The past couple days have involved more death and destruction than I care for.
Yesterday at work (Verizon customer service), my first call was from a woman whose husband had passed away, and she needed to have his phone line disconnected. Halfway through our discussion, my computer started going crazy. I couldn't access any information or make any changes to her account. I had to transfer her to a different center. Turns out our servers are in Cedar Rapids Iowa, which is currently experiencing record flooding, and they are basically underwater. After a few hours, they sent most of us home. I got paid to be bored out of my mind for a while though.
That evening, I jogged to the track on campus so I could do a couple of repeats. When I got there, the track was gone. It was reduced to a gaping hole in the ground and a huge pile of rubble. They've been planning to rebuild the athletic stadium, and I guess they've started.
Later that night, I took my cat out for a walk. After a couple hours, he started drooling profusely, which can be a symptom of a serious problem. This morning he was still dripping like a faucet, so I called into work and took him to the vet. The lobby was depressing as fuck. There was a couple with a dog waiting to be euthanized, and another dog miscarried in the lobby. A morning that involves aborted puppy fetuses is not a good one.
On the plus side, my cat is probably going to be fine, and because he struggled too much when they tried to look in his mouth, he has now been doped up with mild opiates and sedatives, which is rather entertaining.
This trend of things around me dying or being destroyed is a bit worrisome, though.