WANTED: Drama Repellent

Lately things just seem to be one drama after another. And while it is mildly amusing at times, I'm beginning to get a little irked. So go ahead...read into my drama and have yourself a lil' chuckle...it's okay. I don't mind...one of us should at least be smiling because of all this...

...right?

Let's see...drama at work. Not sure how many of you follow marketing news...but a certain female powerhouse executive who recently filed a large lawsuit against "Wally World" had a countersuit filed against her proving a nasty affair with a subordinate. Within this 29-page counterclaim, my company's name was drug through the mud quite a bit...thus rehashing the drama of Q4 last year. And since I'm on the PR side of it all, you can probably guess the type of damage control my team has been doing. We've all been taking on a firefighter role (fun times). Take what you're envisioning in your mind, multiply it by 10 and you've got a fraction of the actual work we've been doing...on top of our daily responsibilities. If people could just keep their panties on and not have affairs, it'd be so much nicer. At least my job is interesting for the most part...

And then you've got...drama in the bathroom. No, no...no bowel problems here or anything (aside from the usual, that is). But the defunct shower. We figured out how to remove the bathtub faucet and figured we'd just need to replace that since it was the shower-lift thingie mabobber that was broken on the faucet. So late last night, we headed to Home Depot and picked up a nice new shower hardware set, along with a cheapo faucet to make sure we didn't screw anything up.

Amusing side story from Home Depot: on our way out of the parking lot some greaseball asshole totally did this heinous and illegal "cut me off" move. At this point, I've surpassed my daily drama intake for the day...and I show ended up showing him my favorite fingers. Under normal circumstances I would've just driven away...but hell...I was fired up and really ticked he pulled that maneuver. Well...said gentleman sees said fingers...gets out of his car, licks his middle fingers then slicks his eyebrows back and proceeds to grope himself in a molesting fashion. oh man. what a sight that was!! while he was trying to get under my skin, was actually giving mike and i the biggest laugh of the day. it was hilarious. tragically awesome. so thank you, mister self-molesting greaseball man, for making me laugh!! okay....now back to the blog...

Everything's going fine until we realize the faucet can't be swapped out because of some piece from the original that is stuck. Our building's maintenace came and replaced it for us today with the cheapo one...but it's now spraying water alllllllllll over the place and apparently there's a problem with the inner workings ....behind the tile....which means the bathroom is going to get hacked. So within the past three weeks, the toilet has rebelled against us a day before Dice and Sarah get into town, and now this...right before mouse comes again. Sarah...I think you've got a jinx on our bathroom...

So rather than go through the drama of restore the oh so sexy 1980's tile job going on in the bathroom...we've decided we're going to do a bit of remodeling in there while our neighbors are out of town (they're letting us use their bathroom until ours is functioning). After the inner workings get sorted out, we're going to replace the tile with a nice, sleek, modern liner-type thing (not sure what they're called). I'm looking forward to the new look to tell you the truth. We'll be sure to take lots of before and after pictures for you.

Carpet drama? Finally.Getting.Replaced. About damn time, right? I know. Now we just have to figure out what it is we want and all that jazz. It definitely won't be white, that's fo' sho.

And then there's the drama with a few different folks we know. Most of which is asinine and juvenile. But at least it keeps us on our toes and gives us something to laugh about later on. I've invested time and energy in "drama-filled" friendships in the past, and to tell you the truth, I'm kinda over it. But as I always say...it will all come out in the wash.

The plan was to go biking this evening, but it appears we've run into a pair of rockin' seats to tonight's Chicago Bulls game...and rumor has it Kirk Hinrich is going to confess is undying love for me at half time, it's in my best interest to be there (for those of you keeping score, Kirk is a former KU player that I've adored ever since I first saw him play at Late Night back in 1999).

I can dream...right? But seriously, Mike and I deserve this fun and relaxing night together. And hopefully, it'll be drama-free.

In the meantime, if you've got any drama repellent to spare, we're willing to take it off of your hands...even if it is only for a little while...

Training will pick back up tomorrow evening after the bathroom consultant leaves...I'm tickled that the weather actually warrants my cute skirts and open-toed shoes! Woohoo! Hopefully spring has officially sprung!

Have a good week, everyone!