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September 29, 2004
Shitty Day #2
Let me briefly recount the things that have gone wrong today:
1. The package from FedEx was delivered yesterday, but it's since gone missing. Apparently, someone signed for the package and it never made its way to the International Reception. Jessica (from the International Reception Desk) is working on this, but it doesn't seem promising. I still have no idea what the package was.
2. Someone stole the headlight off my bike. So now if I need to ride anywhere after dark (which is about 6:30 p.m. these days), I'll be in the dark.
3. I had to throw away two plants (the African violet and the pink flowers that I bought to replace the dead Gerbera). They put up a brave fight, but ultimately succumbed to death. The three remaining plants are on suicide watch.
4. I received a message from Amazon.com confirming that they lost my final shipment of textbooks. They never cleared customs, and Amazon never bothered to check on the order. Thus, they have re-ordered my books, which will now take an additional two weeks to arrive.
5. I went down to Karskronaham (the mafia-like landlord for Kungsmarksvägen, and approximately ½ of all real estate in Karlskrona) to see about switching apartments. I want to move closer to the city and campus, since I've decided that the safety issue needs resolving. Unfortunately, they wanted me to put my name on a waiting list and could not guarantee that I would be able to move. Ever. While I probably could get another place in a couple months, I decided it wasn't worth it and gave my 30 days notice. So now I have 30 days to find another place to live. And Jess will have to move out too.
Sigh.
On the bright side, we just learned that we'll have Friday off from classes and a bunch of us will take a weekend trip. Right now, it's between Copenhagen and Poland. So there's a little silver lining in my dark cloud of a day.
