Some of you are certainly saying, "yeah, what else is new?" to the above pronouncement, but I've got to tell you, I'm definitely in a class of stupid all by myself today.
I had a tough night. I couldn't sleep, despite trying various locations around the house (including the bed, the living room floor, the loveseat, the bathroom floor, the bathtub, and the beanbag chair). I was so restless that I uploaded my Aquaman website at about midnight here on the Pacific Coast, and stayed on-line visiting chatrooms until my connection died sometime around 2 am. I finally got to sleep at about 4:30, though I'm afraid I may have woken up hubby-Eric when I shuffled up into the bedroom then tossed and turned until I feel asleep.
I woke up again about 9, which was the longest I'd slept in a couple of days. I tried to sleep again, but I finally gave up and started reading on-line. I couldn't concentrate. I wanted to go get the new comics. Being sick for a few days, cramped up at home... I just wanted to get OUT. So I took a really hot shower, tricked myself into feeling ok, and went.
Now, there are several things wrong with me going out like that. The first, and possibly biggest problem, was that I didn't put my contacts in. I didn't think about it. My glasses are broken, so I need to wear my contacts when driving. But I didn't think about it until I was almost at the store. Instead I kept thinking, "Wow, the rain sure is thick! I can hardly see!"
Which leds to the second problem. I was not mentally up to driving. I should not have been behind the wheel of a car. While I got there and back just fine, if I couldn't even figure out that stuff was blurry because I didn't have contacts in, I should NOT have been driving.
The third problem was also pretty serious. Literally the moment I got home I had such a severe cramp I had to curl up on the bed for a few minutes. What if that had happened while I was driving? I couldn't see, I wouldn't have been able to pull over safely.
And so, here you have it... the idiot. She is only just recovering from the flu, but she still went and got her comics anyway. Pathetic.
And what's really sad is that half the comics didn't even make it to my store today. Half the shipment won't arrive until Friday. Luckily, the most important book this week, Aquaman #1, was in the Sneak Peek Package, so I had already gotten my copy. I would have been VERY upset if it wasn't, since the store's copies of Aquaman #1 are still in the mail.
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