Sailor Soldier of Love and Justice

I took today off to have cleaners come to the apartment and clean it. I was told they'd arrive between 7:30 and 8, so I arrived bright and early to let them in. But they didn't show up until after 9! I was going mad with worry! I even started doing the cleaning myself, thinking they stood me up and I would need to manage the impossible mess on my own.

Thankfully they DID show up. And they were as horrified by the mess as I was. But they somehow managed to tackle it. They didn't clean everything, but they did take on the very worst of it. The apartment looks as good as new now!

While they cleaned, I walked down to the local panera to make use of their internet. Our marketing agency was going to miss mailing deadlines if I wasn't able to keep the copy and art routing today. I demanded they give me cake for working on my birthday.

The cleaning job was worse than the cleaners imagined from my descriptions over the phone, so they charged me a bit extra since it took them an extra hour. I felt that was fair. However, they should have told me how much extra it was going to be while I was at lunch so I could have stopped at an atm. I was $5 short!

I felt like a jerk giving them less than they asked for, until I remembered they were over an hour late. Also, they stole all my sponges. So I feel less like a jerk. Those were some good sponges too!

After they left, I took care of some minor touch-ups. They had missed cobwebs in a few spots and missed washing down one entire wall in the kitchen. But that wasn't too bad. I also went around trying to scrub up scuff marks with my magic eraser. I should have brought two. Those things are awesome!

And after that, I walked down to starbucks to kill time and do a bit more work. I had a gift card I won at work, so I didn't even have to spend my own money! I got a salted caramel hot cocoa, which I didn't like very much because it tasted burnt. But it's not a big deal. The cup is mostly a prop to use their internet until ben can pick me up after he gets off from work.

The internet was down for most of the day. How inconvenient. But IT happily sent out an email a couple minutes ago with directions on how to restore your internet if you were still having problems. *sigh* I only hope they meant for people with internet to share the directions with those who do not.

I am drinking celtic breakfast tea to kill time. (According to the box, it's "a malty tea of strength.") There has been no work today because no one had internet. Instead, I cleaned my cubicle. I have table space! And floor space! It's an amazing thing.

Everyone left before the internet came back. So I'm sitting here all alone. :( I can't go home because I have that dinner party tonight. With the time it takes on the bus and the train, it didn't make sense to leave and come back.

Nothing substantial to do at work. Running out of online options. (Going to start reading e-books now!) Everyone is too busy to talk to me. Poooooo, I wish today was over. Or at least that I could play video games at work.

Bah, did another bad website at work. This time I apparently copied the other sites too well, and didn't have enough info anyway. From now on I'll just write outlines forever and ever and ever. I wish I was a better writer....

After feeling bad about that, I started the car only to hear the familiar noise of it begging for gas. I figured I could get a couple miles on fumes, but not much more. So I stopped at the first station. It was mobbed and people were cutting me off and this huge fat lady in an suv blocked me from getting out of the parking lot and then glared at me like it was my fault. Oh my god I hate the people in this state.

I eventually gave up and drove to another station. Made it just barely. Must remember not to let my tank get that low.

Put half a tank in and drive home with a happy car. Then was glared at AGAIN by this old man. I don't know who he is, but whenever I see him he glares at me. I have no idea why. His glare causes me a great amount of stress and I try to avoid him as often as possible.

Ben gave me a hug when I got home, and my dog showered me with adoration. But then ben went to play warcraft and noname went to sleep. :(

I played some warcraft for a bit, to kill time. I randomly decided to cure a guy that had a whole bunch of monsters on top of him. Next thing I knew, he was helping me on two quests. We even got a bunch more people to join up. So that was pretty cool. I didn't even have to do anything. Just buff and cure everyone. Easy enough.

I was getting tired of it though. So after we got back to the city, I signed off.

Poooo, I just lost my internet.... Hopefully it comes back soon.