Today has been a very stressful whirlwhind. 

Wake up to a call about a temporary job offer. Awesome. I think I got the job, but I’m still waiting on guideline emails which makes me slightly impatient.

Start working on start up stuff……..still don’t have a ride to the tweetup…

Of course people are lame as can be and I have to figure things out on my own. Which makes me remember not to depend on anyone. I digress. Anyways I ended up using something similar to zipcar to rent someone’s car for three hours.

Of course the person who grabs my bid is up in the middle of N Portland. I was accepted at 5:01 PM. Taxi Magic’d a cab which got me there at 5:30. Which was the time I was supposed to be in NW Portland picking people up. I have a horrible time trying to remember where the brake is and couldn’t figure out how to take the e-brake off. Tried googling it, tried calling lynsey, finally dawned on me to look at the owner’s manual. Finally on my way. Then I get lost in N Portland because it’s the ghetto and dark with poor lighting and weird turns. Finally get to NW Portland super stressed out. Make Lynsey drive. Get there to the tweet up about 30 minutes late. AWESOME. 

Good people. Good times. etc. Then we end up being late on the way to get the car back. [Murphy’s Law] then the person tells me I’m supposed to fill the tank up. Why wasn’t there a disclaimer somewhere? Have to shell out more cash. Ended up paying about $40 just to get out to Beaverton and back. Which is ironic because I guess I could have just taxi’d and split that with people and been better off, but no! 

So then we have a horribly confused cab driver who takes 20 minutes to get to us, and then gets super lost. My head is splitting and this day has been crazy. I didn’t even have a drink at the tweetup either. Now I’m thinking I should have. WOOOOOO!

I’m physically exhausted from all of this. Conference call tomorrow morning, then to the thrasher house. Then probably packing to head out on a job for 10 days. 

I just want a pizza or burger. SHEESH.  Also not losing weight again, somehow up 2lbs from yesterday which is terribly depressing.

But on the bright side of this completely ridiculous post, I met great people, I saw other great people, lots of connections made, success!  So I’ll just have to keep that in mind as I try to wind down and not buy a pizza.