Mercury Retrograde

[tablesaw]

In the past week, I have lost three pairs of pants.

The first was a tear when I tried to squat down with my legs too far apart.

This morning I woke up to a crash sound and confusion. It turns out, ojouchan had broken a light bulb as she was leaving for work. She tossed me some shoes and ran to catch the bus, leaving me to clean up the mess.

It turns out, it's not a good idea to try to clean up a mercury spill. I was barely able to move for fifteen minutes, the fifteen minutes I'm advised to have already left the room.

The breakage wasn't actually too bad, but it still took a long time to clean up. The broken bulb pieces mostly landed on the hard floor or a conveniently located plastic bag. On the other hand, it wasn't all roses; several pieces fell on a few pieces of clothing that were on the floor, including a pair of black jeans, and the pants that I'd intended to wear to work today.

I went to work late, with ninety minutes less sleep than I should've had. I was slow and distracted all day. When I got home I passed out with a headache. And when I woke up feeling a little better, Ojou started having intense cramps.

Now I'm going to get into bed and watch The Last Dragon and hope nothing else goes wrong.

Comments

[skitty.livejournal.com]

As a triple Gemini, I am so ready for Mercury to be all straightened out.

[tablesaw]

So, that's, like, six personalities?

[lqc]

Yeah, not a huge fan of the CFLs. Toxic chemicals, exaggerated lifespans and challenging to dispose of are not exactly a great combination. I hope no serious damage was done from your exposure. Unfortunately I don't think we can blame much of it on Mercury as it came out of retrograde on Tuesday morning, so I guess its just old-fashioned bad luck.

[tablesaw]

I generally pay less attention to the Mercury in the sky, and more attention to the mercury on my pants.

[ojouchan]

No one like Mercury on your pants.