I wish I could make this stuff up. I’m sure you’ve already clued into the fact that I have perpetually bad luck, but just to give you an idea… When my boss, Dave, and Teach met for the first time, Teach told Dave a little about the premise of my blog. Dave laughed and began to ask whether I’d written posts about some of his favorite disasters: “Your gastroenteritis?” Um, no, thanks for sharing that with Teach, though. “Oh, how about your husband buying a boat?” Yeah, no, not that one either. Still too painful to be funny. Basically, I have so much “material” that I could blog for days and weeks in advance and take a little vacation from carpal tunneling… except for the fact that each day that goes by fosters even more disaster kindling.
For instance, yesterday night, I was riding the 6 home and decided to take Teach’s advice and start my post on my blackberry. There I sat, typing away, thumbs flying over keys… wow, I’m so productive, I thought! Yeah, that’s until I finally looked up and realized I was 2 stops past where I wanted to get off. Good thing it was only 10:00 PM at night and I wasn’t exhausted. Oh, wait… I contemplated taking a cab, but decided that I was going to look at this seemingly unlucky turn of events as an opportunity to do even more blogging! (FYI – this is where I should have known I was doomed. The Pollyanna-esque optimism was a clear sign that bad things were about to happen.) Continue reading
Mindy's Recipe For Disaster 