Yikes, yesterday was horrible!  After all the bad things that happened during the day, even more happened in the afternoon / evening.  I went across the street around 3:10pm to get my car, arriving at the automated attendant ahead of a big group of people.  I thought "cool, something good has finally happened today".  Welllllllll, the machine proceeded to decline BOTH of my ATM cards, even though we'd just gotten paid and there was money in each account.  Not only did it decline my cards, it said it out loud so that everyone behind me in line could hear.  Then I realized that I was $1 short to pay the fee in cash (I'd lent a $1 to a friend earlier in the day and I usually only carry enough cash to cover parking), so I had to walk to the bank and get $20 out of the ATM.  When I got back to the automated attendant, I decided to try my one of my cards again and it worked.  Of course none of the people who were behind me earlier were still there to see that I wasn't a deadbeat who can't pay for parking.  Not that I'll ever see them again.

When I finally got on my way (late), I almost got into three accidents (two on the FWY and one on Ventura Blvd).  All of which stemmed from people being on their cell phones and drifting into my lane.  Then I remembered that I needed to go to Trader Joe's and pick up food for dinner.  Bah!  So I got there and it took forever to get a parking space.  I finally got one and went in to do my shopping.  Nothing exciting happened while I was in the store (thank goodness!).  When I was in my car and leaving, a blonde lady in a Volvo wagon backed out of her space like a bat outta hell, even though my car was right there and in the way (she almost hit me!), then she tailgated and honked her horn at me a bunch of times because I didn't turn on to Ventura while the light was against me and there were a ton of cars travelling on the street that would have hit me had I done so.  Since she was in such a hurry, I decided to take my time and wait for the light to change.  I received another torrent of honks from her, but I really didn't care at that point.  I finally got near my apartment and of course there was no parking, so I had to circle a few times before something freed up.

Once I was home, I took out my phone and found a text from my friend who was in town yesterday to see Paul Kelly perform.  They let me know that there was a spare ticket waiting for me at the box office if I wanted it.  I did...... but I didn't want to tempt fate.  Instead I politely declined and thanked them.  I ended-up showering, eating dinner and going to bed early.  I just wanted the day to be over.  

I'm pleased to report that today is already better than yesterday.  I wonder what the chances are of me leaving early today?  Probably slim to none.