Shit planet

So...my life has been really intense over the last week or so. I'm dealing with some some major personal stuff, I haven't been sleeping, and I've kind of sunk into a little bit of a slump. I try not to talk about it or complain about it too much, because I know there are people far worse off than me. But yeah...I've been feeling pretty lousy lately. Things are starting to really pile up and I am starting to feel like I will never be able to catch up or get some rest.

Towards the end of my day at work, the weather warmed up, the sky cleared, and it was a gorgeous evening. I think it is marvelous how something as simple as a nice evening can lift you up, even a tiny bit.

Speaking of work, I had something kind of gross and weird happen today. Our pest control man came to change out our stuff we use to keep bugs away. Since I was the manager on duty, he asked me if we were having any issues. I told him that we were having a bit of a fruit fly problem. He said they were coming from the floor drain. He told me to pour hot water and bleach down there, and that should do the trick.

Well, since I had it fresh on my mind and nothing else to do, I started pouring water down the drain. The water wasn't draining down, so I figured that the drain was clogged. So, I went to the hardware store to buy some industrial strength drain cleaner. Which is basically just sulfuric acid. I started to pour it, and smoke came up. While that was kind of cool, I kind of stepped back, because I was afraid of toxic fumes, or something of that nature. It's a good thing I stepped way back, because what happened next was outrageously disgusting.

*The faint of heart might want to skip this paragraph.*

Instead of the water going down into the drain, where it belongs, raw sewage started bubbling up out of the drain. I shit(pardon my pun) you not. It was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen. The whole store smelled like crap. I've never seen a busy Starbucks clear out so fast. We may have been been breaking a rule by not evacuating, being that we had a major biohazard in our back room, but that would mean I would have to call Cece, and I just wasn't willing to do that. We got the mess cleaned up, and the sewage stopped coming up. I did make an emergency call to a plumber, and invited anyone I knew to come into the back room and ask them if they could smell anything. Ha...I have the sense of humor of an eleven year old boy, and I love it.

So, because of that, we kept all the doors wide open, and I was able to enjoy the beautiful evening.

I'm off for the next couple of days. I have a few things going on...I'm going to a show tomorrow night, and have some plans in the works for Saturday. I just hope I'm able to relax a little bit. I feel like I have been rode hard and put away wet.