day 31

Late!  I absolutely HATE to be late.  I am usually not late...if I can help it.....However this year I went from not being late once to work to being late 3 times!  I accredit my being late to the construction...thanks good ole' state of Nevada for deciding to put construction ALL over the valley making my commute to work that much more fun!  Let me paint a picture for you:  I leave my house early already-at around 7:30ish to get to work by 8:26.  That gives me almost an hour to get to work.  Before the construction it took me around 20-30 minutes to get there.  Allowing me an extra 20 to 30 minutes to do stuff in the classroom.  Now if I leave at 7:30 I get to work at 8:20 or even right on time at 8:26.  Therefore construction has added 20 minutes at least to my commute!  I could take boulder all the way down...however I can't stand driving on surface streets just to be stopped at EVERY stoplight on the way there.  Then it will take me just as long as if I was on the freeway stuck in traffic.  Plus my car gets way better gas mileage on the freeway....as long as I'm not stuck in traffic..haha.

Ok..now fast forward to today: my 3rd and hopefully final day I am EVER late to work.  I left almost 15 minutes earlier than I usually leave...because I wasn't staying late...and I needed to print some things so I could make copies during prep.  However, there was construction almost from my driveway.  ugh...I could tell it was going to be interesting drive this morning.  I finally get on the freeway and there are 2 accidents!  Traffic is STOPPED.  I am stuck in the far left lane...and no one can let anyone over...hence we are stopped....we finally start moving and I am perplexed at how slow the traffic is going....I am purposely in the left lane because they have the right lane closed...due to construction...and usually the left lane is the lane to be in...because it goes a little faster than the others....however today they had changed the closed lane to the left lane.  I can't express how irritated I was....just when I thought I had it figured out.  So...I get to work 10 to 15 minutes late....and I was also late to a meeting....did I mention that I left 15 minutes early today...haha....thank goodness I had left early or I might have been rolling in when school was starting!  Can you imagine? 

I'm a little disappointed tonight...no..not because of the construction...but because today was the tenth anniversary of sushi mon.  They were having their all you can eat sushi for only $10!  It is normally like $26.  So Heather and I head over right after work so it hopefully won't be "too busy"  We get there and the place is overflowing...literally.   There are people outside...and pouring out the door!  We finally get in..and the hostess says:  We aren't taking any names for the list until 5:00 (it was 4:20) and then it's at least a 4 to 5 hour wait.....yes that isn't a typo...4-5 hour wait!  So needless to say no sushi tonight!  Bummer...that was such a good deal...the extreme couponer in me was excited....also I really really wanted some sushi!  I woke up dreaming of sushi....for real..haha

Ok...now for the 100 day photo challenge:  Day 31 post a picture of something that always makes you smile:  my bella....she always makes me smile...even when she is being the biggest brat imaginable....I can't help but smile...i guess that means I love her :)

and a close up of her little paws..she's so cute how she has her little feet crossed....oh how she makes me smile!