A FLAT Day!

Woke up to an email from Mom this morning that she'd found one of her kitties, Tiger, dead on the screened in patio.  :-(  That pretty much set the tone for it being a suck-ass day...

Work itself was ok.  UPS came late (1 pm) but luckily it was a semi-small order (2 boxes) with no screw ups & only 1 box of magazines.  I had it all done by 4:30.  In the middle of doing it, Mom texted that the parts we were missing for my bed came in & she suggested dinner at IHOP & then putting the bed together.  I wasn't really feeling well (headache...sinuses & that was making my teeth hurt--there's a storm brewing somewhere nearby!) so I said I could reschedule with Stacy (was supposed to be going over there for dinner).  I really only offered cuz I got the impression she was still upset over Tiger & just wanted company.  But she said she was just gonna stay home.  They were supposed to have poker tonight anyway.  Bud was going but she didn't want to.

At 2, I couldn't stand the toothache anymore so I ran to the health food store to get clove oil since mine was at home & that's no longer just 5 minutes away...lol.  I was already feeling better by the time I got back to the store.

Cindy left at 5.  We'd decided that we'd try to close early if nobody was in the store.  Well, instead, we got inundated with people.  Ain't that the way??  lol  So we got out of there at 6.  I sat in the car for a minute & Claire & Lori left.  When I went to back out, I immediately knew I had a FLAT TIRE!!  Yes...the SAME stupid one from a few months ago!  FML!!  I called Stacy to tell her I wasn't gonna make it tonight after all.  :/  Then I called Mom.  My train of thought on even calling her at all...was if Bud was still at my house, he was closer & could come get me & take me home.  My immediate plan was to leave the car at the store & then she could bring me to work tomorrow & I'd call around & get someone to fix the damn thing.  Finally get a new tire like I should've done the last time.  Bud didn't answer his phone so she called me back...all mad & said she'd be there soon.  *sighs*  Why is she getting mad at ME?!  I didn't fucken DO anything!  Fuck!  Whatever.  So she gets there at 7.  Had stopped wherever & got Fix-A-Flat.  It wasn't doing a damn thing.  So she's all mad & nasty & ordering me to go inside & find out which tire places near there are still open, etc.  Thinking I need to try to DRIVE the car somewhere nearby, if possible.  Are you fucken insane?!  WHY would I purposefully drive on the rim & fuck even MORE shit up?!  REALLY?!  Whatever.  I went in the store, turned on the comp..everything near was closed already.  Except one that closed at 9.  Then she's all snotty & shit, asking me where Amanda was.  Umm...in Washington DC!  She's all like...I thought you were having dinner with her tonight??  No...Stacy!  Ok, where's Stacy?!  Down the street.  She has COMPANY!  HELLO?!  So then what about Kelli's husband??  ARGH.  Yeah...see...I would've called him 1st!  But stupid me, thought I could just easily get taken home tonight & brought to work tomorrow so I could handle the situation during business hours...when I could actually get something done!  *SIGHS*  Plus, it was thundering & lighting & starting to drizzle.  I'm pissed at this point.  I just want her to leave.  I can handle this shit on my own.  So I'm trying to just get her to leave.  And she's bitching about going to the poker game after all but 1st game has already started & she can't get in til 2nd game...& doesn't want to just sit there & wait for the 2nd game.  I called Kelli.  She & John showed up a few minutes later.  He put the donut on for me.  The tire has this...I dunno...flap that's just blown out on the inside.  No clue.  John said it looked like it was CUT.  WTF?!  I'll ask the guy tomorrow that fixes it.  *shrugs*  Kelli said that tomorrow when Savannah gets there, she can follow me to Wal-Mart, I can drop the car off, Sava can bring me back to work & take me to pick it up when it's ready.  Cool!  At least that part is worked out.  Wouldn't you know?!  The donut was LOW on air!  FML TWICE!!  It is now 8 pm btw.  Mom suggested walking next door to IHOP after all.  So we do.  Sitting there for 10 minutes, nobody has taken our order yet so she gets all pissy about that & we end up walking out.  She said she'd come get me tomorrow at 4:30 & we could pick up my car so I don't have to pay for the tires.  She can put them on her credit card.  Whatever.  I just want her away from me at this point.  Told Cindy John thought my tire was cut.  She wants me to file a police report & is gonna have Todd set up a patrol.  Good gawd.  lol.  I told her I'd ask the tire guy if he thought it was cut or not before I do anything!  ;-p

I went to Gate & aired up the donut.  I've never driven on a donut before but you can definitely tell the difference.  It kinda had me freaked out.  lol.  I had to stop at Publix on the way home, too.  Needed to get bottled water, cookies & coffee creamer for the book signing event being held at the store tomorrow.  Ugh.

I FINALLY got home just after 9 pm!  :/  Immediately took a bath while making some dinner.  Now I'm gonna finish up this movie I started & hope I fall asleep soon.  :/  It's already 12:15 am...*sighs*