9 to 5 - Day 1 - The Prequel
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:30PM
Ittybittycrazy in 9 to 5

 

 

6:00am - Wake up, decide I hate my alarm with a passion

6:02am - Take dogs out to pee

6:03am - Try to get Puppy Girl to poop

6:04am - Get barked at by an annoyed Puppy Girl

6:09am - Scoop poop, hit head on branch as I stand up

6:10am - Get Puppy Dog's food, herd Puppy Girl away with my right foot, let Puppy Dog eat

6:12am - Get Puppy Girl's food, try to keep her from scratching holes in my PJs as she repeatedly jumps up at me

6:13am - Get Puppy Girl to sit, after 4 attempts, for 0.5 seconds before I let her have her food

6:14am - Stand guard, making sure that the dogs don't eat each others' food

6:15am - Grab bowls off the floor before each dog runs to lick and sniff to see if the other one has left a nanocrumb of food behind

6:16am - Let Puppy Dog back through to the bedroom to go back to sleep

6:17am - Have breakfast and vitamins

6:20am - Spend some time playing with Puppy Girl.  Wake Fluffy Bear up twice when I scream when she bites my hand too hard

6:35am - Put Puppy Girl on the bed with Fluffy Bear, shower

6:50am - Do hair and makeup

7:10am - Have crisis, deciding that the outfit I spent an hour choosing last night is all wrong

7:11am - Panic

7:12am - Panic

7:13am - Panic

7:14am - Panic

7:15am - Go through clothes, again and again, swearing, while trying to stop Puppy Girl from stealing the clean socks

7:30am - Decide on pants and a shirt, and get dressed

7:35am - Pick Puppy Girl up and throw her on Fluffy Bear's head, so that he has to get the hell up

7:40am - Make sure I have everything, try to stop Puppy Girl jumping up on my clothes with muddy paws.  Fail

7:50am - Try to catch Puppy Girl to put her in her crate

7:55am - Finally tempt Puppy Girl close enough with a squeaky toy to catch her

8:00am - Hug Puppy Dog goodbye and leave the house

8:05am - Driven to work by a wonderful Fluffy Bear.  Look worryingly at hill I have to climb to the bus stop tomorrow

8:07am - Try to convince Fluffy Bear to take me home so I can hide under the duvet.  Fail

8:12am - Try to convince Fluffy Bear to drive to the Mexico border.  Fail

8:15am - Arrive at office, decide I need coffee

8:16am - Walk round building, trying to find coffee shop.  Fail

8:20am - Ask some guys smoking outside where a coffee shop is.  They point me to a building which has a Starbucks  

8:21am - Sigh, because I hate Starbucks soy lattes - why the hell do they use Vanilla Soy?  

8:22am - Realize I have no time to get coffee anyway

8:23am - Stomp into my building

8:24am - Stand in elevator, not understanding why it isn't moving

8:25am - Realize that all floors except Reception require pass to be swiped in front of reader before you can push button, and I have been pushing floor 10 instead of Floor 15

8:26am - Realize that I have forgotten my watch and am wearing Fluffy Bear's wedding ring

8:27am - Check in at Reception, get pass, go to my floor

8:30am - Find that there is an espresso bar in the cafeteria.  Ask new boss if I can get coffee

8:35am - First sip of coffee

8:36am - Sigh, for all is well

 

 

 

 

 

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