You sure it's not Friday 13th?

[curiouswombat]

I have come to the conclusion that my calendar is fast - a whole week fast - and yesterday was not Friday 20th April, but actually Friday 13th. It felt like it anyway. I said to deborahw37 last night that I wouldn't dare post about it until today - as something else would then, doubtless, go wrong.

This is a quick run-down of my day, yesterday;

Traffic bad, get to work a few minutes late - not a problem in itself, just an indicator of the day to come.

Office-mate says she cannot get onto her computer - realise, very quickly, that she means her computer is not accessing the network - because neither is mine - nor, we realise when we ring up tech support, is anyone else's; the government network that we are linked into is down.

This means I cannot access my diary, my patient notes... I can listen to my phone messages, but no point in ringing back as I can't access their notes or make appointments to see them if I need to. In our office we mutter, make coffee, tidy a cupboard, and hope we can remember who we are seeing when...

Techies are good - system up again in time for me to find out where my first visit is - but not in time to do some of the other routine morning stuff.

First patient very stressed, lots of problems - 30 minute visit took an hour.

Set off for next patient who lives miles out of town up a lane off a country road... find the road closed, follow the detour, and am now on the other side of the place where the lane goes off it... patient's house totally inaccessible.

Back to office, ring patient to explain, try to catch up, grab short lunch break.

Set off to see patients in Ramsey with just enough time - Mountain Road is also closed. Detour to take coast road - which takes longer anyway - arrive 20 minutes late.

Need diesel before I can go back to Douglas; usual garage has all the pumps down whilst they are having the tank filled...

Get back to office about 3/4 hour late - hungry. There are some doughnuts left from a group lunch yesterday - take one, sit at desk, bite into it - and all the jam squirts out the other side all over the carpet.

Eventually head for home - road works. In which I end up sitting for 15 minutes.

The final thing was when I went to print the church notes I do every weekend, about 8pm last night, and the paper jammed - and got chewed up in the printer.

The good news is - today has been OK so far - although I haven't ventured out of the house yet...

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Definitely a horrible day, here's hoping today is much, much better.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

here's hoping today is much, much better

I'll let you know when I get back from doing the trolley shopping...

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

*hugs you* What a horrible day. Here's to today being a good one.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It really was just one of those days - today is better... so far!

[deborahw37.livejournal.com]

Oh good grief! I think your day was worse than mine! At least my computer was working! Glad that today is going better!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I ended the work part of the day by writing a list of the things that I hadn't got done and leaving it on my desk ready for Monday morning... as long as the computers are talking to us and each other!

But today I have survived doing two lots of washing and the trip to Tescos so things are looking up.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Good grief!!! Hopefully it's a small glitch and that will be it for a while.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

So far today has been pretty painless - well for me anyway - S2C is still not exactly painless but he is heading there!

[shirebound]

Whew! It should all be smooth sailing now.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

So far so good, today!

[jerusha]

Wow. Well, at least the jam didn't squirt all over you? But your road construction sounds like ours, where all the main streets generally get closed in one quadrant of town, all at the same time, for months on end. It certainly makes things interesting!

Here's hoping today is much better!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You're right - I was wearing a favourite jumper and the jam would not have been good for it.

This is road work season - between the worst of the winter and the beginning of June when all the bikers arrive for the TT races. Then the roads just get blocked with bikers - but I'm off work for TT this year, so I will be very laid back about it all!

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

:-(

You know it's a bad day when your jam doughnut malfunctions.

Have a virtual cupcake.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You know it's a bad day when your jam doughnut malfunctions.

We should make a poster out of that...

Thank you for the cupcake - I shall try not to drop it buttercream down on the floor!

[kathyh]

What a catalogue of horrors. On the actual Friday 13th I threw muesli all over the floor and put it down to the date but your not-Friday 13th was far worse than my real one. Hope today has been better!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It did reach the point where I almost wanted to laugh...

Today's not been too bad - so far anyway!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I hope today is a better day for you-- it would be hard pressed to be worse!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

They were all little things - just so many of them!

Today seems to have been pretty smooth. I forgot to drop something off on my way to do the supermarket shop, but otherwise it's been OK - so far...

[clodia-metelli.livejournal.com]

That's a depressing day, I'm sorry. I hope today's running more smoothly!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It was more frustrating - and it did reach the point of almost being laughable in the end - but I am happy that today has been a lot smoother!

[hhimring]

I hope that means you used up your whole ration of bad luck for the next week or so in one go and now everything will go swimmingly!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping that you are right!

[ballena.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a day and half... but does sound like you coped very well anyway. And I know exactly which road works you mean... have also been caught in them a couple of times, very frustrating just sitting there waiting to move. Unfortunately the alternative routes aren't usually a whole lot quicker either, are they... ! Hope your weekend is improving and is a little more relaxing x

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The weekend is being nicely quiet - a couple of loads of washing done, been to Tescos - all those ordinary non-work things.

I still have no idea why the old Castletown Road was closed and we detoured along the coast to Port Soderick though!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It was almost funny - the only sad point was the very stressed lady, but oh I was glad to go to bed last night! And even happier that today is definitely better!

[wormwood-7.livejournal.com]

Sounds highly frustrating. Sometimes it is as if the day itself got up on the wrong side of the bed.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh - that describes it exactly!

[ellynn-ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Yes, some days things just go wrong. :(
*sending you a big hug of comfort*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - today has been much better.

And, totally off topic, what an excellent picture you did for S2C of Éowyn disguised as a drow.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Hoo boy. All one can do with days like that is have a stiff drink, write them off and go to bed!

I suppose the only possible consolation is that none of those things were your fault. And some days you just feel "It doesn't matter how many more things go wrong now, today's ruined anyway..."

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

By the end of the day it was almost funny - especially as the problems weren't really my fault. Well, apart from the doughnut malfunction... if I hadn't decided to eat it it wouldn't have happened!

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Those inaccesible roads would have made me nervous. I do hope the patient visit wasn't too urgent. As for the rest...what a lot of bother for just one day! I hope next week is much much better!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I don't have a problem when they close roads on the island - I know my way around so well that I really don't get lost. I hate it if I am anywhere I don't know though.

And, hopefully, that was enough things going wrong to do until the end of the month!

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

Do you know the wonderful children's book called "Alexander and the Terrible, Awful, No Good, Very Bad Day"? Your day sounds much like his.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I haven't read it - but someone mentioned it to me recently - and it does sounds as if he and I have something in common!

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I'm pulling out the big guns, er, arms for you today. That was definitely a day made of crap.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The big arms are much appreciated!

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Oh good heavens, I expect you felt like sitting in a darkened room and not moving a muscle after all that. I hope your weekend goes more smoothly.

And isn't it the one big trouble with all these computer systems we're forced to be so dependent upon - you're really scuppered when they're down!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I did worry that, the minute I switched on the laptop when I got home on Friday night, I was likely to blow everything!

I like our computerised system for notes, diary etc. even though a lot of others don't - but when the system is down we really are completely scuppered.

[raingirl26.livejournal.com]

Arrrgg, those kinds of days are maddening. Hope it was uphill from there.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Yesterday was quite restful by comparison!

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

It would be nice if we had advance warnings of such days, and we could opt to stay in bed! The only good thing about days like yours is that you appreciate the good ones so much more!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I think, yes, I would definitely have opted to stay in bed if I'd been forewarned!

But yesterday was so very much better - and you are right - I did appreciate the normality!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, what a dreadful day! I hope today was better.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It was - just a nice, ordinary, Saturday. I really appreciated it.

[keswindhover.livejournal.com]

I haven't ventured out of the house yet...

Careful. I expect you'll be hit by lightning.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I survived unscathed. Today is another day, though...

[timeofchange.livejournal.com]

Aieee! You really had a terrible day! Here's hoping today was all sweet and nice.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Saturday was good - and Sunday is behaving itself fairly well.