Here is just a sample of how my life has been going.

I was awakened at 4:41 this morning by my job's alarm company. Someone had set of the alarm and instead of calling them to give the "all clear" they called the police. The alarm company needed me, fresh out of bed, to give the ok.

I did.

I called work and happened to get a guy on the phone who was frazzled to death. He didn't know WHO to call. He knew how to turn off the alarm once it was tripped, but that was it. He didn't know who to call. Both his supervisors did not answer their phone when he called them. Typical.

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Then I get outside with my husband who wants me to check and see if the blue car will start. He hates leaving before me, but he had to. I teased him, "Just because it starts now doesn't mean it's going to start later."
After much waiting...Bridget, Cindy and I get to the car to finally get started on our trek to school/work.

The car didn't start.

Nothing.

So we shifted quickly into "Plan B". We called a neighbor who let me borrow her van. Ah. Sigh of relief. Everyone will get to school and I will still get to work on time.

Or so I thought.

It was drizzling a little bit and had been all night. The brakes on the borrowed van squealed so loud I got an instant headache. But that's not all. At one point, I was slowing to a stop with my foot lightly on the brake when

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my foot suddenly hit the floor and we still didn't stop.

So I dropped the girls off ... the brakes were working ok by then and I took my neighbor's van back and told her of the brake problem. I ran home, effectively twisting my ankle in the platforms I was wearing. I tried calling work to warn them I might be late - but no one answered the phone! Oh, of course!!! I am not there to answer it! Who else would possibly think to do THAT?!

I call my office roomie, Carla and shout when she answers the phone, "Can you give me a ride to work?"

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She picks me up and shows me her hands. She had one hand's fingernails completed painted and the other one was bare!

And then we were at work and the day went downhill from there.

It's only Wednesday.