Some days…

Posted on by October 8, 2014

It just doesn’t pay to fall out of bed in the morning…

Sigh…

Had an offsite meeting yesterday, and of course it was early, so I had to fight traffic. Since I refuse to drive through DC, I got to go ‘play’ on 395/495 in morning rush…

So I ‘finally’ get to the facility, and oops, gotta go through a security check.  Okay fine…

Go in, fill out the paperwork…

Get the vehicle inspected… Open the doors, glove box, back hatch…

Tap, tap, tap…  Finally cleared, get a pass into the facility…

Go to the gate I’m supposed to go in, get ANOTHER pass, drive around for 5 minutes, NO parking places…

Back out, ask guard…

Words to the effect of “Overflow parking is about 1/2 mile back ‘thataway’…

Drive back find the right lot (making sure BOTH passes are visible). Finally find a spot all the way out at the back of the lot.  Hike back to the personnel gate, only to be told ‘I’ can’t go through that one, walk another two blocks to the vehicle gate…

FINALLY get into the building 10 minutes before the meeting starts… Get ANOTHER pass, wait in line…

Get in the meeting, spend 15 minutes waiting for everybody in the building to show up.  No coffee, no restroom close…

Meeting finally ends, hike back to the truck, and they’re PAVING the damn entry to the parking lot… You can’t leave I’m told…

Watch me… drive across the grass, jump the curb, and I’m outta there!

Get back to the office, go to laminate my new CWP.  And… the damn laminator eats it!!!

Sigh… Back down to the courthouse, back up stairs and stand in line.  ‘Present’ my little problem, the lady literally burst out laughing… And calls over co-workers.  And they all laugh…

The lady finally comes back, still snickering, and apologized, but she said she’d NEVER seen one that badly mangled.  She disappears with it, and about 20 minutes later, I get another one…

With a cheap shot of, “You really need to use a better laminator.”  And a chuckle…  At least she didn’t charge me!

To add insult to injury, my back decided to spasm as I was leaving work.

I would ask for a do over, but I’m not sure what ELSE would go wrong…

Comments

Some days… — 28 Comments

  1. I’ve learned to never ask,”What else can go wrong!” The universe usually has an answer ready to whip out!!! 🙂

  2. I really hate to deal with government security BS – I mean, really. I understand reality and necessity but it doesn’t mean that I like it.

  3. LCB- Damn good point.

    LL- Yep… Now sitting at IAD waiting to fly 4 hrs, then drive 5. Gonna be a long painful day.

  4. A place so secret they don’t even know what they are doing.

  5. You know, somewhere in there I’m afraid I would have called my contact for the meeting and informed them that it just didn’t seem like I would be able to make it through all the security, and would they like to try for somewhere else?

  9. Yep! Some days it is best to stay in bed. It’s a shame you have to eat and pay bills and stuff. I suggest in your next life to be rich instead of good looking.

  10. Ugh! I hate to be this guy, but…

    Better than a low altitude in flight restart!

  11. Watch me. Amen. I had a girlfriend who didn’t get it, I’m driving a full size 4×4 with good clearance. One of the benefits is being able to drive over/thru stuff. She got to where she would see me looking at a shortcut/obstacle and she would say you can’t do that. My resonse was usually “Watch me”

  13. ‘Watch me… drive across the grass, jump the curb, and I’m outta there!’ VICTORY!!!! at least there was that.

  14. Another perspective on Ed B’s comment above:

    And that’s why God, in His infinite mercy, invented bourbon.

    • God invented bourbon because he loves us and wants us to be happy…and when we’re older, to take the pain away.

  15. All together now …

    GLOOOOOOMMM – Despaaaaaiiiirrrr – Agony on me. Deep down depression – excessive misery …

    Hope tomorrow is better – have a good weekend.

  16. Oh, goodness! What a day! I hear wine, hot tub, and Biofreeze in your future. Hope you have a good weekend. And yes, I did laugh at your expense. You had a FARGO day! LOL

  20. But there wasn’t Brylcream on your toothbrush. It could have been worse. 🙂

  21. You should know better than to ask “what else could go wrong”. lol.

    At least you made it through and it’s the weekend.

  22. Ghod/Ghodess is just telling you, you should be in Colorado at blogorado.

  24. Sounds more like a Monday instead of a Friday.
    Multiple adult beverages of your choice should help.