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What A Day
Sep. 30th, 2004 06:06 pmToday started off badly. I'm on the train to DC, trying to get some work done, when I got a call from Russell complaining that Kirk still hadn't completely removed all of his things from Russell's house. Russell wanted me to call Kirk to deliver an ultimatum: either Kirk cleared everything out this evening or Russell would put it all on the curb. Russell said that if he made the call, he'd end up screaming at Kirk. I told him that I didn't want to do it, so he rang off.
Then Kirk called me. Russell had called him at work and screamed at him. (How's that for Russell's self-awareness?) Kirk hung up on Russell rather than listen to him, and wanted me to call Russell to tell him that everything would be gone tonight and the keys would be left in the house. I was happier delivering that message than the ultimatum, so I agreed. I called Russell and left said message.
Then I turned off my phone.
Someday I'll write the whole story out explaining everything, but here's an important fact: it was all my idea.
Kirk needed a cheaper place to live in the city instead of living out beyond the Baltimore beltway without a car, walking two miles to a bus stop, taking a bus to the subway, taking the subway to downtown to his office. He was also facing eviction. Russell had a house, but was spending all of his time in my apartment. Why not rent some space to Kirk? Russell would have someone watching the house and paying some rent and Kirk would have a cheaper place to live that was more convenient to everything. He could save money to move out to his own apartment. Hah!
The current situation isn't my fault. I know that. It's between Kirk and Russell. However, it really depressed my mood. Then when I reached Union Station, I realized that I had left my wallet at home. Not only did I not have any form of money, I didn't have my metro pass either. I was stranded there, unless I wanted to use my MARC pass to return to Baltimore.
I called my boss and left a message suggesting that he meet me at Union Station and front me some cash. He returned the call and agreed. Then my day began to get somewhat better, thanks to a series of coincidences:
Robyn and I headed to Dupont Circle, where he sprung for lunch and some ice cream. (Robyn also bought my metro ticket.) We worked at the CyberSTOP for the afternoon and I returned to Union Station to meet Russell, who had some mail and $140 for me.
So now I'm home, having survived my day without a wallet. Instead of square dancing with a guest caller tonight in DC, I'm going to be putting in some extra hours to close down my current project. I'm not concerning myself with Russell and Kirk's dispute. I've given enough for the moment.
As a side note: it's interesting how relevant the music tag is sometimes. I don't pick tunes to coincide with my text, sometimes it just happens. In fact, this is the last song I was listening to in the train station at 10:30 this morning when Robyn arrived. :-)
It's been an interesting day.
Then Kirk called me. Russell had called him at work and screamed at him. (How's that for Russell's self-awareness?) Kirk hung up on Russell rather than listen to him, and wanted me to call Russell to tell him that everything would be gone tonight and the keys would be left in the house. I was happier delivering that message than the ultimatum, so I agreed. I called Russell and left said message.
Then I turned off my phone.
Someday I'll write the whole story out explaining everything, but here's an important fact: it was all my idea.
Kirk needed a cheaper place to live in the city instead of living out beyond the Baltimore beltway without a car, walking two miles to a bus stop, taking a bus to the subway, taking the subway to downtown to his office. He was also facing eviction. Russell had a house, but was spending all of his time in my apartment. Why not rent some space to Kirk? Russell would have someone watching the house and paying some rent and Kirk would have a cheaper place to live that was more convenient to everything. He could save money to move out to his own apartment. Hah!
The current situation isn't my fault. I know that. It's between Kirk and Russell. However, it really depressed my mood. Then when I reached Union Station, I realized that I had left my wallet at home. Not only did I not have any form of money, I didn't have my metro pass either. I was stranded there, unless I wanted to use my MARC pass to return to Baltimore.
I called my boss and left a message suggesting that he meet me at Union Station and front me some cash. He returned the call and agreed. Then my day began to get somewhat better, thanks to a series of coincidences:
- I left my wallet at home, requiring Robyn to meet me at Union Station
- After he arrives at Union Station, Robyn gets a call from one of our clients requesting a meeting to discuss some projects
- The client's office is right next to Union Station
- Although we weren't planning on any meetings today, Robyn and I are dressed for one
Robyn and I headed to Dupont Circle, where he sprung for lunch and some ice cream. (Robyn also bought my metro ticket.) We worked at the CyberSTOP for the afternoon and I returned to Union Station to meet Russell, who had some mail and $140 for me.
So now I'm home, having survived my day without a wallet. Instead of square dancing with a guest caller tonight in DC, I'm going to be putting in some extra hours to close down my current project. I'm not concerning myself with Russell and Kirk's dispute. I've given enough for the moment.
As a side note: it's interesting how relevant the music tag is sometimes. I don't pick tunes to coincide with my text, sometimes it just happens. In fact, this is the last song I was listening to in the train station at 10:30 this morning when Robyn arrived. :-)
It's been an interesting day.
