Small Weird Fish & The Bonkers Day

I have a crazy couple of days at work because of a rather chaotic live event I was called in to support.

And by chaos I mean CHAOS.

Well, I'm not involved with the chaos, thankfully.

My involvement meant I had to be in the office at 8am.

The commute is about an hour and 20 mins.

This was especially fun because I was on the hotline last night and the trains were messed up coming home, so I didn't get to bed until almost 1am for a 5:15 wake up.

Also, I got the best present ever for Daya upstate!

She also needed a few grocery items, so I put together a nice care package for her.

The plan was to stop over at Juilliard after work.

I packed everything and was very mentally organized, because being prepared is one of my superpowers.

I was SO prepared!

AND I left right on time!

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As the 5 train pulled out of Grand Central, I realized I FORGOT MY LAPTOP BAG.

My work phone was in there too, because of course it was.

Wow.

I have never done THAT before!
It was the weight of Daya's care package.

That's why I didn't register something was missing.

Usually when I forget something important, I notice right when I get outside.

But the physical weight of everything felt right so I just didn't notice.

Well, there was nothing to do except complete my trip to the office, tell my manager that I f'd up, and go home and retrieve my laptop bag.

I said to my manager, I f'd up.

And he didn't even care... he said don't worry about it, go home and get your laptop and don't stress or rush. Wow, it wasn't a big deal at all!

Ironically, if I had put my work phone in my regular bag, I could have just used that and not had to leave.  So I left and came back and all was well. I was back by 10am.

Timothy was in from LA to help with the event.
I told him I forgot my laptop and he just started laughing.

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So, I got Daya the best present ever.

She likes stuffed animals and has several in her dorm room.

I saw this plushie rainbow trout and knew she had to have it.

There was a larger one too, but I couldn't fit it in my pack, so I got the small one.

I call it Small Weird Fish.

Since I brought it to work, I showed my colleagues- including my manager and Tinothy, who also collects stuffed animals.

The unanimous professional consensus is that the fish is "F*cking Awesome" and "Epic".

Timothy and I took a selfie with the fish.

Daya likes the fish.

Name is pending.