my best friend has often said that with me, "when it rains, it pours" when it comes to hitting a stroke of bad luck. it sure seems that way.
let's start with this week... tuesday. i woke up that morning to a world of white outside my window. yessiree, although the forecast had been clear for that day, there was no mistaking that it was snowing. and coming down pretty hard. no matter that i had someplace important to be and the roads were clogged from the unexpected weather.
then yesterday, when i was doing laundry, i spilled some detergent on a cooler we had in our laundry room so i went to the kitchen to rinse the cooler off. seconds later, i heard a clamor in the laundry room of something obviously falling, loud enough for my husband to hear it from upstairs. initially i ignored it because i figured i'd just pick it up when i was done getting the soap off the cooler. i wasn't prepared for the sight i'd come upon: blue laundry detergent enveloping the floor, dripping from the lid of the washing machine down the side, splattered all over the door and behind it, and even a nice, bright spot trailing down the wall. apparently our tub of detergent had fallen from the shelf above the washer and pretty much exploded. it was a soapy, blobby mess. so just imagine me climbing on top of the machine with my swiffer, reaching over the backside to the wall behind it, trying to scrub it clean. not a pretty sight. and not good for my hypersensitive back, either.
so what could go wrong today? let's see.. how about having a craving for a diet green tea, fishing out just enough change for the vending machine, pressing the button, and receiving... a 2% milk? and rather than risking another dollar to receive yet another bottle of milk, i settled for no green tea. or milk for that matter, considering i drink soy.
yes, these things actually happened. normally, i'd just chalk it all up to a bad week, but this time, i actually had much bigger things to worry about. but that, my friends, is another story.
let's start with this week... tuesday. i woke up that morning to a world of white outside my window. yessiree, although the forecast had been clear for that day, there was no mistaking that it was snowing. and coming down pretty hard. no matter that i had someplace important to be and the roads were clogged from the unexpected weather.
then yesterday, when i was doing laundry, i spilled some detergent on a cooler we had in our laundry room so i went to the kitchen to rinse the cooler off. seconds later, i heard a clamor in the laundry room of something obviously falling, loud enough for my husband to hear it from upstairs. initially i ignored it because i figured i'd just pick it up when i was done getting the soap off the cooler. i wasn't prepared for the sight i'd come upon: blue laundry detergent enveloping the floor, dripping from the lid of the washing machine down the side, splattered all over the door and behind it, and even a nice, bright spot trailing down the wall. apparently our tub of detergent had fallen from the shelf above the washer and pretty much exploded. it was a soapy, blobby mess. so just imagine me climbing on top of the machine with my swiffer, reaching over the backside to the wall behind it, trying to scrub it clean. not a pretty sight. and not good for my hypersensitive back, either.
so what could go wrong today? let's see.. how about having a craving for a diet green tea, fishing out just enough change for the vending machine, pressing the button, and receiving... a 2% milk? and rather than risking another dollar to receive yet another bottle of milk, i settled for no green tea. or milk for that matter, considering i drink soy.
yes, these things actually happened. normally, i'd just chalk it all up to a bad week, but this time, i actually had much bigger things to worry about. but that, my friends, is another story.
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