Inconvenient Annoyances

What is king cake?

King cake:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake

   If you get the piece with the baby in it, it's good luck!

  If you get the piece with the baby in it, it's good luck!

 

Loud thud yesterday afternoon. (Maxwell was sitting peacefully in the living room so wasn't him.) Maybe it's ice falling off the roof?
An hour or so later go down to throw some laundry in to discover that the closet shelf, brackets, hanging pole and all contents thereof are all over the floor. Another stellar job by those [#@***] builders.

Been sitting about all day waiting for DX Courier to deliver DH's US Visa and tracking it online. Just tracked it and said 'Unable to deliver to address' WTF? we've been here ALL DAY! So spent 20 minutes trying to get a person through a maze of phone trees & numbers...finally got hold of a live person and asked what was going on & that we've been at home waiting. The lady was very nice & rescheduled delivery for tomorrow morning for no charge and said that they would have a word with the courier and make sure that they were aware of the intercom for our building and how to use it. Basically apologizing because their courier is STUPID!

This frustrates me to no end. There would have to be a headache involved...I am SO MAD right now 

Been sitting about all day waiting for DX Courier to deliver DH's US Visa and tracking it online. Just tracked it and said 'Unable to deliver to address' WTF? we've been here ALL DAY! So spent 20 minutes trying to get a person through a maze of phone trees & numbers...finally got hold of a live person and asked what was going on & that we've been at home waiting. The lady was very nice & rescheduled delivery for tomorrow morning for no charge and said that they would have a word with the courier and make sure that they were aware of the intercom for our building and how to use it. Basically apologizing because their courier is STUPID!

This frustrates me to no end. There would have to be a headache involved...I am SO MAD right now 

  You need one of these:

Just cross out "royal mail" and put the appropriate carrier 

You need one of these:

Just cross out "royal mail" and put the appropriate carrier 

Haha!!!! That's hilarious!!!! 

Last Monday I was told I would get paid the next day. Since then, no money in my account. Today I get an e-mail saying that I got paid today and it will be in my account within 3 days.

At least I got some notice, I suppose. And at least I don't need the money until next week. Still, by the time the money's in my account, it will have been 9 weeks since I was last paid (and since I started working there).

Here's hoping that future paychecks aren't as slow.

My poor friend is in hospital with MRSA!

Debating whether or not to visit her...   I don't want MRSA, but it sucks to be in hospital so a visit is always nice to someone!!

I loathe my job so much that I'm temped to jump in front of the subway train just so I don't have to come here again. 

And then after I think that I try to remember how lucky I am to just have a job.  But that feeling is far more fleeting. 

The vanilla ice cream that was in the freezer that hadn't even been opened at all was freezer brunt grrr   I was really looking forward to having some of that tonight bloody typical!!    

I loathe my job so much that I'm temped to jump in front of the subway train just so I don't have to come here again. 

And then after I think that I try to remember how lucky I am to just have a job.  But that feeling is far more fleeting. 

I had a counter on my computer for the last couple of months at my job, so that whenever I felt especially desperate, I could flip over and watch the seconds tick away. Perhaps that might help relieve a little stress? Sorry the job sucks so much.

You need one of these:

Just cross out "royal mail" and put the appropriate carrier 

Pure gold that one is!

Kiddo has this "investigation" assignment on a country of his choosing, which has been ongoing since January.  It's basically a report on a country, covering things like the geography, the climate, the demographics, etc.  I am so ready for the whole stupid thing to be finished.  He says how much he wants it to be good, but then he doesn't want to do any of the work. 

I'm the one sat there trying to help him through the thing, dealing with the moaning and the crying (yes, he's been crying because of it).  Every day is like a fracking battle to get it done properly.  I end up practically doing the stupid thing just so we can get it over with, and of course the teachers offer no specifics as to how long it should be or how in depth it should go.  And some of the questions they're meant to answer are absolutely absurd for 11-12 year-olds.  UGHHHHH. 

Kiddo has this "investigation" assignment on a country of his choosing, which has been ongoing since January.  It's basically a report on a country, covering things like the geography, the climate, the demographics, etc.  I am so ready for the whole stupid thing to be finished.  He says how much he wants it to be good, but then he doesn't want to do any of the work. 

I'm the one sat there trying to help him through the thing, dealing with the moaning and the crying (yes, he's been crying because of it).  Every day is like a fracking battle to get it done properly.  I end up practically doing the stupid thing just so we can get it over with, and of course the teachers offer no specifics as to how long it should be or how in depth it should go.  And some of the questions they're meant to answer are absolutely absurd for 11-12 year-olds.  UGHHHHH. 

Hugs to you and your child NoseOverTail!  Been there, done that with the 9 year old. 
I have two today:
1) The 9 year old is on a school trip today-an outdoor school trip. I seriously debated just keeping her home today, but she is so intent on being like the other children I gave in.  So now I'm sat here worried that she is out in a freakin field looking at art whilst shivering and soaked to the bone.  Her coat is lovely and warm (and waterproof) but she doesn't have any waterproof trousers.  Since she finds it difficult to walk in wellies she has her walking boots on-suppose we will find out if they are waterproof. 
2)After the school run this morning I left my wellies outside the front door.  The rain has started to blow-right into my wellies. 

I had a counter on my computer for the last couple of months at my job, so that whenever I felt especially desperate, I could flip over and watch the seconds tick away. Perhaps that might help relieve a little stress? Sorry the job sucks so much.

I counted it out last week, something like 150 days left that I have to go.  It does seem less awful that way.  If I didn't know that I was leaving I'd just find another job.  The market is finally opening up.  I spend a lot of time looking at PE jobs in London.  There are so much more on offer than there is here.  I just hope that in about November one of those will be for me.