Friday 6 September 2013

Bad Day.

I hope you'll let me be a bit self-indulgent for the next 5 minutes.

To be frank, I had a stinker of a day.  I've had a really REALLY busy few weeks at work (so busy that I may have sat alone, in the dark, one night, crying about the amount of work I had to do).  Anyway moving on...

I have a never-ending list of errands to run before I leave for South America.  Get US dollars, pick passports up from the Brazilian Consulate-General, pack suitcase, etc etc.  Today I really needed to leave work in time to get to the second nearest Post Office to send a mobile phone to a man in Italy who doesn't speak English (long story, don't ask).

At 1:12pm I get an email from my landlord.  The owners want to sell the apartment.  They are holding the first open inspection in fourteen days.  When I won't be in the country.  Great.  A certain amount of panic sets in while I frantically call my boyfriend to inform him of the great news.  But I can't speak for long because I'm about to head into a 2 hour meeting (on a Friday afternoon, yes).  Upon freeing myself from the tiny meeting room with no fresh air, I found my desk in complete shambles.  My work colleague had (accidentally) smashed my monitor and keyboard, and spilled water all over the documents on my desk.  In his defence it was a legitimate accident - he had knocked a whiteboard over my monitor and hence said mess.

I ran out of the office because I wouldn't handle dealing with my desk, or anything else.  I needed to get to the Post Office.  On the way to the Post Office I managed to trip down a few steps (awesome work Kay) and get followed by a large man with excessive BO.


After mailing the phone, I bought myself a red velvet cupcake to cheer myself up and promptly took myself to the train station.  I'm brushing past the fact that the next 3 trains didn't go to my station and that when I finally got on one, another large man decided to sit next to me on a seat which he really did not fit onto.



I've come home and packed all my expensive shoes away because I'm going to store them at my neighbour/friend who also happens to be a Voguette and lives about 10 seconds from me in the same apartment building (thanks M for offering to look after my babies for me!) And yes I don't have home and contents insurance and no I don't want to be lectured on it!

I'm crossing my fingers that we don't have to vacate the apartment in the four weeks that we are away because I think it'd be hard to move when you're not in the country.

And now I'm off to pack!

Thanks for listening, the next post will be much happier (probably about Vogue Fashion Night which I went to last time and had a fab time!)

Kx.

16 comments:

  1. Aw you poor thing. Hope you have a gorgeous weekend to make up for it xx

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    1. I tried to do as little as possible over the weekend and I succeeded for the most part!

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  2. Oh no-what a terrible day! At least it is over now. I hope your weekend is amazing! x

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    1. Thanks Ness :)

      I can't believe I'm leaving tomorrow!!

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  3. Hugs! Don't panic - if you have a lease they can't make you move. I'm selling my house, and the new owner has to wait til the lease is up to move in.

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    1. No lease :( Hence the panic. Realistically we should be ok but it's just an inconvenience I certainly could do without.

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  4. Oh man, that sounds terrible!! I'm glad you had a good time at VFNO to make up for it though!

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    1. I certainly did! VFNO was fun, I have to blog about it but I don't have time or photos :S

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  5. Hugs Kay, you really deserve this holiday! Don't hold back on your trip, you have worked so hard lately. Hope everything works out re work and apartment.

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    1. Aww thanks B! That makes me feel a lot better.

      Had a few late nights at work this week but I was SO relieved to walk out of the office knowing I wouldn't be back for one month. Hooray!!

      Kx.

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  6. Oh my gosh I can't believe you're pretty much being kicked out of your home!! That sucks. And it sounds like one of THOSE days...where everything that can go wrong does go wrong!
    Hope everything works out xxx

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    1. It certainly was one of THOSE days. But I won't be having one of those days for at least 4 weeks. Hooray!

      How's the new job going? I've been meaning to email but alas my lack of time.

      Kx.

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  7. So sorry to hear about all that horrid things happening one after another. Hope the weekend's been kinder to cushion the bad Friday feelings.

    No matter what happens, you'd be alright and the apartment surely cannot evict you if you aren't in the country! Looking forward to your VFNO post.

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    1. I hope not! I know realistically it's unlikely to happen but it's still something I have to think about. We'll have to start apartment hunting once we get back and hope we don't get kicked out before we find another place eek.

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  8. Crossing my fingers to know . I hope all is well at your end.

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  9. I hope your having the best holiday x

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