Waterlogged

[judecorp]

You know, there's really nothing worse that a freaking nor-easter at the end of May that brings whipping wind, forty-degree temperatures, and several inches of rain. Unless you have all of that /and/ a job that keeps you running from place to place to place all freaking day. Nothing bad happened to me today but I still had the crappiest day, thanks to my friend the weather. I swear, 2005 in Massachusetts has totally SUCKED so far, weatherwise.

I am so wet and so cranky. I had five hour-long home visits back-to-back over a course of six hours, followed by a one hour staff meeting, followed by 2.5 hours of volunteering. My day looked like this:

8:45 - office doing paperwork
9:30 - home visit in Dorchester
10:45 - home visit in Roxbury
12:00 - home visit in Southie
1:00 - another home visit in Southie
2:15 - another home visit in Southie
3:30 - stop at CVS to pick up shampoo and baby shower card for coworker
3:45 - staff meeting
5:00 - drive home
5:10 - ditch stuff in hallway, walk to T in rain
6:00 - arrive at volunteering
8:30 - co-volunteer leaves; I had misfortune of picking up a call at 8:20
8:50 - end call, dash out of volunteering, walk through rain to Kenmore, get soaked
10:00 - arrive home, peel off wet clothing, put on pajamas

There are several interesting tidbits missing, such as the huge puddle I stepped in by accident with my left foot. Or the fast food place I had to stop at on the way home because I was starving, and on the two minute walk from the fast food to the T, my food bag got so soaked that it ripped and I had to catch my greasy food in mid-air. Or the part where it was raining so hard that it soaked through parts of my Gore-Tex raincoat. Or eating my lunch in my car to find that it was so cold out that my soda was still quite chilled. Or walking into work at 3:45 and simply saying, "SUCK!" to our receptionist.

Yeah, today was a cold, wet, and craptastical day. I can't believe that this is Memorial Day weekend, and that next week's appointments are in /June/. You would never know it with our current 40-degree weather, with everyone wearing winter coats and gloves.

I wish I was freaking kidding about that last part.

Comments

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

quit yer bitching and move back to Columbus already.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I really need to move someplace tropical. No, really. Can you set that up for me?

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

Is California tropical? I know there's room at the SPAZ Warehouse (Semi-Permanent Autonomous Zone) here in the lovely East Bay. I think the room's made out of wooden pallets and shower curtains. You'd love it! It's even in an industrial neighborhood. Come on, be the first yuppie to move in!

(i'm actually thinking about moving there at the end of summer. Apartment living is boring. sigh.)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You know I'm way too bourgie for your dirty, dirty lifestyle. ;)

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

Last weekend I went to my friend Julie's apartment in the city and got a bunch of flea bites. There were fleas all over the place. Then I remembered I got fleas from her bed when I moved into her old room like 4 years ago. So it was more nostalgic than annoying. :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

So your friend totally has fleas? Did she get them in a dumpster??!?! =P

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

well her apartment has fleas, probably from her cat. But her cat is an indoor cat and Julie always has fleas wherever she lives. I dunno.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Dude, you and your friends totally have fleas. :)

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Yeah, i got out of class last night and it was so dark and foggy I thought it looked like winter. I actually thought the power might be out at the complex where my class is; it felt so unsafe in that parking lot. But it was actually that dark and nasty all over waltham.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It has just been so totally disgusting. Is this March or May? I can NOT stand it.

[carina-s.livejournal.com]

:(