Because I didn't want my crab to get on Suzi's squee.

Mr. Jane wasn't home when I ran back to see if I could grab money. Phone was sitting in the truck. I scrounged up $3.00 in quarters for some crappy chef boyardee. He called while I was on my way back to work (praying I wouldn't run out of gas and half an hour late which I will pay for by staying until 8:00 tonight) because he'd talked to his friend (who I called to see if he was over there-and who he called before me) and wanted to know what I wanted.

Uhm FOOD and FOR YOU TO ANSWER THE GODDAMNED PHONE WE SPEND $100 A MONTH ON! I swear I want to beat him to death with it (ok maybe not, but my tummy could right about now).

And yeah, I should have remembered to grab some cash from him this morning, but the appropriate response to your stressed out starving wife is not. "You should have grabbed money this morning." or worse "Why didn't you go to the bank to get your new card?" Because the response is not going to be, "Gee honey, you're right, that was dumb of me. I guess I'll just go hungry!" It's going to be, "You also knew I had no money had I crossed your mind once today and since I'm not off work today I don't have the luxury of hoping the bank line is short enough to stop by on my half hour lunch break that I can get a new card and get some lunch and have any time to eat it, you insensitive asshole!"

The two portable phones in our apartment have inexplicably stopped working. The regular phone in the kitchen is fine. I have no idea what is wrong.

Argh. I called last Monday about my contacts order. They said they'd screwed it up and it would be a few more days. I said, "I'm going out of town. I absolutely need them next week." They said, "Absolutely. They'll be there next week."

Guess what isn't here? Called again today, they said it'll be four to seven more days before they ship it. (And that's business days, not actual days.)

By this point I was pretty much asleep. Gave all the info to my mom, who called the eyeglass place in town where they know her, and they were able to put in an order for about a month's worth of my contacts that we can pick up tomorrow.

Die, VisionDirect. Die.

At five I dragged my sick tush and my dog outside, caught the last glimpse of mr. sunshine, purchased dog food, saltines, dayquil and (if I'm feeling daring later) ramen.

Some woman kept talking to us. I wanted to say "shut up, some woman, this is new york. why are you chattering? don't play with my dog -- she's viscious"

But Dallas continued to be adorable. Bitch. The fact that she was perched on my shoulder (because we were in the CVS) didn't help the annoyingness or the adorability.

purchased dog food, saltines, dayquil and (if I'm feeling daring later) ramen.

Just a warning -- liquid Dayquil will always make me throw up. I'm not sure what it is, since I haven't had that reaction to other liquid medicines, but it's happened every time I've taken it. No clue if it's just me, though.

Ack, DJ, how frustrating! I'm glad we're here for venting so you don't actually have to kill DH.

sj, any chance they were sitting in the cradles funky (i.e. not getting charged), and the batteries are just dead? 'Course, that would be weird if it happened to both at once...Umm...EMP?...I got nothin'.

Hil, please tell me you're at least getting free shipping? (And fyi, I've had very good luck with 1-800-Contacts online - so far, cross fingers, knock wood since I need to order more before I go out of town this month).

So sorry you're still miserable, Trudes. Is the misery at least somewhat lessened?

sj, any chance they were sitting in the cradles funky (i.e. not getting charged), and the batteries are just dead? 'Course, that would be weird if it happened to both at once...Umm...EMP?...I got nothin'.

They were on the charger right, but I am wondering if they were each on the wrong charger, so I switched them. They're part of the same system, so I didn't think it mattered.

Hil, please tell me you're at least getting free shipping? (And fyi, I've had very good luck with 1-800-Contacts online - so far, cross fingers, knock wood since I need to order more before I go out of town this month).

They're throwing in an extra box for free.

I started using Vision Direct because, when I started wearing contacts, 1-800-contacts didn't carry my brand. I might check to see if they're carrying them now.

Ack, DJ, how frustrating! I'm glad we're here for venting so you don't actually have to kill DH.

Good lord me too! I was shaking earlier (though that may have been since I hadn't eaten since last night). Still peeved, but no longer ragey angry.

And yeah, my fault I didn't grab money, but this shit with the phone is all the time. When he needed the card before I got him one, he'd just call and I'd bring it to him or I would call him to see if he needed it.