The past 21 hours have made me really CRABBY!!

I am not usually a "crabby" person, although if the cards are stacked against me, it doesn't take much.
And usually unfortunate things tend to happen to me in numbers.
We got several inches of snow yesterday afternoon.  This always slows the evening commute down some, but last night was REDONKULOUS.  I left work at approximately 3:22 to head downtown Mpls for a very important meeting I had on campus starting at 4pm, with a private meeting arranged after the big meeting.  I won't even begin to tell you how bad traffic was for me to travel the 15-20 miles or so to get there from work, but I did take a picture of my clock and elapsed time (E/T) when I finally pulled into the parking garage at St Thomas. Thank God the person I had the meeting with was waiting around for most of the night because of the horrible traffic....I was not the only one it took over 3 hours for.

I am so thankful it only took me 1 1/2 hours to get home after the meeting, only double what it normally takes.  I wouldn't have been able to handle another 3 hours in the car. 

I woke up extra early this morning, in a decent mood.  The sun is out, the snow had stopped, and I had an 8am appt. to get new tires on my car  I was promised I would be out of there in less than an hour, but unfortunately the previous owners of my vehicle never mentioned that there are locks on the wheels that need a key to be removed.  And with my luck, wouldn't you just know that the key was no where to be found anywhere in the car? Previous owners did not know where to find said key.  To make a LONG story short, the wheel shop did everything they could with the resources they had to remove the locks, but no such luck.  They had to run to Lexus to get the right tool, which fortunately Lexus had in stock.  Great, I'll be on my way soon, right?  But of course with me, when it rains, it pours.  The damn tire machine BROKE with my wheel stuck to it.  Took about an extra hour for someone to come out and fix the machine.  3 hours and a half-sick-day later, I was able to leave with my new tires.  Too bad it cost me an extra $100 because of the wheel-lock problem.  Grrrrrr.
I hope the rest of my day & night go better....I will be presenting my final lesson tonight in my health/science class. Only two more weeks of class after tonight.  Can't wait! Now I just need to get crack-a-lackin on my HUGE math project.

Wish me luck and a better night!

PS Happy birthday to Maria today!

Comments

[Adrienne]

OMG, all that time in TRAFFIC!?!?!? EEK! I would be crabby too!

[greta adams]

OH MY GOD!!! see that is why i do not live up north!!! no way i would have had some serious issues!!

hope your day today is better

[Maria]

Wow...I can totally feel your pain...it took me three hours too to get to a work event yesterday!!! It was raining though, not snowing.

Thanks so much for the birthday wishes! :)

[Jeff Sauer]

I got new tires today too! After getting stuck in my driveway twice in 3 days, I felt it was necessary to get some winter tires... didn't have as bad of luck as you, though.... but I bet my 19's cost more ;).

As for darts... there's no wrong way to throw darts! If your old way was working better than other ways, then stick with it...

[Dana Sterner]

I feel your pain about the traffic yesterday. It took me 2 hours 40 minutes to get home from work. At the worst point, I moved 2 blocks in 35 minutes. Yay for Minnesota winters!

[Noel]

Oh no....those are the days I wished I stayed in bed! Hope it gets better for you!

[Denise H.]

Oh No! What a No Good Very Bad Day! (My mom used to say that to us when we were little) I hope today is better!