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.

Trudy, I hope you're feeling better tonight.

{{{DJ}}} That shaky, hungry feeling sucks.

I might check to see if they're carrying them now.

Yeah, can't hurt to check. No idea where they ship from, but they've been on time or early for all my deliveries so far.

Oh hey, are you back in town by around the 18/19th? I'm pretty sure that's when I'm likely to be in DC, and I'm hoping for F2F-age.