Week of hell... day four.
Lessee, lets start with monday morning. The temperature was about -20 and when I went outside to start my car I discovered the battery was dead. Goodie!
I contemplated who I could call at five thirty in the morning... Dennis! He'll pick up! The phone rings until the answering machine picks up. I leave a message and hang up. Hmmm, who else can I call? Jimmy! I call and he picks up after the fourth ring. I ask him for a jump and he agrees. We hang up and I go to brush my teeth. Before I can reach the bathroom the phone rings. I pick up and it's Dennis! Apparently he hadn't been able to catch the phone because he couldn't find it in the dark. I tell him to go back to bed because our cousin was gonna come over.
Jimmy shows up about ten minutes later and I found out he'd needed a jump earlier that morning himself. I found out that he woke up Emily around midnight to see if she wanted to hang out. Apparently he'd been home for about an hour when I called. Whoops!
Anyway, I get on the road about quarter after six and decided to give Em a ride to work. It was waaaay too cold to walk. Anyway, I pass her apartment and head to her store. I didn't see her and the lights weren't on at her store. Whoops again! I swing back by her place and run inside. Yep, she's late too. I drop her off and head to my store and open. The day went by in pleasant fashion. My sister called and asked me if I could drive her to work because the heater in her car isn't working.
I get out of work and run over to her place and discover not only is her car malfunctioning but she is also quite sick. Sheesh! Some warning might be nice. Anyway I run her to work and decide I want to get lunch. Sooooo back over to Emily's! Whoosh!
I get there and knock. No reply. I knock again. No reply. I can hear the television going so I try the door. It's not locked! Ha ha! I make quite a lot of noise coming inside, including calling out to her and stomping my feet. I take off my shoes and discover she's out cold on her futon. I contemplate for a moment if I should tickle her ear. I decide after a moment not to and settle on shaking her shoulder. Yeah, it scared the hell out of her. Funny though.
She wanted to go to lunch, and would wait for KC to get back. She arrived and we decided on Bonanza. On our way out to the car KC realizes she left her wallet in her coat which is inside of Em's apartment. She goes back inside for it and discovers the door is locked. She comes back out, taking little tiny geisha steps to avoid slipping on the ice. She makes it all the way to my car before she SLIPS on the ICE! she hits the ground and starts laughing madly and saying over and over 'that was EPIC!' Em then goes back inside to get KC's wallet. She comes back out and yells at KC for having bought a new pack of ciggs. She's supposed to be quitting. We get to lunch, run into Em's sister and her bf at Bonanza.
We eat lunch and I drop them off and head home. It's around five by this point. Just as I'm climbing the stairs to my house my Dad pulls in. We go inside and I turn on my computer and discover it isn't functioning properly. Very shortly after discovering this the phone rings. It's Laurie calling to tell me she found someone to take the rest of her shift and is asking if she can get a ride home from me. I'd just gotten home, my computer was acting up and I'd just given her a rid TO work. I said no.
I fucked around with my computer for a little while and gave up. Paranoid about my battery draining in the cold again I start my car and let it run for about ten minutes before going to bed. I set my alarm for 1:30 in the morning and get up again to turn the engine over. I let it run for ten minutes again before going back to bed.
When my alarm goes off again at five thirty my efforts paid off. My car started just fine. I was still in a bit of a snit over the problems with my computer all day. Em calls me shortly after I get home and we go and have the most yummy cake ever! Butter cream frosting with a layer of chocolate cake, a layer of cheese cake then another layer of chocolate cake. Delish! I go home and ignore my computer. Wednesday rolls around and Luke shows up at the store and a brilliant idea occurs! I Ask him to fix my computer.
I buy him lunch and he fiddles around with my computer and we discover not only do I have twenty seven viruses on my computer but I also have a trojan that looks like a MS virus protection warning. Yeah, suxors. But about a half hour later and several scans later, my computer is working again! Teh yay!
Now here we are on thursday... waiting for something else to go wrong.
Yeesh.
EDIT: When I thought it was safe to go home on friday I was wrong! Apparently some douche bag backed his vehicle up into the building and hit the payphone. It doesn't end there. It also caught fire. My co-worker reacted with the speed of a trained professional and grabbed the fire extinguisher from beside the door and put it out. Apparently the truck didn't have brakes. The best part, despite the fact the truck didn't have brakes and caught fire, the two men that were in the truck decided to take off before anything could be done.
Assholes.
I contemplated who I could call at five thirty in the morning... Dennis! He'll pick up! The phone rings until the answering machine picks up. I leave a message and hang up. Hmmm, who else can I call? Jimmy! I call and he picks up after the fourth ring. I ask him for a jump and he agrees. We hang up and I go to brush my teeth. Before I can reach the bathroom the phone rings. I pick up and it's Dennis! Apparently he hadn't been able to catch the phone because he couldn't find it in the dark. I tell him to go back to bed because our cousin was gonna come over.
Jimmy shows up about ten minutes later and I found out he'd needed a jump earlier that morning himself. I found out that he woke up Emily around midnight to see if she wanted to hang out. Apparently he'd been home for about an hour when I called. Whoops!
Anyway, I get on the road about quarter after six and decided to give Em a ride to work. It was waaaay too cold to walk. Anyway, I pass her apartment and head to her store. I didn't see her and the lights weren't on at her store. Whoops again! I swing back by her place and run inside. Yep, she's late too. I drop her off and head to my store and open. The day went by in pleasant fashion. My sister called and asked me if I could drive her to work because the heater in her car isn't working.
I get out of work and run over to her place and discover not only is her car malfunctioning but she is also quite sick. Sheesh! Some warning might be nice. Anyway I run her to work and decide I want to get lunch. Sooooo back over to Emily's! Whoosh!
I get there and knock. No reply. I knock again. No reply. I can hear the television going so I try the door. It's not locked! Ha ha! I make quite a lot of noise coming inside, including calling out to her and stomping my feet. I take off my shoes and discover she's out cold on her futon. I contemplate for a moment if I should tickle her ear. I decide after a moment not to and settle on shaking her shoulder. Yeah, it scared the hell out of her. Funny though.
She wanted to go to lunch, and would wait for KC to get back. She arrived and we decided on Bonanza. On our way out to the car KC realizes she left her wallet in her coat which is inside of Em's apartment. She goes back inside for it and discovers the door is locked. She comes back out, taking little tiny geisha steps to avoid slipping on the ice. She makes it all the way to my car before she SLIPS on the ICE! she hits the ground and starts laughing madly and saying over and over 'that was EPIC!' Em then goes back inside to get KC's wallet. She comes back out and yells at KC for having bought a new pack of ciggs. She's supposed to be quitting. We get to lunch, run into Em's sister and her bf at Bonanza.
We eat lunch and I drop them off and head home. It's around five by this point. Just as I'm climbing the stairs to my house my Dad pulls in. We go inside and I turn on my computer and discover it isn't functioning properly. Very shortly after discovering this the phone rings. It's Laurie calling to tell me she found someone to take the rest of her shift and is asking if she can get a ride home from me. I'd just gotten home, my computer was acting up and I'd just given her a rid TO work. I said no.
I fucked around with my computer for a little while and gave up. Paranoid about my battery draining in the cold again I start my car and let it run for about ten minutes before going to bed. I set my alarm for 1:30 in the morning and get up again to turn the engine over. I let it run for ten minutes again before going back to bed.
When my alarm goes off again at five thirty my efforts paid off. My car started just fine. I was still in a bit of a snit over the problems with my computer all day. Em calls me shortly after I get home and we go and have the most yummy cake ever! Butter cream frosting with a layer of chocolate cake, a layer of cheese cake then another layer of chocolate cake. Delish! I go home and ignore my computer. Wednesday rolls around and Luke shows up at the store and a brilliant idea occurs! I Ask him to fix my computer.
I buy him lunch and he fiddles around with my computer and we discover not only do I have twenty seven viruses on my computer but I also have a trojan that looks like a MS virus protection warning. Yeah, suxors. But about a half hour later and several scans later, my computer is working again! Teh yay!
Now here we are on thursday... waiting for something else to go wrong.
Yeesh.
EDIT: When I thought it was safe to go home on friday I was wrong! Apparently some douche bag backed his vehicle up into the building and hit the payphone. It doesn't end there. It also caught fire. My co-worker reacted with the speed of a trained professional and grabbed the fire extinguisher from beside the door and put it out. Apparently the truck didn't have brakes. The best part, despite the fact the truck didn't have brakes and caught fire, the two men that were in the truck decided to take off before anything could be done.
Assholes.