Lovely Dallas traffic
My commute is north Frisco to Oaklawn in Dallas every single day. The following is the content of an email I had to send my managers this morning. Just remember that when you think things can’t get worse…your dear laptop decides to take a furlough…again. And there’s nobody to cover her when she’s gone! 🙂 Enjoy!
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Really can NOT make this stuff up.
1) Get on Dallas North Tollway at Eldorado in Frisco to head to Oaklawn, much earlier due to probable slick road conditions. It’s gonna be a great day! I am closing my first major deal. Life is GOOD!
2) Traffic crawls-25 minutes to creep just a few miles. Alternate between my two favorite Cumulus radio stations–99.5 The WOLF and Talk Radio 570 KLIF. My KLIF guy ominously states how terrible traffic conditions are everywhere. {{{Naaa, it’ll be over soon! I’m still in good shape. Optimism! }}}}
3) Decide to call the two managers to let them know looks like at least another hour and will be surely late to meeting (it’s *always* so nice to be late or better yet COMPLETELY miss a group sales meeting when everyone is perpetually under the microscope. GREAT!)
4) DOUBLE GREAT! No cell service, which means no Blackberry either. Someone forgot to pay the bill (this is what happens when one is hyperfocused on the new job and the significant other has been relying on her to take care of household finances. Oopsie. Wonder if he knows yet…)
5) Only at Tollway and Parker as road is a virtual parking lot – {{{Lightbulb goes off }}}} Decide to exit to nearest Starbucks since barely moving anyhow. I have my laptop and I can access ‘net via T-Mobile to 1) pay cell bill; and 2) communicate with my managers via email so they know I am alive. I didn’t earn the nickname “Virtual Erika” from my manager for nothing, by gosh!
6) Turn on loyal laptop to fire my girl up; alas, Dell home screen comes on, and then blacks out. Power is plugged in…WTH? {{{Please, don’t do this to me! Not now!}}}
7) Repeat step #6. Hold power button down 10 seconds, repeat. Do this at least 20 times. Persistence doesn’t pay off. Appears backlight is out (This happened back in April a few weeks before an annual event I produce. But then magically started working again) Panic…{{{think think think}}}…pack up laptop back in rolling bag and get back on Tollway, head north to Hwy 121—Kinko’s to the rescue! (I *always* have a Plan B, C, D, etc., right?!) {{{Mentally pat self on shoulder for a self-atta-girl}}}}
8) Get last PC Basic Workstation at Kinko’s available. All the other credit card reader machines to be able to login say they are “Rebooting”. I stalk the Kinko’s guy with a big sense of urgency. Help me! He does, and I thankfully remember company log-in so can re-attempt step #5
9) Quickly compose similar email like this one in actual body of email —this Kinko’s desktop doesn’t like pop-ups. It logs me out as I try to send it to you both. I. Need. A. Drink.
10) Decide to compose my email in Word document for 2nd attempt in case Cumulus webmail boots me again. Thankfully I have a thumb drive WITH me to save *just* in case. Just call me “Sally on the Spot!”
11) Realize that I just wrote a new blog. {{{Copy, paste — DONE!}}}
That is my feeble attempt to find humor this morning.
The Blessed Life 