today has been unnecessarily stressful

it's monday. of course it's going to suck, but i'm just feeling fucking STRESSED.

here's some reasons why:

1. i accidentally locked my girlfriend in my room today. it's a long story, but she didn't sleep very well and i told her she could sleep in late after i left for work. not thinking, i locked the door to my room behind me. i normally keep it locked, because our house has a very smart dog who likes to open doors and get into my food and trash. anyway, jenny woke up 2 hours later to find herself locked in my room. her cell phone was dead so she couldn't call me. thank god i left my computer on with AIM running. she hit me up and i drove home to rescue her. i felt SO BAD. totally my fault. i bought her mcdonalds for lunch, so hopefully that keeps her from breaking up with me. haha.

2. our agency did a sweepstakes with one of our clients, and all the mail goes to a P.O. box at the local post office. well, this sweepstakes was a GIGANTIC HIT which is great for the agency, but bad for me. there were 20 bins filled with 1000+ envelopes each. guess who has to help count them? kill me now, right?



the worst part is, the people who mail off for these sweepstakes must have SO MUCH FUCKING SPARE TIME. they totally stick all kinds of weird random shit on their envelopes, trying to make theirs look more eye-catching so that people pick it out of the pile. i've seen stickers, personal messages, drawings, watercolors.. seriously. GET A JOB, people. not to mention you can enter more than once, so i'm counting like 20 envelopes for one dude and i want to personally show up at his house to punch him.


3. i have found what i think will be my dream apartment, but there's a ton of details that have to be figured out and worked out before i can even begin to lock this thing in. it's a great location, really cool building, and from what i can tell - exactly what i'm looking for. i'm totally thinking it's going to go to someone else before i can iron out the details. this is pretty irrational, but it's still stressing me out. i'm going to actually tour the place tomorrow and talk to the realtor, so that will hopefully make some progress on that front.

4. money. i've started working on client work and things are starting to head in the right direction, but i'm anxious to get off the front desk and the phones and back to doing the real work. i have a feeling that the agency is going to drag their feet on this one. it makes sense.. they save money that way. but i am just anxious to get that bigger paycheck and start putting money away. i've been so close to being fucked financially that i'm anxious to put some distance between me and debt, especially because in the coming months i'll probably be dropping a security deposit and first month's rent down on a place.

that's it.

that's what i'm currently stressed out about. there are a few other things, but they're not exciting enough for the blog.

the one saving grace is that i have sushi waiting for me when i get home after work. a little sushi, some wine, and watching a movie sounds like a pretty perfect way to relieve stress to me.