my work week so far
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the_siobhanWake up. I can hear the construction machinery behind the house. The bed is shaking along with the rest of the house. Lie there with my eyes closed trying to decide if I'm awake enough to get up. I'm feeling pretty alert, I should probably get up and do some yoga or something.
I hear Axel's alarm go off. OK, it's time to get up anyway.
Fall back asleep.
Wake up when Axel gets out of bed. Feargal is at the foot of the stairs shouting at us that he's starving to death. Axel goes downstairs. Shouting stops.
Fall back asleep.
Alarm goes off again. House starts shaking again. I finally roll out of bed and shuffle into the shower.
Finish showering. Realise I forgot to grab a towel on my way in.
Open the drawer where I keep the hidden "I forgot to grab a towel" towel stash. It's empty.
Pad across the bedroom floor, dripping water across the hardwood. Retrieve a towel.
Dry self. Throw used towel in hamper. Dig out clean clothes. Can't find jeans.
Remember I did laundry the day before and clean jeans are hanging on the laundry line in the basement.
Head towards the stairs in my underwear. Slip on wet patch of floor.
Dig used towel out of hamper. Use it to mop up puddles on floor. Throw it back in the hamper.
Make it all the way down to the basement. Step in cat puke.
Hop to the basement bathroom. Wash & dry foot.
Find paper towels. Clean up cat puke. Wash hands.
Start to head back upstairs. Realise I'm still in my underwear. Go back down stairs. Retrieve jeans off the clothes line and put them on.
Go upstairs to main floor. Axel has put coffee & toast on my desk. Tell Axel he is wonderful.
Eat breakfast while noodling on the computer. Check the time. Running late as usual.
Remember I still have to feed Carlin. Go into the kitchen and throw veggies & mealworms into a dish. Head towards the stairs.
Realise I forgot the calcium powder. Go back into the kitchen and sprinkle calcium powder onto Carlin's food.
Go upstairs and put Carlin's food into his tank.
Go downstairs to get ready to leave. Fetch my shoes from the front hallway on my way by.
Sit down on couch to put on shoes.
Realise I forgot socks. Go upstairs and fetch socks.
Sit down on couch to put on shoes. Feargal marches up and announces that he is desperately in need of head scritches. I scritch his head.
Put on socks and shoes.
What do I need to be ready to go to work? I need my knapsack. Where is my knapsack? Find knapsack on floor.
Remember I made lunches yesterday. Go into kitchen and retrieve lunch from fridge. Put into knapsack.
Find wallet and glasses on my desk. Put into knapsack.
Do I have everything? Where are my Metropass and doorcard? Remember I took them out of my pockets when I put my jeans in the laundry.
Go upstairs. Find my cards on the dresser. See my money and house keys and grab them too. Go back downstairs.
Do I have everything? Wait, where is my phone?
Remember I left it plugged into the wall by my bed because I didn't have pants on this morning.
Go back upstairs. Grab phone. Go back downstairs.
Do I have everything? I think I do. I zip up my knapsack, put on a jacket and head out the door.
I am locking the door when I remember; Shit, I told Axel I would go to Canadian Tire after work today. Right, to get a spring toggle. So I need the screw that the toggle has to fit. It's sitting on the dresser upstairs.
Toss my knapsack on the couch on the porch. Go back inside the house. Go upstairs. Grab screw. Put it in my pocket. Go back downstairs.
I am wearing pants. I am wearing shoes. I know where my wallet is. Can I go now? I leave the house, locking the door behind me.
I am three houses away when I remember we have gift certificates for Canadian Tire.
I walk back to the house and go inside. If I were me, where would I put gift certificates? Right, pinned to the cork board. I find them and stick them in my pocket.
I leave the house. I am at the end of the block when I realise I don't have my knapsack.
Walk back to the house. Pick my bag up from where I left it on the porch.
At the bottom of the front steps I can't make up my mind if my memory of locking the front door is from the first time or the last time. I go back up the steps to check. Yes, it's locked.
This time when I leave I make it all the way to the main street. And watch the bus sail away without me while I stand on the wrong side of the road waiting for the light to change.
The fucked up thing is that I do a version of this dance Every. Single. Morning.
I hear Axel's alarm go off. OK, it's time to get up anyway.
Fall back asleep.
Wake up when Axel gets out of bed. Feargal is at the foot of the stairs shouting at us that he's starving to death. Axel goes downstairs. Shouting stops.
Fall back asleep.
Alarm goes off again. House starts shaking again. I finally roll out of bed and shuffle into the shower.
Finish showering. Realise I forgot to grab a towel on my way in.
Open the drawer where I keep the hidden "I forgot to grab a towel" towel stash. It's empty.
Pad across the bedroom floor, dripping water across the hardwood. Retrieve a towel.
Dry self. Throw used towel in hamper. Dig out clean clothes. Can't find jeans.
Remember I did laundry the day before and clean jeans are hanging on the laundry line in the basement.
Head towards the stairs in my underwear. Slip on wet patch of floor.
Dig used towel out of hamper. Use it to mop up puddles on floor. Throw it back in the hamper.
Make it all the way down to the basement. Step in cat puke.
Hop to the basement bathroom. Wash & dry foot.
Find paper towels. Clean up cat puke. Wash hands.
Start to head back upstairs. Realise I'm still in my underwear. Go back down stairs. Retrieve jeans off the clothes line and put them on.
Go upstairs to main floor. Axel has put coffee & toast on my desk. Tell Axel he is wonderful.
Eat breakfast while noodling on the computer. Check the time. Running late as usual.
Remember I still have to feed Carlin. Go into the kitchen and throw veggies & mealworms into a dish. Head towards the stairs.
Realise I forgot the calcium powder. Go back into the kitchen and sprinkle calcium powder onto Carlin's food.
Go upstairs and put Carlin's food into his tank.
Go downstairs to get ready to leave. Fetch my shoes from the front hallway on my way by.
Sit down on couch to put on shoes.
Realise I forgot socks. Go upstairs and fetch socks.
Sit down on couch to put on shoes. Feargal marches up and announces that he is desperately in need of head scritches. I scritch his head.
Put on socks and shoes.
What do I need to be ready to go to work? I need my knapsack. Where is my knapsack? Find knapsack on floor.
Remember I made lunches yesterday. Go into kitchen and retrieve lunch from fridge. Put into knapsack.
Find wallet and glasses on my desk. Put into knapsack.
Do I have everything? Where are my Metropass and doorcard? Remember I took them out of my pockets when I put my jeans in the laundry.
Go upstairs. Find my cards on the dresser. See my money and house keys and grab them too. Go back downstairs.
Do I have everything? Wait, where is my phone?
Remember I left it plugged into the wall by my bed because I didn't have pants on this morning.
Go back upstairs. Grab phone. Go back downstairs.
Do I have everything? I think I do. I zip up my knapsack, put on a jacket and head out the door.
I am locking the door when I remember; Shit, I told Axel I would go to Canadian Tire after work today. Right, to get a spring toggle. So I need the screw that the toggle has to fit. It's sitting on the dresser upstairs.
Toss my knapsack on the couch on the porch. Go back inside the house. Go upstairs. Grab screw. Put it in my pocket. Go back downstairs.
I am wearing pants. I am wearing shoes. I know where my wallet is. Can I go now? I leave the house, locking the door behind me.
I am three houses away when I remember we have gift certificates for Canadian Tire.
I walk back to the house and go inside. If I were me, where would I put gift certificates? Right, pinned to the cork board. I find them and stick them in my pocket.
I leave the house. I am at the end of the block when I realise I don't have my knapsack.
Walk back to the house. Pick my bag up from where I left it on the porch.
At the bottom of the front steps I can't make up my mind if my memory of locking the front door is from the first time or the last time. I go back up the steps to check. Yes, it's locked.
This time when I leave I make it all the way to the main street. And watch the bus sail away without me while I stand on the wrong side of the road waiting for the light to change.
The fucked up thing is that I do a version of this dance Every. Single. Morning.