a wonderful night....a SHITEOUS day

first, the goodness that is miss j: she buzzed me at 10ish, and i opened my door so i could catch her as she came up the stairs, and i said, "hello?" tentatively, and she said, in her musical voice, "he-LLLLOOOOOOO!" and then i started to giggle, because, well, she was within a few feet of me, and she said, "oooh, how i missed that LAUGH!" and then she came into view, and then we just hugged for a while.

miss j is a fabulous hugger. she's tall and she smells good and she's just the sweetest thing. you know how some people just ooze goodness? she's one of them. and her room-mate, the other j, is pretty rad, herself.

we sat in my apartment and talked for a while, and the weather was cold and rainy anyway, and they had been travelling all afternoon, so we made the "joint" decision (ha ha) to stay in, order some pizza and watch some six feet under episodes on the dvd player that just got hooked up YESTERDAY. (!!!)

however, all that six feet under after such a long hiatus, meant that i got to bed at 2:30, which meant 7 came a TAD early today. especially since i woke up crying from a bad dream.

the bad dream meant i pressed the snooze button on my alarm clock a few too many times, and only woke up when "up where we belong" became too annoying to sleep through.
i stumbled to the kitchen, made coffee, and sat in front of my computer for so long that i left my house AT 9, instead of being at work for then.

thank god i only live a 5-minute sprint away.

i punched in the alarm code when i unlocked the door, but the alarm said "wrong code. try again". it did that not once, not twice, but three times, at which point the keypad locked and the alarms went off.

alarms are loud.

i had to go next door to use the phone to call my bosses ("good morning! i SUCK!") and get them to call the company before the police showed up.

all the kerfuffle meant i started opening a half hour late.

then i got a call from my doctor's office saying that i had to be there BY 3 in order to get the prescription i needed to get today (i ran out of my anti-depressants yesterday), tough shit that i worked until that time. so five minutes after i had last talked to my boss, i had to call her AGAIN and ask her if i could leave an hour early.

yeah. i was a pro-star.

when i finally left, i had 10 minutes in which to make it home, change my shoes, pack up something to eat, grab some homework, and leave again. i walked to the shuttle, and the funny thing was is that i DID NOT NOTICE THE DARK OMINOUS CLOUDS GATHERING IN THE SKY.

i got to the doctor's office late; i had to wait 2 hours to be seen. no biggie - i mean, yeah, it sucked, but i got a lot of reading done. i got my prescription, went to go fill it, and around then was when the rain happened.

montreal rain? is INSANE. it just pours and pours and pours for HOURS. and because it's october, it was a cold rain that at some point half-turned to SNOW. and there i was, walking around with no umbrella and slippy shoes, running some errands that i needed to have done by tomorrow.

i finally finished them and the bus was phenomenally late arriving and then i had to make the 20 minute walk back to my apartment, completely and utterly SOAKED.

it has felt like the longest, shittiest day in creation. i think i'm going to stay in tonight.


(and, apparently, the girls do too! so we can hang out together!)

that said, i suddenly want to mix myself a strong screwdriver and watch some maudlin tv. have a good night, y'all.