You know the kind where everything seems to be stacked up against you.  Last night I had an odd sensation about today.  I felt dreadful.  Wish I could’ve slept until 3PM.

It all started with needing to get some papers off by the 11th.  If I mailed them, I needed them in the mailbox today, so they could go off tomorrow.  I’ve been waiting for something in the mail that needs to be sent with the paperwork.  I requested it on the 30th or so, maybe the 1st.  How long could it possible take to send one frickin sheet of paper?

As of this morning, it still isn’t here.  So, with this option moot, my only other choice was to go online and print it from there.  I took that option last year and would’ve done it last week IF any of my three printers worked.  And that is when the floodgates to H.E.L.L. opened and my alter-ego (the demon within) emerged.

My laser printer decided it wanted to stop working back in June or May.  The rollers won’t pull the paper in correctly, thus causing paper jams.  This was our main, and my favorite, printer.  I still own $200 worth of accessories for this damn thing.  I got my money’s worth, it is 6 years old, but I hate tossing it with all the toner and drums I still own.

Then there is the HP inkjet which is older than the laser.  It has to be a good 8 years old.  It may still work, but since it’s so old, the parallel port thingy doesn’t fit in my much newer laptop. *sigh*  Then there is the Dell printer I got free with the laptop, but the ink is used up.  I don’t have $60 for new ink and I need it today.

So after, screaming, yelling and tossing around printers, I gave up.  It wasn’t until I admitted defeat that I found a solution, through my very generous and kind neighbor, and things started to calm down and work out.  Of course, I got NOTHING done today in regards to writing or brainstorming.  This ever so exciting blog post is the most productive I’ve been–other than sweeping, vacuuming and cooking dinner.  *sigh–again*

Now, I just want to climb into bed and crash.  Nite!

So, tomorrow and until Wednesday, we are getting this major heatwave.  I’m talking in the high 90s Saturday and Sunday, and then Monday is suppose to be 102.  LOL!

That really isn’t funny.  I just hope nothing happens to the power, cause my AC will be in high gear.

The other “funny” thing is that it’s 59 degrees here today.  As of midnight, the temperature will steadily climb by about 2 degrees per hour.  Usually it’s the other way around.  You know, cooler in the night.

If I don’t melt (have I mentioned how much I hate the heat?), I’ll catch ya soon.

I spent one and a half hours on my prepaid cell phone with Verizon tech, reconfiguring my damn connections.  But finally it’s working! Yay!

I’ve posted my blog posts.  Now I have to read 3 days of emails–oh the fun!

I’m just so glad I’m back. lol

Ok, so there is worse, but you really don’t realize how dependent upon the world wide web you are until you no longer have it. ALL my friends are long distance, including my family. But even if they lived in the next town, I couldn’t call them. ALL of my bill paying is online. I don’t even own checks. Granted, it’s only a day or two without the service, I hope, but it makes me wonder.

What if I had to go a week or a month without it? How would I do the normal things in life? I’d rearrange everything, but wow…

It hs given me time to read though. I’m trying to finish California Demon by Wednesday.

I’ve rewritten my Stiletto entry, and plan to spend this week editing it and writing the syno. Then I’ve upped my deadline (pushed forward) to finish the book by the end of August, rather than June–just can’t do it. Then for the month of September, I can either write Undead Like Me or polish Release and my WW mystery. We’ll see when the time comes.

Now, back to my non-regularly scheduled program.

I wrote this blog post, and the next one, on my computer and will be transferring it over to the blog when my Internet goes back on. &)^&#^*&&*()$#@@%*)^&$#

So, my Internet went down last night around 9:30. Just suddenly POOF! No reason. Since my phone is through Vonage, a.k.a. DSL, I also had no fun, and I won’t be able to call Verizon until Tuesday. Ugh, that’s two days without Internet or phone.

How is a person suppose to live?

I finished editing my Stiletto entry this morning, spent the afternoon reading my mentee’s short story, and my evening playing The Sims 2.  But I have food on my mind.  Tomorrow I’m doing a big grocery shopping, and we ran out of so much I’m sitting down, after writing this, to make a list.  It doesn’t help that I’m watching Food Network.  It’s like going shopping on an empty stomach.

I have my birthday on Sunday, plus Mother’s Day but it’ll just be me and the kids. Nothing special and that’s great for me.  Then my son’s b-day is 10 days later and that weekend, we’ll do the big family party, where my family will drive up from NY.  I’ll do the big cooking thing, so I preplan what I’m going to buy, so I put aside enough money.

And I’m in the mood for some really good salads.  Not lettuce, cucumber and tomato, yuck.  I’m talking shrimp, avacado, romaine, and a bunch of other kinds.  I REALLY want a garden.  Too bad I live in an apt.

Off to make my list now.

Today was one of those days where everything went wrong.  I won’t go into detail, but let’s say my fingers is all bruised and messed up, my head is pounding and my eyes are puffy and burning.  I can’t wait to go to sleep.

I posted on RD about setting up a group of suspense/mystery folks.  I hope I get some responses.  I’m going to feel like such a shit if I don’t, lol.  There are actually a handful of divas I would like to have join me, and maybe I’ll ask them specifically if they don’t come forward.

Now, back to my book.  I have to describe my heroine’s father, through her eyes.  I hate describing people.  Things I don’t have a problem with, even scenery, but showing what a person looks like?  Ugh!  It’s up there with sex scenes and really fast action.  Suuucks!