turning it around
I think I’ve had more things go wrong before 9am this morning than most people do all day.
Actually, the morning started out great. I woke up earlier than usual, started getting some work done, had time to put the new permanent license plate on the car before heading out to bring The Little Red Haired Girl to work and walk the dog. So we get to Centennial Park, pull in the little road we usually use, and realize that there is a 5K going on there that morning. Usually when there is an even it just means they have reserved one of the lanes for parking, so traffic can only travel in one way around the park. Fine. We were a few minutes early so I wasn’t really worried. Until I realized that no, there was actually no apparent rhyme or reason to where the blockades were, there were no people or signs directing traffic flow, and the tiny-brained power-hungry park police was just driving around issuing orders arbitrarily and without forethought, reason, or warning. So we ended up having to back out of the park twice before I finally let The Little Red Haired Girl out of the car to walk the rest of the way to work. I was too pissed to walk the dog there, so I went to school where I have a couple books waiting for me at two different libraries anyway.
On the way to school the dog pukes in the car.
We get out, walk around, and discover that the libraries I need do not open until later this morning. I had checked on the internet this morning and found that both libraries have extended hours for exam period. What they did not specify is that the circulation desks do not have similarly extended hours.
I drove home, totally dejected, only to almost run over some woman standing in the middle of an intersection dialing her cell phone. I thought about just swerving around her, but good thing I didn’t because when she was ready she just started walking without even looking up.
I am going to make some bacon or something to help turn this day around. I gots too much to do to be cranky all day.
PS – did I make clear how incompetent I think that Metro Park Police are? If not, I’ll say it here. I think they are very incompetent. Nothing they do over there ever takes into consideration the perspective of visitors of the park. I get how their little schemes make their lives easier, and sometimes alleviates parking problems, but I don’t believe they ever stop to ask themselves how difficult it is for a park-goer to navigate and enjoy the park.