V. good V-Day. February 15, 2007 ~ 11:29 am
Posted by Julie in : Academic Office Monkey, Coupledom, Rick , trackbackYesterday when I came into work, braving sleet, ice, snow, and crowded MTA transportation, I was greeted with “Boy am I glad to see you!”. That sounds sweet, doesn’t it? Yeah, not so much. They were glad to see me because while I was gone, one of my staff came down with a stomach virus, another got bronchitis and her husband got penumonia, and a third passed out at work with some undiagnosed illness that even the hospital threw its hands up at. Oh, and a fourth, who is 76 years old, was going to be late because she had to wait for her super to be able to escort her to work - the sidewalks were slippery, so I didn’t blame her.
So that left me and two part timers to deal with the flood of students who called and came in. Good times.
When five o’clock finally came around and I was able to catch the train to Rick’s house, there were all sorts of delays. First, there were other trains in front of us. Then the story changed to say that there had been a power outage on the line because of the snow. Then they were going to route us up the East Side line. Then everything was fine and we were back on the regular line. All told, I was on the subway for an hour and a half when I can generally make it from work to Rick’s in 50 minutes. Grrr.
But when I finally got there, all the tension from the day melted away. We cracked open some wine, Rick made a wonderful dinner, there were gifts, there was shagging, there was dessert, and I got to spend time with my boy, the best boyfriend on the planet. In the end, yesterday was a very good day.
And today, the stomach virus victim is back to work, so there are four of us in the office. Hooray!
Comments
yayy after a rocky start, it was a nice day for you. It could have been worse, you could have been stuck on 78 in PA
Got to love “Snowstorm 2000″ as our very prolific weathercasters call it. On an hourly basis…
Lisa~My favorite was on Tuesday when Channel 7 had all their reporters out in the field, reporting on how the storm was affecting traffic, and the snow hadn’t even started yet. Look, guys, I want a snowstorm as bad as the next guy, but if it ain’t there? It ain’t there.
Sparky~Hmmm…stuck underground in a subway car with a crazy guy (as I was) or stuck on snowy roads with multiple crazies each in their own car. Hard to tell which one sucks worse. Let’s call it a draw.
Sounds like a nice way to end the day.
All that work stuff is what you get for going on vacation. I got some time off coming and I’m sure I’ll regret it when I get back.