worst day ever!

So, at this moment in time I am sitting in the ever so busy Cape Town airport waiting to be picked up. A mere 24 hours ago, I was sitting on my blue couch in the lounge watching TV without a worry in the world...and then...

First of all, I had to start packing. Now, as most people know, i hate packing! I seem to gather stuff and then it is a battle against the force of the suitcase and scale to make it close and be underweight! Anyway, as i sat shoving- literally- stuff in my bag, i realised I do not have any keys to my house in cape town. Now you see, I keep the gate remote on my car keys and left those in my room in cape town which is looked. Never fear i say, i will call Meg, but Meg has a job now (Yay) and won't be there; and neither will AJ, Olivia, Hallie or anyone! So then i go, eek! What to do. Next option, use keys I have here for doors in house...but i never was given a front door key and it has never been much of an issue coz i use the remote to get in and our...but with no remote! So now i need to get a key to Lisa to ensure I can get in. But Lisa's phone is not working so i cannot get hold of her and meg can't either. and Meg has to leave at 8am. Finally, I get hold of Lisa and tell her to phone Meg but it is now like 1am and Meg is asleep. So i have to make a new plan but now I am tired and sad because I hate leaving. And this is admin and all i can think about is what a friend said to me...'if you are continually coming up against obstacles then it is not meant to be'...and i am lying in bed going- AHHHHH! I don't want to leave Durban! Eventually, I get hold of AJ who can give Lisa a key but she has work at 12noon, so Lisa has to go before then, but AJ will be out from 8-10, so Lisa has to go after that. Well, at that point i left my fate in Lisa's hands to make a plan (because she is good at that :-) ) and I went to sleep. At 9am, i get a call from AJ saying she cannot give Lisa a remote but can give a key to the front door, which is fine...as long as it is not latched. So i guess i will find out soon enough.

So after the key mess...I have to go to the airport which is far now because they built a new airport in Durban. And the petrol light comes on but there are like no petrol stations for 20kms...sigh! So me and my dad risk it...what else could we do! And get to the airport, i go through and wait for my plane!

Now the plane is an hour late! Because of all the world cup traffic! More than packing I hate delayed planes! And then we take forever to get on the plane and travel at slowest speed ever. At least I got to watch House on the plane.

Then I arrive, my bag arrive (thank goodness) and i get a phone call from Lisa saying her car has broken down on Liesbek Driveway and she is stuck. So she says take a cab but i still need keys from her. So i say i will wait for her to fetch JP's car and come fetch me. And here i wait...

I suppose in hindsight it doesn't seem that bad, but when you are sad to leave and then all this crap happens, it really makes you irritated and sad! But i guess there is nothing you can do when life is literally throwing poo at you but to sit and take it. So i sit here and write this and think, as my friend TI says, "It could be worse...you could be fat and ugly"! So now i am sitting at waiting and laughing at the irony and hoping i get home sometime before the soccer starts so at least i can enjoy that...with a stiff drink because, lets face it...i need it!