terrible day

from the moment i woke up, it's been a bad day.

first, i wake up at least half an hour before my alarm and my shoulders and neck are incredibly sore, despite me making use of an ergonomic pillow.

then, one of my cats almost runs out on the street. my parents' house (i still live with them) has a side door that leads to a hallway directly to the back garden, which is where i store my e-bike. so, i go to prepare my bike for work, but the younger cat's outside and the moment he recognizes me, he rushes over. i know him, he's very energetic and quick and curious, so i quickly snatch him up and bring him inside.

awesome, crisis averted, time to go to work. but what's this? my goddamn bike won't turn on. the battery's fully charged, so there's something wrong with the wires on the inside probably. my parents can't drive me to work because they have their own jobs to get to and i don't have a license to take the second car, so i ride my non-electric e-bike to work. though i do call my manager first to let them know i'll probably be late.

of course, work being work, i have plenty of opportunities to get irritated; customer service is hell on earth.

after work, my mother comes to pick me and my bike up with the car and we take it to get it checked. the person who helped us told us it'd take at least a month before they'd get to fix my bike.

luckily, my father also has an e-bike that he'll be letting me use till i get mine back, but damn. at this point, the repairs are so much more costly than buying my bike in the first place. should i just buy a new one? because i'm sick of 'get it repaired - use it for a month - something breaks again - repeat'.

man. so that was my day. at least i got a good strawberry milkshake while i was waiting for the people to check my bike.