This day? FIRED.

[quidditchgrrl]

I had a helluva day today.  Amazing I'm still alive, really.  My kismet, it is strong.

1.  I kindasortaalittlebit ran into a concrete abutment in the parking garage this morning.  This is not the first time I've mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of the brake (yeah, yeah, old people plowing through farmer's markets, I KNOW).  No real damage to the car, but my ego?  Humiliated - when you hit something in a parking garage, it ECHOES like whoa.  Someone saw it, too.  *headdesk*

2.  My bank credit union called me this morning to tell me I'd left my ATM card in the machine, and I could come and get it.  I love belonging to a credit union!  I don't love getting calls to tell me I'm an idiot.

3.  By the grace of two men at the corner of Broad and 3rd, I managed to avoid being hit and killed by a truck that ran the light.  I didn't see it coming, and the two guys on either side of me (during the lunch hour, thank GOD) grabbed me and forced me back onto the sidewalk - they threw me to the ground. 

All I can really remember is looking at the sky and seeing a dozen faces going D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D:

Nothing like that kind of adrenaline to get you pumped during your run (and to make you 1000000x more cautious at intersections).  And nothing like the post-traumatic shakes to make your knees so rubbery you can barely stand in the elevator.

4.  I made a special effort to go to the bank, then forgot where I was going, and got on the interstate instead.  Waste of 15 minutes of gas.

5.  Hit the gym after work.  When I came upstairs to grab my stuff, I couldn't find my lock/locker.  I know I brought the lock in, but it is nowhere to be found.  My purse, work attache, and workout clothes?  In an unsecured locker.  *headdesk*headdesk*headdesk*  Nothing was missing, but JEEBUS.

I tell you, but for the grace of the gods go I.

Work today was le awesome, though.  I love to crunch numbers and figure things out and when the tenured reviewers drop in to get my "take" on things...*happy*

Comments

[rachet.livejournal.com]

Good LORD, girl!!!!!!

Thank goodness you made it through the day!!!

[abigail89.livejournal.com]

Lord, woman! The forces of the universe were working overtime on your behalf today. Stay home tonight.

*hugs*

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

Oh Donna! *hugs and more hugs*

I'm so glad you're okay - sounds like a horrible day. I hope and pray tomorrow is much better for you.

[generalmanda.livejournal.com]

Perhaps a someone sneaky cast a confundus charm? *sends hugs and anti-jinxes*

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

That was one sucktastic day. EEEEP. Is Mercury retrograde or something? *pets*

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

1. Don't feel too bad. My first accident was with a light pole in a church parking lot during broad daylight. To this day, I have been in more accidents where the vehicle I've struck was stationary, and only in one case was the primary cause of the accident low friction (the one where I was the one who did the hitting, but the cops found in my favor because he didn't give me his insurance or contact info).

2. Does everybody interrogate you severely when you write a check, or are you allowed to use a debit card like the rest of civilization? My father's credit union charges like crazy for debit card use, and nobody takes his checks because he's not with a major bank. My mom, on the other hand, has no problem.

4. It used to be that this wasn't a problem. Those were such good times.

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

Mercury isn't retrograde until Wednesday.

[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

Glass of mellow tea or wine. No bath. Big covers, under you go with a book, watch the sharp corners. Read and make sure you don't spill the drink. Then sleep.

Tomorrow is another day.

I'm really glad your day is over.

Wow.

[harpinred.livejournal.com]

Holy cow, I'm glad that you're okay!!!!! Poor baby, that was quite the day :(

((HUGS))

P.S. Your icon ROCKS! Can you tell me where you got it?

[nuclearpolymer.livejournal.com]

Congrats for getting through the entire day...would have been pretty tempting to crawl back into bed!

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

Hey, I wasn't too far off.