From outright annoyed to just sorta blah

[bronwynrh]

I wanted to replace the top of my page with something unrelated to The Event (tm), and perhaps a bit happier. . .

My Saturday morning started out with annoyance, and has fizzled out to blah. It all started when a small package from my favorite online cosmetics merchant was not delivered yesterday as it should have been. I was left with a car insurance bill (always unwelcome in my cash-poor household) and a note advising me that my package was at the Woodbridge Post Office and that I was welcome to pick it up today.

Well, in and of itself, that's not too awful - certainly there are worse things in the world.

My annoyance is with my constantly-changing quality of mail delivery and the fact that I'm having to go pick up mail that should have been left at my door with the insurance statement and the ever-present Victoria's Secret catalog.

Then my annoyance grew as I confronted late-Saturday-morning traffic and two, yes two, traffic accidents, both of which impeded my progress.

THEN to arrive at the post office (not the one 5 blocks from my house, the one 3 miles from my house) and wait a further 30 minutes to get my 1lb package.

It was just one of those mornings when none of the little things seemed to go right. I even found that the bread I was about to use for my lunch had molded.

good grief.

Maybe it's the weather - all day it's been muggy and over-warm and completely overcast - but with no promise of rain. That sort of weather can feel oppressive even when all the little things are going well.

But hey, let's step back and look at the big picture. My research is going really well, I'm slowly making progress on my first major publication, and I may soon be able to complete the experiments that will allow me to publish a second paper - both in the same year!

If only we could get some rain and a nice break in the weather. . . and a date with a nice guy . . . yeah, that would round out the goodness quite nicely :-)

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[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

My day started out when I awoke to the sound of a B-17 Flying Fortress buzzing my neighborhood several times early this morning. Given the fact that I hadn't gone to bed until nearly 3am, this annoyed me, somewhat. However, the only errand I had to run today was to drop off my cans and bottles at the recycling center before noon... so I spent most of the morning laying on the couch watching "Changing Rooms" and "Ground Force" on BBC-America. (;