Log
April 21, 2005
7:15 AM — Woken up by sirens.
7:16–8:00 AM — Toss and turn.
8:00 AM — Get ready for work. No shampoo; wash hair with soap.
8:55 AM — Call valet for car. No answer.
9:00 AM — Arrive at valet stand; wait 10 minutes for valet to return from restroom.
9:10 AM — Leave for work.
9:25 AM — Arrive at work.
9:30–10:15 AM — Working.
10:15 AM — Leave for Penn Station, to travel to D.C. for client visit.
10:30 AM — Arrive at Penn Station. Garage is full. Decide to drive home and take the light rail back to Penn.
10:35 AM — Car breaks down. This is an entire entry in itself, which will undoubtedly come later.
10:36 AM — Freak out.
10:50 AM — Make it home. Tell valet to put car somewhere he won’t have to move it for a while. I have officially missed my 10:50 train to D.C.
11:15 AM — Leave on foot en route to Camden Yards light rail stop.
11:22 AM — Arrive at Camden Yards just in time to make the train.
11:55 AM — Light rail arrives at Penn Station, fifteen minutes late. I have now missed my 11:40 train to D.C.
12:40 PM — Depart Penn station via MARC train to D.C.
1:30 PM — Arrive D.C. Picked up at Union Station by my cheery co-worker. I decide that the day is going to get better.
Somewhere between 1:30 and 4:00 PM — Freight train derails, overturns, on Camden rail line.
2:00-3:00 PM — Productive meeting with client. Visit a beautiful school campus and take some photos that will make the rest of my job on the project much easier.
3:30 PM — Arrive at Union Station. Oblivious to day’s events, purchase MARC ticket on Camden line. First time I have ever taken the Camden line instead of the Penn.
4:00 PM — Board 4:15 MARC train to Camden Yards.
4:20 PM — 4:15 train has not yet left. Call Comcast to let them know that I will not be home at our prescheduled time to disconnect digital cable and cable internet.
4:45 PM — 4:15 MARC train to Camden Yards departs, after combining 4:15 and 4:45 trains. Still oblivious to freight train derailment.
4:46 PM — Informed over loudspeaker that track north of Savage is closed. Buses will be waiting on us at Savage train station to transport us to Camden Yards.
5:15 PM — Arrive at Savage station. No buses.
5:45 PM — Receive call from Comcast techician wanting to know where I am and why I am not there to meet him. Begin to explain that I called and left a message with Comcast.
5:47 PM — Become irate, yell at Comcast technician needlessly.
5:50 PM — Realize that I will not be home in time to meet Peapod.com delivery guy. Call and leave a message because no one ever answers the damn phone.
6:15 PM — Receive call from Peapod.com guy wanting to know why I am not there to meet him for my delivery. Realize that no one ever checks their voicemail anymore. Feel overwhelming urge to yell at Peapod.com guy. Suppress the urge. I will not eat tonight.
6:15 PM — Buses arrive. A bit late.
6:30–7:00 PM — Ride, standing up, on Metrobus from Savage to Baltimore.
7:00 PM — Arrive in Baltimore.
7:10 PM — Arrive home.
7:10:05 PM — Hit with wall of heat. Realize that air conditioner in apartment is broken. It is 85º in my apartment. It is 78º outside.
7:11–7:30 PM — Screaming into a pillow.
7:31 PM — Strip half-naked, open a window, and begin doing the work that I was kept from all day long.
Whoa…..i can’t complain about my day now.
I know that it must have sucked for you, but that was the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time! :)
This is the first time i have been to your site and it took me until about 1/2 way through your story to realize that this log wasn’t something you do on a daily basis.
I have had days like that … they usually end by 12pm :)