I did get to bed around 9pm Friday, so I should have had a good start. several hours of staring at the ceiling, however, do not make for a good nights sleep.
I was up when the alarm went off, and my morning shower was normal, as was the obstacle course to the cats food dish - they change the position of where they trip me up every morning - so far, a pretty normal day. after breakfast and a short while on the puter, I get my stuff together and drive the half mile to the office. I am on time - YAAY - and then I see the massive stack of magazines and catalogs. oh yeah, its november, and they have to get Xmas $$$ out of you any way they can. so i plow into it, sorting the 7 feet of mail in the cart and an additional 4 tubs. a normal saturday is 3 feet with 2 1/2 tubs. when i get over to deal with packages, i find that EPUD has decided to send lightbulbs to all their customers. at least i dont have that many EPUD customers on my route. i only have a dozen boxes left to go, plus all the regular packages. Still within normal for me.
then i discover i had forgotten my badge, which i need to set up my scanner. oops ill have to run home for it once ive loaded my truck. oh look, its raining! and then its ten minutes in the bathroom. ugh. im starting the route almost an hour later than usual. ugh.
so i drive back home, truck loaded with todays mail, and hubby says "Boy youre home early!" I love that man, but i wanted today to be over already.
badge found, another 10 minute bathroom break, and im ready for the road. as i walk past my personal altar, i realize i need extra help today. so i put a protective piece in my pocket, a carved fluorine dragon. kiss hubby goodbye and im on the road.
15 minutes later, i give hubby a call. theres flames coming from my engine. and no, they werent painted on. I pile the mail away from the fire, fire department is on its way, in the rain, and wait. in the rain. did i mention that i was soaked? ask a dragon to protect you and you get a car fire.
the upshot is, the tow truck took my car, we saved the mail, hubby came to my rescue and drove me in his truck around the route, and we got it all done by 5pm. yaay for hubby. yaay for me. not so yaay for my car. hope its totalled. i need a new one. is anyone out there selling a mail jeep?
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