When it rains, it pours, literally. Funny, or not funny, how minor annoyances, when they are grouped together, exponentially multiply your problems and your aggravation.
I was "working" at the U. knowing that the rain was coming in the evening. But around 4:30, walking to my car, it started raining extremely hard. I had no umbrella because why do I? It wasn't supposed to be raining till the evening. So I sprinted to my car, unlock the door and fling it open. And I flung it open so hard and so far that my door got stuck in the ground alongside where I parked the car. I'm in the seat and I'm trying to close my goddamn door but I can't. And it's now pouring buckets outside but I'm trying my hardest to get this door out of this rut, but I can't.
So I pull really, really hard and I hear this loud noise. Uh-oh. I look at the bottom of the door. I remember, or at least I think I remember, that part of the stripping down there tore off and some of it was loose, and I figured I just tore apart the rest of it. I finally push away some of the ground underneath the door and work the door back and forth until it closes, but now I have to open it again to see if I didn't break my door. But remember, it's still raining very, very hard outside. So I have to get up, open the back seat, grab the umbrella and open it so I can bend down and inspect my door. But that's the bad thing about operating an umbrella: If you are using an umbrella, that is the only thing you can do at that time. You can't multitask with an umbrella. You can't, say, inspect a door and use an umbrella at the same time. I tried it, and all I did was allow myself to be rained on to the point where the overshirt I was wearing was drenched through. I'm glad I was wearing a t-shirt underneath, otherwise I would've unwittingly volunteered myself for a free wet t-shirt contest, and I always charge for something like that.
What I saw was a hell of a large divot of grass stuck under the door. As I tried to scrape it off (and get my pants and back wet in the process) I saw a little daylight within the door. I didn't know that a door consists of two parts put together. And after further fucking around, I snapped them shut, I think.
Today, before I see the Twins game, I'm going to have to see if I have to push in other parts of my driver's side door. And I don't know if I should, or if I'll be able to make sure that, I'm not trapping any grass inside the door. And what if I see damage that I can't fix? And all because the weatherman got the forecast wrong, and I didn't grab my umbrella, and I had to park against the side of the street, and I flung my door open too far and too hard, and I pulled it too hard when I wanted it closed, and it was too rainy for me to see if there was any permanent damage. A cascading goddamn series of failures.
Oh, and on my way to driving up my driveway to my house, I heard a loud "crunch" sound in the back of my car. Is it breaking down again?
And oh yeah, tonight I saw a mouse run through my room. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My life fucking sucks.
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