It's one of those days....

So I guess the only way to tell a story is to start at the beginning. To start with the hopes and dreams the beginning of a day brings, the opportunities and possibilities that will present themselves and then be conquered. So that's just what I'll do in telling my story. Start from the beginning.

Today was going to be a great, great day. My first weekend to myself that would let me get some things done and help me get settled in my new home and city. It was going to start with me sleeping in a little later than usual and then taking my dog for a little walk outside. This would be followed by a trip to my new gym to get in a much-needed workout, finally get an Iowa license, finish Christmas shopping for myself and my mom, pick up some pictures I sent online to Walgreens for my apartment, get ingredients to bake some cookies for a Christmas party I was invited to for tomorrow, and also get some stuff to make a casserole for our work party on Monday. Then I would come home and do some laundry and hang out with my puppy dog. It was going to be a productive and fun-filled day!

Well here's what really happened--

At 7:00 a.m. on the dot I wake up to Tootie staring me in the face begging me to take her out to go to the bathroom. I get my coat and new snowboots on and get outside just to take a first step out on the sidewalk and bust my ass on my way down to the ground. It seems all the snow that had melted yesterday had then frozen back overnight. It was so slick that Tootie couldn't even take a step without falling or sliding so I had to pull her over to the snow so she could go to the bathroom. I was worried thinking I wouldn't be able to go through with all of my plans for the day because it would be too slick out, but thought maybe it would warm up a bit later. So Toot and I went back to bed for a couple hours and by 10a.m. the ground had started melting again.

So I watch some TV and eat some breakfast before I go get on my workout gear. I walk over to put on my coat and am shocked when I look out the window to see a downpour of fluffy snow the size of golf balls diagonally shooting to the ground. The streets, parking lot, driveway and sidewalks are covered! Shit. There goes my plans to get out and go to the gym! I decide that while I wait for it to stop snowing and the roads to be cleared that I can clean up a bit and do my laundry that I've been putting off for over a week! The thing about my washer and dryer is that they are downstairs and coin-operate. I search my apartment and realize I have used all my quarters to pay for parking this past week. Double shit.

Well, I think maybe I could walk up to Walgreens that isn't too far up the street to get my pictures that are supposed to be ready by 1 today so I can at least start working on putting them together. As I ponder this I go grab my phone and it appears I have a missed call and voicemail. It's Walgreens. Apparently their printer is not working and my pictures will not be ready until possibly Monday. Are you kidding me??

Okay, I have exhausted all my options except for cleaning up a little bit more. I make my way into the bathroom and see that I guess I forgot to flush my toilet this morning. I reach down to flush it and to my surprise, it starts OVERFLOWING!!! This normally would not be a big deal-- just get a towel and clean it up and then grab the plunger and that's it! Well, since this is my second week in my new place I haven't exactly been able to go buy a plunger... So of course me realizing that I am not able to use the restroom, I immediately have the sensation to go pee right away. So the only way for me to go pee is to take shower!

Let me recap this for you-- I'm sitting here in my apartment with wet hair from my shower/pee session, dirty clothes all around me, boring lifetime movies on TV that are a lot more lame than I remember them being from when I was younger, smelling Tootie's ungodly farts. I can't accomplish my list of things to do: can't bake cookies or a casserole for upcoming parties, can't work on putting up picture frames or upload pictures from my camera to facebook because I didn't get them put on a cd at Walgreens since my usb cable isn't working and neither is their printer. I can't even eat for fear I might have to take a poo-- that is what would make this story come full circle I suppose.

To be honest with you, I would probably be miserable and depressed right now if this whole situation wasn't so damn funny. It's just one of those days when I should've just stayed in bed all day, but then again, I wouldn't have been able to share this intelligent and educational story with all of you.

Hope your day was a bit more productive than mine!
Ash