It hasn't been a good day...
Oct. 4th, 2006 04:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jayNo net access, until I finally figured out where to buy a prepaid card to use a local wireless net, so I'm far behind. Three or four urgent queries at work. Problems with drill shipping. And the bank that handles the rent payments can't accept my NASA-issued credit card, and NASA issues minimal cash advances for travel. So I have to somehow come up with another $900-equivalent in cash before we check out on Friday. On top of this, ATMs have mysteriously stopped accepting my cards. Sigh. This morning, for 2+ hours I was driving around trying to find someplace to give me a credit card cash advance... instead of actually being *at the conference*.
Over lunch today, I went clothes shopping withdangerpudding and tenacious_snail... why? Because of laundry disasters. Apparently, some previous tenants who did not understand Spanish were trying to consolidate remnants of laundry supplies, and poured their remaining bleach into the liquid laundry detergent bottle. And we used it. The first time, only a tiny amount with light-colored things, and no problem. The next... three shirts, pants and socks ruined, including the pants I'd just gotten at Nancy's. We thought it was something in the dispenser, so drained it. Next load... I had a rust streak on some pants, Les is pretreating while holding over the washer... and yells for me. Big light spots are appearing on the clothes below, from drips. My dress pants, more socks and some of her clothes are ruined. Sigh. So, clothes shopping over lunch.
On top of this,patgreene is sick, at home...
Over lunch today, I went clothes shopping with
dangerpudding and tenacious_snail... why? Because of laundry disasters. Apparently, some previous tenants who did not understand Spanish were trying to consolidate remnants of laundry supplies, and poured their remaining bleach into the liquid laundry detergent bottle. And we used it. The first time, only a tiny amount with light-colored things, and no problem. The next... three shirts, pants and socks ruined, including the pants I'd just gotten at Nancy's. We thought it was something in the dispenser, so drained it. Next load... I had a rust streak on some pants, Les is pretreating while holding over the washer... and yells for me. Big light spots are appearing on the clothes below, from drips. My dress pants, more socks and some of her clothes are ruined. Sigh. So, clothes shopping over lunch. On top of this,
patgreene is sick, at home...
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Date: 2006-10-04 03:14 pm (UTC)With the $900 cash - will your workplace come through for you with that somehow, or do you want one of us to wire that to you via Western Union? Drop me a line if the latter would be of help; my credit card can carry that 'til they reimburse you if need be.
Hope things get better for you from here.
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Date: 2006-10-05 08:59 am (UTC)