Until about 7:45, this day was going pretty well. I woke up with the alarm, the 3 mystery lbs were gone, there were clothes to wear, I remembered to rotate the clothes in my gym bag, Noah was up and nearly dressed...so far, so good.
Then I tried to make coffee. This too went well (yay, Keurig!), but then came cream-and-sugar time. Splenda, good, good. Where's the half-and-half? Out. Where's the milk? Last of it was in Noah's cereal. Aha! Heavy cream. Expiration date February 3...looked a little chunky, though. Shook it, poured it in anyway. Taste test...very creamy, so far so good--oh, wait. Sour aftertaste. DAMMIT! Poured it down the sink, ran Noah to school.
Then I had to run over to the other house because one of the realtors had said some not-nice things about it this weekend. After cleaning up some minor problems (dirty intake filter, some cobwebs, sweeping the pantry) and stabbing my finger on a carpet nail trying to patch the carpet gap in the stairs, I left and headed to Starbucks. After narrowly avoiding a throwdown with the barista and the girl who had ordered just before me (Me: "I'd like a grande sugar-free vanilla non-fat latte." Barista: [blank stare] Girl in front of me, laughing: "You wanna write that down or something?" Me, thinking: You wanna shut the fuck up, Miss venti caramel frappuccino that you most definitely don't need? It isn't that hard, I don't talk that fast, like it's any of your business how or what I order and SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP BEFORE I'VE HAD MY COFFEE), I almost hit some jackass in the parking lot who stopped to let me out of my space, but then tried to speed around me as soon as I started moving. *deep breath*
I managed to get to work without incident, but wasn't at my desk for FIVE MINUTES before I mouse-checked my apparently-hard-to-understand latte, spilling it all over the desk. And I mean, ALL over the desk. This was, by far, my most spectacular spill ever. The laptop, the phone, the docking station, every cable (of which there are many), and over half of the surface area of the desk was covered in about 12 ounces of coffee. Half a roll of paper towels and a complete desk reorganization later, I had a clean desk and a few sips of lukewarm coffee. And it was a GOOD latte, too...what little was left of it.
Sob.
Posted by Joy at January 25, 2005 09:55 AMOMG!!! I think I've had that day! Got a beautiful Venti 2pump sf-vanilla, 2 pump sf-hazelnut non-fat Latte, waited to drink it at work, set it on the roof of my van when I got out and bumped it with my umbrella spilling the whole darn thing into the pocket of my driver's door. Didn't even have a sip...:( Though I did manage to get two free ones by telling my story at two different Starbucks...wohoo for me!
Posted by: Carole on February 18, 2005 05:05 PM