Yes, in fact, I did keep score all day…
7:45am-Wake up late. Tuesday: 1 Me: 0
8:00am-Witness, as I am readying for work, a strange stranger in a van honking repeatedly in the parking lot. I make the obvious asumption that he is picking someone up that lives here…and apparently can’t get out of the freaking van to go knock on a door. Yell at him. Tuesday: 2 Me: 0
8:40am-Negotiate a free parking spot in the employee lot, saving me $10 for the day. Tuesday: 2 Me: 1
9:45am-Go over my yearly review with my supervisor which is teeming with positive, you-do-a-good-job validations. Tuesday: 2 Me: 3 (I get an extra point because my review was so awesome.)
10:00am-Get reminded of an important fact that I had tried to forget; there is a freeze on raises due to budget issues. Tuesday: 2 Me: 2 2011: 1 (Not only do I lose a point, but the entire year is now on the board.)
11:15am-Walk out to check on Sadie only to realize that she has wedged herself on the floor between the front and back seats and is just coming out of a seizure. Tuesday: 3 Me: 2 2011: 2
11:45am-Successfully sneak Sadie into my office. Tuesday: 3 Me: 3 2011: 2
12:30pm-Become wholly conscious of the fact that Sister Christian, by Night Ranger, has been stuck in my head all morning. Tuesday: 4 Me: 3 2011: 2
2:00pm-Realize, after a knock on my office door, that I might not have been as successful sneaking Sadie in as I had previously thought. Have a panic attack before finally opening the door to…my branch manager who was doing a final walk through before our audit tomorrow. Have compassion bestowed on me after I tell of the seizure earlier. Resist hugging branch manager who simply says, “I’m not mad at you, just don’t bring her tomorrow”. Tuesday: 4 Me: 4 2011: 2 (I get the point because I didn’t get in trouble.)
2:30pm-Find out that I was the last to know something totally berserk that really impacts my job and that I have to try to explain to a court system. Tuesday: 5 Me: 4 2011: 2
3:00pm-Guilt self into cleaning my office extra good for tomorrow (audit) because I didn’t get in trouble for having a dog in the building. Tuesday: 6 Me: 4 2011: 2
3:30pm-Get asked by coworkers for files that I think are in really good shape. Realize that my files might not be as good as I thought they were. Tuesday: 7 Me: 4 2011: 2
6:00pm-Watch Sadie have another seizure. Cry. Tuesday: 8 Me: 4 2011: 3
6:30pm-Realize that not only did Tuesday win, but there are also three battles left this week (not to mention a half day on Saturday).
