and maybe on another monday, it would have been a great idea. but in the case of yesterday, it was near disaster. when it is sunny and clear when i get in my car at home, it does not necessarily occur to me to check the weather forecast for a destination which is just a short 3 hour drive away. but as it turns out, when it is snowing at said destination, and you can only get there via 20 miles of mountainous roads, and your car is burning out it's engine going up hills and sliding down them, it's actually more than three hours.
after just a couple miles with that sort of excitement, i decided i didn't care if i had driven 'all this way', i was not going to risk my life for the last few miles. so i turned around. i called my sales manager and told him i had given up. 'why don't i just come and get you, i have four wheel drive.' duh. why i didn't come up with that idea before i attempted 'tara's white knuckle road rally' is beyond me--i mean it's a resort. in the mountains. someone had to have four wheel drive.
so brock came and got me, and i spent the entire drive back to the resort trying to place his face. he was so familiar. especially his lips. it was driving me crazy, until i realized that he could have been the blonde twin of an ex-boyfriend, which drove me crazier. all day, i was torn between wanting to flirt with this guy (who is engaged) or be completely disgusted by him. it didn't help that it was probably one of the longest site inspections i have ever done. granted, it did involve a tasty tasty lunch. but i was exhausted.
in order to make up for what i felt like was 'lost time' i sped the entire trip home, and tried a different route. i managed to make it in 2 1/2 hours--much better than the nearly 4 1/2 it had taken me to get there.
i took a five minute power nap, and checked my email, where i found the most hilarious thing from my sister-in-law. i've been going a little email crazy ever since. want to see what i am talking about? click here.
i was scheduled to have dinner with ann (which i had to cancel due to my late arrival home) and watch the bachelor season finale with anne. i wasn't sure i could spend any more time in the car. but when i reviewed my upcoming week, i knew i needed some relaxed down time. katie ditched us, but anne, rachel, and i, were on the edge of our seats for the duration of the show, and were satisfied with the outcome. this has been my favorite bachelor season yet. it moved fast, and the guy was totally respectable. he was also very good about weeding out the 'bad ones', which made it more enjoyable for me.
after the show, reality set in again, and i crashed out, trying to get as much sleep before today.
see today was root canal day. the first of many endo and periodontic appointments coming my way. and as if a root canal weren't bad enough on it's own, it was scheduled simultaneous to apple's announcement of their 'fun new products'. perhaps this is irrelevant to you, but for me, it would determine whether or not i could take the plastic film off of and open the earphones and such for the ipod i bought on saturday.
i finally caved. after having had mine for almost five years and patiently putting up with it when it would skip through songs, or when the screen became basically unreadable with the backlight, i had decided that it was time for an upgrade. but i also knew that one of the 'rumors' was that a new video/touchpad ipod would be announced/released today. so i went ahead and bought the 60gb video ipod on saturday having been reminded by anne that apple has a 14 day return policy.
i was stressed and and asked anne to text me the results of the announcements while i was having my tooth drilled, which she did. and no. the video touchpad ipod has not been released, so off came my plastic film, and out came the 'accessories'. yay! i am actually sort of relieved. it saves me from myself.and if you are wondering about the nano...it is my most regretted technological purchase. it simply does not have a large enough hard drive to be feasible for me. but i love the portability. i'm actually trying it out now as the 'car pod', keeping the full size one in the purse for other uses. i've just got to find a way to justify the nano's existence!
all in all, the root canal went smoothly. at one point i realized i could see the reflection of what was going on in my mouth from the lamp. after the initial shock and nearly passing out (there was a lot of blood) i suddenly became fascinated, and was glued to the lamp for the duration of the procedure. i'm a little nervous about the pain once the anesthesia (wonderful wonderful anesthesia) wears off, but given that i have an oral surgery consult on friday, it should probably be the least of my concerns.
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