Another Boring Monday...

I don't know where to start. This has been one of the most remarkable days I've had in a long time. Some of you may find this hard to believe, others may think I got off easy today.
I woke up at 5 am, got in the shower (yada, yada, yada) I leave the house at 5:30 am for my weekly (and 65th) chemotherapy treatment in NYC. I get close to where I turn off (79th Street) and I'm on the phone with my wife for something and I pass my turn. I'm not a big phone guy, especially while driving. At any rate I have to go out of my way and while I'm still on the phone, I miss an opportunity to get back on track. FUCK. I say "I can't talk, TTYL". I get to my parking garage and leave the car. I actually catch the bus at the right time (this should have been taken as a warning. I always miss the 7am bus). I get over to SK on time and do the usual routine. I even told the scheduling person I didn't want Nurse Ratchet anymore. No problems. I get done, get back to my car and I'm off to work by 11:30 am. Not bad.

Oppps. Let me back up to Friday 6:30 pm. The window on Dana's car came off it's track. We had to bring it to the dealer on Saturday. They were going to set us up a rental/loaner today, Monday. Ok, so I go to work and the project that I am working on is a friggin nightmare. Aside from the fact that it is 2 months (or more) behind, there is one person who is handling part of the project in our sister site if you will. Well, this person is an idiot, I really don't know how else to put it. As they would say on Seinfeld, he is a Mimbo, a Male Bimbo. He's notorious for sending part of the information we need late, put in the wrong location, partial information, incorrect information or any and all of the above. So once again I have to deal with this shitstorm he created. I unravel the mystery and figure out how he did what he did. I tell him to resolve this or at least find out where the missing information is today by 4 pm. He is leaving at the end of this week. He's a total idiot. Wait, that's an insult to real idiots. Since the countdown has started, I created a web page in his honor. I mean, I'm fresh on chemo, on a few percocets (and other things) and I have to think for this guy too? They are supposed to cross the "T"s, dot the "i"s , cross the "T"s, check the "S"pelling. Whatta ya' got. Right, a BOOB. I'm checking the checker's checker work!!! I vent a little more then I feel better. I get a call from Dana that Enterprise Rental is picking her up so she can get the rental and go to work. I upload some different tunes to my iPod (or however the fuck you spell it) and leave to go home.

Now it's close to 90 degrees out, it's humid as can be and all I'm thinking is "pool, pool, pool, pool". So I get home, grab the mail, glance at it. Right away, the kids, plus the new adopted one from across the street are on me for something to eat. We had some hot dogs left over from yesterday so I throw the dogs on. I have my swim trunks on (yeah, my Speedo) and the phone rings. It's Dana.
dana "We have a MAJOR problem".
me "What?"
dana "I can't find my license"
me "is it in your wallet?"
dana "it's not where it's supposed to be"
me (thought bubble) "no kidding???"
me - actual words "did you check your entire wallet?"
dana "no"
me "well check it, maybe you out it back in the wrong spot?"
dana "no, it's not there"
me "when did you last have it out?"
dana "I don't know, I had it when I went to traffic court in April"
me "well is it in your car?"
dana "I don't know"
me "OK, I'll look around here and then go to the car dealer and look there"
dana "OK, TTYL"
she's in the middle of giving violin lessons.

I stop and check the mail again. I notice one of those credit card looking plain envelopes. It's addressed to her but I open it up. It's s new Kohl's Credit Card. Cool, I have one too, you get 15% off blah, blah, blah. I get in the car to go to the car dealer to check there. Oh, by the way, for Father's Day she got me a set Farberware cookware. She got the non stick stuff. I'd rather have stainless steel. We have to return it but the receipt is in her car. What's wrong with this picture? I do like to cook and I CAN cook so I DO cook. You regulars know what I mean. Then I think. She probably got the card so she could save $$$ on the cookware. Good thinking, 15% is 15%. Then I think, she had to have given her driver's license in order to get the credit card. The dealer is closer and they close earlier than Kohl's so I go there. I try to explain to this young girl that I need to look in the car. I don't know what part of this she didn't' get, but it went on for 5 minutes too long. I find the car (which has a window problem and was SUPPOSED to be garaged until it was fixed) Meanwhile, the thunder clouds are building and my swim is becoming an idea of the past. I find the car. I look in the front compartment, glove box, console, under front seats. Nothing. I look in the back seat, there's a bag sort of crunched up under the seat sort of from Kohl's with papers in it. BINGO It's in there. I call her. Enterprise closes at 6 pm, it's 5:55. I call her and ask her to go next door and tell them to start the paperwork. I go back to the girl at the car dealer and ask her to make sure the car is GARAGED because they TOLD me it WOULD be and it's GOING to RAIN. She assures me it will be. I get to Dana's place of work. I see her, I go next door and fill out all of the paperwork to get the rental. I get that done, walk next door, handed her the keys and she said "I OWE YOU BIG TIME".
Fuck the Farberware, I want this Emerilware Stainless Steel 14 Piece Cookware Set
It's only 7 pm, the night is young.....

PS: It's 8:20 pm, I went swimming and wasn't struck by lightning. It's turning out to be a good day after all :-)