What an incredible week as far as things coming unglued go! I really needed to document this, hoping that few months down the line my sense of absurd and humour will have the courage to just laugh over it. It would’ve been uproariously funny had it happened to someone else, but when it happens to you, you’re so caught up in the lunacy of it all that you skip past the appreciation of life’s ironies and li’l jokes. As I mentioned it before life isn’t all that peachy right now, and yes my guardian angel is off on a much deserved vacation leaving me to face the vagaries of fate all by myself.
After facing all the curve-balls that life’s been tossing my way, my last two brain cells decided to go on a vacation. Since I was feeling really lousy I picked up some Chinese food for dinner, instead of attempting to fix something up. Now I’ve picked up stuff from this joint like a million times (OK that’s an exaggeration but you get the drift right?) never had an issue but as life decided to follow the Murphy’s law with great determination somehow the seal came unstuck from one end. On reaching home I took Baron’s lead in one hand and lifted the parcel in other, and all that made itself felt was the gravy seeping through the paper bag, of all the ghastly and frightful sensations, it was the most appalling thing! On surveying the damage I realised that it had spilled on the seat cover too, now I shoved the parcel into one of the other shopping bags, quickly set about cleaning up the mess on the seat, I’d just started off that Baron espied a dog and went ballistic, barking his head off and wanting to go & play. He was tugging me and trying to manage him with one hand and the mess was truly annoying. All commands went whizzing past his loony head and after getting most of the stuff off. I pulled the little loon in and went about unlocking the door.
Of course the other 3 idiots were at the other side and they rushed to greet rather enthusiastically and I was trying to just dump the stuff and go wash my hands first. As I ploughed past them and cleaned up, I knew now I had to get the shopping bag in which I’d dumped it all. Went out and got the bag the parcel was still leaking and the gravy had spilled across nearly all the stuff. While cleaning it up, by some miraculous bit of anti-gravity a large bob splotched on my most favourite cashmere mix coat! I chucked everything aside dabbed the bit off but I could see some of it had been soaked in. I rushed to the cabinet to pick up baking soda. The best stuff to get the stains off. I cut open the packet and spilled some off it over the spot and started rubbing it in and as I did my nose could detect a faint sweetness that was growing stronger, I realised something was definitely off and sure enough, I wasn’t rubbing the baking soda in but Vanilla powder!
It beats me as to what Vanilla powder for baking was doing in the baking soda cabinet, aside from the universe conspiring I can’t think of a possible explanation. Anyhow I rushed to get the baking soda again, checked the package this time before cutting it open. Then went about rubbing it on hoping that the stain would be taken care of in the dry cleaning process…. Ah! The agonies! As I maniacally rubbed it in. I noticed one of the DVD covers was soaking in the soy sauce as if it was a parched land thirsting for any liquid…. I dabbed the tissue at it giving a mental sigh! Seriously can this week go any worse???
After facing all the curve-balls that life’s been tossing my way, my last two brain cells decided to go on a vacation. Since I was feeling really lousy I picked up some Chinese food for dinner, instead of attempting to fix something up. Now I’ve picked up stuff from this joint like a million times (OK that’s an exaggeration but you get the drift right?) never had an issue but as life decided to follow the Murphy’s law with great determination somehow the seal came unstuck from one end. On reaching home I took Baron’s lead in one hand and lifted the parcel in other, and all that made itself felt was the gravy seeping through the paper bag, of all the ghastly and frightful sensations, it was the most appalling thing! On surveying the damage I realised that it had spilled on the seat cover too, now I shoved the parcel into one of the other shopping bags, quickly set about cleaning up the mess on the seat, I’d just started off that Baron espied a dog and went ballistic, barking his head off and wanting to go & play. He was tugging me and trying to manage him with one hand and the mess was truly annoying. All commands went whizzing past his loony head and after getting most of the stuff off. I pulled the little loon in and went about unlocking the door.
Of course the other 3 idiots were at the other side and they rushed to greet rather enthusiastically and I was trying to just dump the stuff and go wash my hands first. As I ploughed past them and cleaned up, I knew now I had to get the shopping bag in which I’d dumped it all. Went out and got the bag the parcel was still leaking and the gravy had spilled across nearly all the stuff. While cleaning it up, by some miraculous bit of anti-gravity a large bob splotched on my most favourite cashmere mix coat! I chucked everything aside dabbed the bit off but I could see some of it had been soaked in. I rushed to the cabinet to pick up baking soda. The best stuff to get the stains off. I cut open the packet and spilled some off it over the spot and started rubbing it in and as I did my nose could detect a faint sweetness that was growing stronger, I realised something was definitely off and sure enough, I wasn’t rubbing the baking soda in but Vanilla powder!
It beats me as to what Vanilla powder for baking was doing in the baking soda cabinet, aside from the universe conspiring I can’t think of a possible explanation. Anyhow I rushed to get the baking soda again, checked the package this time before cutting it open. Then went about rubbing it on hoping that the stain would be taken care of in the dry cleaning process…. Ah! The agonies! As I maniacally rubbed it in. I noticed one of the DVD covers was soaking in the soy sauce as if it was a parched land thirsting for any liquid…. I dabbed the tissue at it giving a mental sigh! Seriously can this week go any worse???
2 comments:
ha ha never the one to check the package first? anyways is it not that trouble come in 3's???? so what is up for your weekend? by the way did the smudge come out?
Smudge, not too sure about it... its OK go ahead have your fill of laughter of course it would've been as entertaining as an episode of 'Seinfeld' if you were there to watch it all happen as it unveiled...
As for trouble in 3's that'll be another post, it befits the space...hmmm.... you know we had in school the book that used to go 'what Katy did next' I think a series can be launched on my real life adventures.
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