Today has been weird right from the start. 

First off, I woke up an hour early.  Everyone knows that I get up way too early anyway, so getting up an hour earlier is just stupid.  Anyway, since I was up, I listened to the news and kind of just lolled around for a while.  I even managed to hand wash some some of my delicates!  Not being in a rush is so cool! 

Since I had so much extra time, I wiped down the bathroom counters, sink and swept up the floor (it seems like I'm always sweeping up that damn floor!).  As is usual for me, I used toilet paper and tossed it in the toilet when I was done and then continued to put on my make-up, brush my hair, etc.  The last thing I do each morning is get dressed.  This limits the amount of cat hair I get on my clothes since I usually like to give Gotham a cuddle or two while I'm getting ready, especially if he jumps up on the bathroom counter.  :-)  On my way out of the bathroom to get the clothes I set out last night, I reached over and flushed the toilet.  Instead of continuing out the door, I turned back into the bathroom because it didn't sound like a normal flush.  It sounded like the toilets at work when they don't complete a cycle (they're set on too low a flow, so you have to flush twice to get the seat covers to go down).  Anyway, I looked in the bowl and sure enough, there was still toilet paper in it.  Sometimes this happens when I flush larger cat box contents (I have flushable litter), so I know from experience that a second "hard" flush usually takes care of it.  Um, not this time.  With a sinking feeling I saw the water rise in the bowl.  and rise and rise and rise.  Yup, I had an overflowing toilet!  I tried to turn the water off at the wall (no luck), then I took the tank lid off and tried to stop it from there (again, no luck).  It finally stopped when about half the water that had been in the tank was now on my floor.  After looking at the bowl more closely I saw that there was a wad of toilet paper sitting at the bottom of the bowl.  Without a second thought, I reached in and pulled it out.  That fixed everything!  I should mention here that it was "clean" water and paper.  No gross toilet contents!!!!

Next thing I had to do was clean up all the water.  Luckily I have three big grungy towels that I spread out on the floor when I color my hair (they have hair dye stains on them.... I'm not going to ruin good towels!), so I grabbed those and used them to soak up the water and try absorb whatever got on the carpet just outside the door.  Keep in mind that Gotham was suddenly REALLY interested in coming into the bathroom, so I had to keep him out and I was still in my night clothes not having gotten dressed yet.  Luckily my make-up and hair were already presentable and my bag and shoes were by the front door waiting for me.  Cleaning up the water took a lot of time!  I ended-up missing my train and had to drive in.  That meant I had to get gas (I was on fumes and a prayer).  The pump I chose at the gas station would only dispense gas at a rate of about 60 cents a burst.  I managed to get $10 in before I gave up and figured that I had enough to get me to work and back.

Despite all of my efforts and all of the racing around, I still got in later than I usually do.  The weird thing is, I didn't get mad or pissed off, like I normally would.  I just laughed through the whole thing.  What else could I do?  It IS funny.

I guess I should probably pick-up a plunger on the way home...... I threw away my old one when I moved to this apartment and forgot to replace it.

On another note - most of my Ebay auctions are getting a lot of views and a few have watchers.  I know this doesn't guarantee that the items will sell, but it's nice to see some interest out there for my stuff.

As I predicted, I have loads of Chinese food leftover from last night to eat for the rest of the week. Most of it is chow mein, which I love.  I just didn't realize that I picked it as a side for most of the entrees I got (yes, I ordered quite a few. I believe I mentioned yesterday they were having a special).  Anyway, hooray for leftover Chinese food!  I wonder if I'm becoming a hermit?  Buying too much food so that I don't have to go out for a few days seems like it might be one of the first steps in that direction.

A couple seasons of Heroes should be arriving today.  I think two and three.  I know I missed a few episodes here and there or was too busy with mojitos and tacos at Sams when we had viewing parties to pay attention.  They were really cheap!  I believe I paid less than $20 total for both with free shipping through Amazon Prime.  I've already got season one and watched it in its' entirety a few weeks ago.  I'm not sure I want to get season four.  I watched some of it when it was on, but carny folk tend to creep me out.  I guess I'll see how much I want to watch it after I watch season three.

I need to call the phone company to see why I'm still getting messages on my answering machine when I cancelled my land line a while ago.  I also need to find a jeweler to replace the batteries in my Wonder Woman, Justice League (without Superman) and Batman watches.  All three are dead and the instructions say to have a jeweler do it.