Dumb Things Happen to Me

It's true. I'm a magnet for ridiculous situations. Here's one that happened Sunday morning:

(pre-story: I had just seen a scary zombie movie the night before. If you know ANYTHING about me, you will know this was foolish as I can not handle scary movies.)

I wake up at 4:15am as Gerrit hugs me goodbye to go into work. Since I had just watched a scary movie, I knew I would not be able to fall back to sleep without the thought of zombies. What cures zombie thoughts? "You've Got Mail." I pop the movie in and expect to be having sweet dreams in about 10 minutes.

However, 5 minutes later, I hear vvvvmmmmm as the power in the building goes out. So right about now, I start to pray. I text Gerrit to tell him what's happening. More praying as the zombie thoughts creep in. I'm just beginning to fall asleep about 45 minutes later when Gerrit texts me back. "Power still out?" YES! and now I'm wide awake.

More praying....falling asleep.....building FIRE ALARM COMES ON. This had happened before and the alarm stayed on for an HOUR. I thought, "I gotta get outta here. This is ridiculous." So, I stumble to the bathroom, feel around for my contacts, and by the light of my cell phone attempt to put my contacts in. TEN minutes later, I have them in and I'm out the door as the fire truck pulls up. "Ma'am," the fireman asks me, "is the alarm going off?" I know this kind man was just doing his job...but at 5:30 in the morning, I was thinking, "Duh!" Out loud, I answered politely.

At this hour, I figure I can find a Caribou that's open. Think again, Cassie. Okay, how about a Cub Foods? 24 hour savings, they're always open! I thought, "I'll get a donut for Gerrit and bring it to him at work." There are no donuts! What kind of day is this???? I settled on cinnamon rolls, got the Caribou since it opened by then, and brought Gerrit breakfast. I was very tired for the rest of Sunday.


And Today (for those of you who are still with me):

I'm driving to work and I have to go through some construction. I can see that my side of the street is closing ahead. Then I see the construction worker guide a car into what are usually the two lefts lanes of traffic going the opposite direction. I had to stop at the red light. Just to make sure I'm understanding the man correctly, I point where he's pointing and make a "Are you sure that's where you want me to go?" face. He nods confidently and points there again. Green light. I hesitantly make my way down the usually one-way street when I see ON-COMING TRAFFIC in my lane!!!!!!!! Both lanes are full and the car can't get over right away. I had a "JESUS, TAKE THE WHEEL" moment before I start yelling, "UM! UM!" and honking rapidly. That car finally got over and I was able to sneak through a break in the median. The rest of the drive I was saying, "What just happened there????"

Dumb things happen to me.