From Bad to Worse

Posted on March 19, 2010 - Filed Under Personal | 9 International Amigos Said

So, in the past 24 hours, things have just spiraled downhill. Quick recap of the past week.

  • Car not working, mechanic is baffled by the bizarre electrical system and is looking for a diagram that will magically tell him how the wires should be connected from the 2009 engine to the 2007 computer. I’m thinking if he doesn’t know, he might not be the guy for the job.
  • I gave my 2 week notice at a very difficult job and was promptly fired. That was actually a relief, but I was kind of counting on a little extra cash at the end of the month.
  • My internets, both of them, have not been working for more than 2-5 minutes at a time. They have been getting worse since Jan., hence the reason I left my job which required constant access.
  • It appears that some kind of virus destroyed my computer, which affected the internet, because it is now working for 10 minutes at a time on the desktop, but not on either laptop.
  • I knocked my laptop over last night and it gave me the blue screen of death.
  • Upon switching to the unwieldy desktop, I discovered that I don’t know the password to my main work account on Gmail and attempts to recover my password only convinced Google that I’m a hacker and they shut down the account. With all of my assignments in it.
  • I had a new job and received an email last night (in my other account which is thankfully accessible) saying that the job has been put on pause by the main client until further notice.
  • Last night, I went to take a shower and the showerhead began to spray a LOT of hot steam, then the pipe melted, it slowly bent down to the tub and glowed briefly before dying a painful death. And no, it was not an electrical failure, a piece of concrete was in the pipe and blocked the water (which I DID turn off, by the way, but that didn’t help).
  • Irving’s motorcycle, confiscated 2 days ago, is still sitting at the police station because Irving has not only no proof that the bike is his, he also has no proof that he himself exists.
  • I cried last night and woke up looking like Kermit the Frog and I have to go out in public today.

Can we just call it a year now and jump into 2011?

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