Monday

Today was a Monday like no other.

This morning the bus was late which started a domino effect of everything else running late. I arrived at my office about 25 minutes later than I usually get in, but still before nine o'clock.

I was greeted by the cruel stench of a putrefying carcass. You see, last week I discovered the tell-tale traces of a rodent in the accounting office and would have nothing of it. I set a trap under the radiator by my desk knowing the pest was familiar with that area. My hunch paid off. The trap loaded with a single cheerio with chocolate frosting lured the rodent in and snapped his neck before he even realized what happened. Unfortunately it happened either Saturday night or Sunday morning and by the time I got to the office the vile creature was in a fetid state of decay. As I scooped the trap and carcass into a plastic bag something oozed out of that made the loathsome stench in the office even worse. Until the end of the day the stink of death was still in the air, even though we went through half a can of Lysol and tried airing out the place the entire day.

After a day of debits and credits I headed for the subway home. Of course there was a Police action far north of my station that had halted all trains. Delightful. I got to wait on a steamy subway platform for about half an hour. A half hour lost at that time only assures the rest of the commute home would be no better. I didn't get home until nearly 8:00 PM. If you think about how I left FOR work at 7 AM, that's a LONG day.

That's not the end of it. I cooked a fine piece of pork rolled around cheeses and seasonings, and my grilled squash slices. It turned out delicious, but having dinner at 9PM is way too late for me.

And now I'm blogging after getting my slave drive to finally work so I can transfer the years of data from it to another drive. Midnight. This will be a bad week. don't expect much from me.