Okay, today has been an interesting day!  As you guys know, I've been having problems sleeping, so I've been catching the early train, which means I've been leaving my house at approx. 4:15 - 4:20am.  Well, not today my friends and here's why:

Yup, that's a string of "caution" tape and a bunch of traffic cones blocking my way..... along with a load of water and a DWP construction crew.  You guessed it, a water main blew and of COURSE it was on the only part of my street that allowed me to leave and go to work.  I sat there, in my car, for about a minute, then I tapped my horn to get the attention of one of the guys.  I saw an older skinny guy slowly making his way over to me.  He looked really tired!  Probably the nicest guy ever though.  He told me what happened and that I wouldn't be able to pass for a couple of hours and that I should go home and maybe get a couple of hours extra sleep.  That wasn't going to be possible, I mean, I was UP and WIDE awake now, no getting back to bed.  I was at odds as to what I should do, but I didn't pitch a fit or anything.  Why should I?  It's not his fault.  It's not like it was done on purpose, plus, I knew I wasn't going to lose the parking space I'd just vacated.  I could tell he felt really bad.  He even offered to call my boss and explain what happened.  He also offered to call me when the road was open.  I said thank you and there was no need.  Poor guy was probably going to get a rash of shit from other people in the neighborhood, he didn't need any trouble from me!  I drove around the block, parked, went back to my apt and sent my bosses a text letting them know I was going to be late, and possibly not in at all.  I even sent them the photo I posted above.

I should have known there was something weird going on when there was no water for the first half hour I was up.  Well, at least I didn't have to catch a flight or anything.  Although, it's made me think, if there's a fire or an earthquake, we're all fucked.

The first business day of the month is not a good day to be late to work, especially when it's a Monday!  Talk about slammed!  Reports, calendar items, meetings, new employee starting, UGH!  Headache City!  Plus, I saw that our mail didn't go out on Friday, so that means my rent check was still sitting there.  I called the management company and the lady who answered said I should overnight it.  Man, if Sam still lived in Santa Monica, it wouldn't be a problem, she could drop it off for me.  Even worse, I was quoted $6.95 to ship FedEx and when I printed everything else, I was charged $21.98.  Of course I was!!!!  There's also a huge stack of Ebay stuff to mail out.

I got an update from my on-site apt. manager and, hey, guess what?  The water is off again and the street is closed.

Strangely, I'm still in a good mood.

Oh yeah - cool thing from the weekend...... this is probably going to sound retarded and dumb, but there was a $2 coupon in the paper for Farmer John bacon.  I got two of them (a guy at work gives me his Sunday comics, coupons, etc).  I only like Farmer John bacon and you hardly ever see coupons for it.  Sausage, yes, bacon, no.  So this is a good score.  :-)  Now if it could be on sale somewhere....... bacon is expensive!