Grrrr

So Dave has some vacation time to burn and took a 4 day weekend. I took off an hour early on Friday so he could take me to get the final step of my license renewal done.

We didn't make it.

This was the 2nd trip to the city office, and then we were supposed to go over to the police department office that issues id's (2 blocks from the city office).

It took so long at the city office, and there is so much construction down town, that we could not get from the city building to the police office where they take pictures and issue id's before they closed.

We got there 4 minutes late.

So now, I have to take YET MORE time off from work to go get the stupid picture taken.

This year's process has become more stupid than last year...this year is requiring three trips, involving three places, the city office twice, and now the police department twice... instead of two trips.

So, this coming week, I will take off early YET AGAIN, on one of Dave's vacation days, and we will try to get there before 4.

It takes so long to get anywhere in this town. Things are either all spread out, or there is so much traffic, or, in the case of down town, all of the roads are closed....it's a royal pain.

Grrr

But it didn't start there...Oh no....Friday was a fustercluck of a day anyway.

It started when I left home 20 minutes early in order to be able to leave work at a certain time, so that I could be assured of only having to use ONE HOUR of my precious paid time off.

There was an ambulance coming from the other direction, which turned right 3 or 4 blocks ahead, but everyone pulled over to the right anyway....EXCEPT me, and this guy who was doing 20 in a 40. I couldn't get over into the right lane, and I couldn't use the turn lane to pass him....it's frowned upon.

I got stuck behind the guy doing 20, and had no way to get around him, because all of the morons who pulled to the right were now packed like sardines in the right lane.

Then, I hit every possible red light.

It took me 20 minutes to take my usual 10 minute commute, and I got to work 1 minute later than usual...so I had to sit there at work, and wait to clock out.... and take more than an hour of paid time. Grrrr...

Then, the work day itself was so full of stupidity that I can't even describe it. I was drowning in stupidity!!

Oh my god!!! You'd be amazed and stunned, like I was, if I went into detail...but I choose not to.

Then, trying to get home as quickly as possible to get over to the city office, having had to leave work later than I had intended....there was construction on TWO of the streets that I take, and I had to sit...again, for a total of about 20 minutes...

What. The. Fuck.

Then I get home, Dave is there, but the door is locked.

I dig out my keys, try to unlock the door, DROP the effing keys, bend down to get them, drop my purse and tote bag...

god FUCKING DAMMIT!!!

Then, to NOT MAKE IT in time to get the stupid license...

It was a really annoying, aggravating day.

But...we went out for sushi, and that made it all go away! That first bite of smoked salmon sashimi...oh my goodness.

Chilled me right out.

But it's still overwhelmingly annoying that I have to do that all over again....