underwear on. I had been walking round the house in shoes and a towel.
So I then head to work. I walk past my car and put my key in the wrong car and can’t work out what is wrong. All the time looking in the car and not twigging it is the totally wrong car.
I get to work and go to put money on to my card to buy food. I cant work out why it won’t read my card. I try it every possible way before I realise I am trying to make it read my staff ID card and not the canteen card. One is white and the other is yellow. Not easy to confuse!
I want to go to bed, but I can’t. I have to work all night. I don’t believe in God, but if you do, say a prayer for my work colleagues! They are going to need it with me tonight!
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21 responses so far ↓
1 ONEDIA // Feb 11, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Ahhhh, I remember having those days on a regular basis. I recommend you read some of Jane’s older posts to put you back on the right track.
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2 Tamera // Feb 12, 2008 at 1:10 am
Ahhhh. No, I won’t even say it. Yet, hang in there, Man! Buckle up, anchor down, and all that ship talk, or whatever they say in the Navy. You will survive, even if your colleagues don’t..hehe
3 Some random stranger // Feb 12, 2008 at 1:16 am
Fortunately it is a fairly quiet night so my colleagues are still in one piece!
Perhaps being on a boat would be a great idea!! Take me out and dump me on a desert island until this day ends!!!
I need coffee. Strong coffee. And chocolate.
4 Tamera // Feb 12, 2008 at 1:48 am
I just tried to bring you a cup, but I tripped, and…wait..ok, there was my screen. Eegads, it is contagious
5 Some random stranger // Feb 12, 2008 at 2:03 am
I have a straw. And tissues I can mop it up with and rinse in my mouth!!
I hope tomorrow (well, today as it is now 1am) is a lot better day. Didn’t even get a chance to see wifey before I came to work.
Oooohhh…here comes the coffee delivery!! So glad I work in a team where people always want coffee!!
6 Kelly // Feb 12, 2008 at 4:51 am
If I were you, and I’m not, I’d quickly change into your very best Darth Vader costume, run out onto the nearest landing strip, climb on top a plane to your liking and shout, “The Force Is Strong Within Me!” while waving your “light saber” around with ample glee.
Your colleagues and boss will be so impressed, they’ll give you LOTS of time off for the rest you so much desire.
Gosh, I hope this helps.
7 Tamera // Feb 12, 2008 at 5:34 am
Oooooo, good one Kelly! Yeah, do that Sy. Take pictures, and put a slide show up on your blog. I’ll make popcorn.
8 Tamera // Feb 12, 2008 at 5:36 am
Ehhh. One more thing on the Darth Vader costume out on the landing strip. Remember to make a sign you can hang around your neck that reads, “I’m not a terrorist. I’m just Sy”. You know…just a thought.
9 Some random stranger // Feb 12, 2008 at 5:42 am
Kelly…fella…your trying to get me in trouble me thinks! You know I can’t wear a Vadar outfit. I am way more the superman or spiderman type of guy. Vadar was naughty until the end.
Now then Tamera. You dropped the coffee earlier, so do I believe you are bringing popcorn? Or am I going to have a huge mess to clear up here!
Maybe the sign round my neck could read “Sy – Urban NON-Terrorist. Handle with care”
10 Kelly // Feb 12, 2008 at 6:06 am
Golly, Sy, You sure are a lucky guy to have such good friends that care about ya. Kudos to you, Tamera, for the sign idea.
After you’re done riding the top of the airplane with your Darth Vader suit and the “I’m just Sy” sign around your neck, please be a good chap and hold up a sign advertising my charming, sophisticated website for all the tv crews to film before you are taken away in the paddy wagon.
Tamera, should he hold up a sign for yours, as well? It’s the least he can do for fine friends like us.
Remember…. I care a lot.
11 Some random stranger // Feb 12, 2008 at 6:14 am
It’s just so emotional. I dont deserve friends like this who are looking out for me on such a level.
I tell you what, if I cant sleep when I get home, I will play with my digital camera and take a photo of me holding up a board with both your sites on. Maybe. Well, probably not as my superhero outfit is at the cleaners. And I am not that good at sign making.
12 Tamera // Feb 12, 2008 at 6:39 am
Pfft. Of course I want a sign..Sy, remember the orange border, and don’t forget the logo, “Simplifying Life and Love”…and blow ‘em a kiss from me.
13 Some random stranger // Feb 12, 2008 at 6:52 am
Is there any chance you can change the logo to the back of a cornflakes box written in black pen? Thats about all I can manage. With the exception that neither me nor wifeo eat cornflakes at home. Hmmm. This is starting to be very difficult!!
14 Jane Turley // Feb 12, 2008 at 9:42 am
I just love the idea of you in your towel and shoes..Kinky! Why it’s the sort of thing Bond would do as he deals with an untimely intruder…
Alternatively it might also have been a good Morecombe and Wise sketch…..
15 Some random stranger // Feb 12, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Actually, without trying to make myself sound a touch big headed, I can be compared to James Bond in more ways then 1. For instance, I have an English accent. So does he. He lives in England. So do I. He is fictional. So am… well yeah, not all comaprisons are good.
16 Tamera // Feb 12, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Well? The popcorn is hostage until the slide-show comes up…hm…maybe he has been taken away to the “hospital”.
17 Some random stranger // Feb 12, 2008 at 11:25 pm
The “hospital” will never catch me! I am invincibubble!
Nope…no slideshow today! That would have involevd work, and I am just way too shy of hard work!
18 Beth // Feb 13, 2008 at 5:39 am
You could have use the song , ” Cause you had a bad day” I am not sure if this the title LOL
19 Some random stranger // Feb 13, 2008 at 5:42 am
You mean that dodgy Daniel Poweter song? Hmmm.. Actually, the song Bad Day by the band Fuel would work quite well!
Fortunately I ended the day alive! A good result if you ask me!
20 Rose // Feb 13, 2008 at 7:08 am
Poor you. Poor me! I had one of those days today.
21 Some random stranger // Feb 13, 2008 at 7:11 am
Fun aren’t they! Luckily those days are a rarity, but when they happened, it is not pretty!
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