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10 April 2009

I'm on the bus this morning, off in my own little world, when I realize that something near me smells.→[More:] Do some discreet sniffing around and realize, hey!, it's coming from my backpack!

I vaguely remember noticing the odor just before leaving the house, as I was gathering my things. I'm going through a mental list of things in my backpack that could smell, and I vaguely remember that I put a tangerine in there a few weeks ago that I don't think I ever ate. So it's probably that. (Though it doesn't smell like moldy citrus. Huh.)

So after resolving to empty and clean out my backpack when I get to work, I put my backpack on the floor between my feet, hoping no one else will notice the stink.

Get to work, commence disassembling the backpack. But wait, there's no moldy orange in there. In fact, it doesn't smell in there at all. So where's the smell coming from?

I take off my scarf, sniff it. Nothing. Take off my fleece, sniff it, and nothi -- hey, wait, what's that funky smell on my collar?

GODDAMN CAT PEED ON MY FUCKING JACKET.

Motherfucker.

Anyhow, how's your day going?

post by: mudpuppie at: 10:52 | 11 comments

Just did my taxes. Owe tons of money, more than I thought. Who needs to eat, anyway?

posted by Melismata 10 April | 10:55

No pee on me (as far as I know), so I got that goin' for me.

posted by Atom Eyes 10 April | 10:56

Day is going ok, it's a short day at work (thanks, Christians!) and no one is here but me and my problematic freelancer. Freelancer seems to be getting better (knock on wood) and more responsive.
I've been making appointments to check out apartments today and tomorrow and my mom, who is visiting, is very excited to look at them with me.

posted by rmless2 10 April | 11:28

Just got some custom glossy postcards I ordered today, so I spent a bit sticking avery labels on them all offering 10% off to anyone who mentions a gaming con in town. (there's a lot of larpers who go, so putting some out may drum up some business. had I known I was getting laid off I would have booked a vendors table)

Also hit the joann sale and to use a coupon that expired today.

Taking a smoking break from sewing (since I won't smoke in/near my sewing room for obvious reasons)

posted by kellydamnit 10 April | 11:44

At home with grumpy teething baby. Expecting visitor any minute now, and baby is napping, so that's a plus.

posted by gaspode 10 April | 12:31

I'm glad I wasn't personally responsible for stinking up mudpuppie's backpack.

I'm at work. It's scrump's birthday, and someone just brought him a remote-controlled flying fuck.

posted by tangerine 10 April | 12:48

Someone gives a flying fuck. It's a story with a happy ending.

posted by mudpuppie 10 April | 13:35

I'm actually having a relatively good day. No cat pee, did a demo for a customer that went really well, and am going out to a great local restaurant/watering hole tonight for dinner. A potentially disastrous error I made working on this customer's project was averted by having a backup from half an hour ago, so I'm feeling lucky right now.

posted by deadcowdan 10 April | 13:48

It's a beautiful day. I have some of my windows open. Only some because my dog will jump through the screen of my front windows. It's a real drag that I have to keep my windows closed for the next decade or so. I did some laundry and some cleaning and ate a lot of cheese and a little bit of ice cream. I have the sweater I had on when I went fishing last night. I didn't catch anything so it doesn't stink. And if it does I'm in denial.

I just asked my kids if they wanted to go to Barnes and Noble with me and they replied in unison, "no". I'll make them go anyway and they'll like it! Oh yes they will!

posted by LoriFLA 10 April | 14:14

The day has gone well - my friend Pam from work came over for lunch, the food was lovely (particularly the pea and mint soup which I made this morning - it was scrummy).

Then after the soup and roast lamb we went for a jaunt, out to Greensted Church, which is always somewhere I like to take visitors - it dates back to the year 845 and is the oldest wooden building in the world. It's awesome. I also took Pam to Lidl, because she lives in a really posh part of London and had never been to a German discount supermarket before. She loved it. I tried to persuade her to get one of these, but she wasn't buying.

Then home for dessert and cheese and crackers, before I drove Pam to the station. Now it's a quiet evening, just caught up on my emails, with good and bad news in them. An early night, I hope, as I have a busy day ahead tomorrow, shopping for some shoes for a wedding next weekend.

posted by essexjan 10 April | 14:22

Your pain, I feel it. This nice black leather bag I'm carrying today, the one I bought for a fantastic discount the likes of which I may never again find, almost had to be scrapped after the cat recently made it his pisspot. Fortunately nothing soaked into the leather, so I was able to strip the damaged part and mend it. Even so, I had two people smell-test it for me before I started using it again.

It's pretty quiet here at work, despite the fact that most of the offices closed early or entirely today. I messed up my budget last week after being so overjoyed to have a little discretionary spending money that I went ahead with a few purchases that had been put off since last summer (new silverware! new litterbox!) without triple-checking the timing of a few regular bills, so I'm overdrawn until next week and angry with myself about that.

posted by notquitemaryann 10 April | 17:13

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