Relaxing with a glass of wine....and then (cue doom music)

goholistic

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I rarely ever talk about myself on TCS, but I'm really feeling the need to vent right now. You may actually enjoy this.

So I'm sitting at my desk in front of the computer with a glass of wine. Completely relaxed. Doing some things and hanging out on TCS. 


I don't know the heck happened, but all of a sudden my wine glass gets flown across my desk. Considering the glass didn't have wings, I'll assume I'm to blame. I have never seen wine travel so far and so fast. I had only taken a few sips, so it was full.

I immediately flipped my keyboard over, because, of course, it is soaked with wine. I notice there is now a river of wine traveling quickly to the end of the desk to make its way over the side. I run as fast as I can to get a roll of paper towels. Truly, it was a race. I made it just in time to catch the wine from going over the side onto my carpet. 


Then...I look up. It's all over the computer monitor and speakers. It's splashed all over my wall. It's all over the paperwork that was on my desk. It's on the folded up blanket that's on my desk (for the cats to sit on). At this point, I'm talking to myself. I may have been yelling. 
   (<--I've always wanted to use that smiley.)

Now, I've spilled wine before. I usually just say, "oh crap," and clean it up quietly. I'm especially frustrated this time because:

a. It got everywhere.

b. It was red wine.

c. It ruined my cats' blanket and had to be tossed. There's just no way that stain would have come out.

c. It got on my keyboard and took forever for the wine to trickle out.

e. It got on a pile of bills that I have to pay and personal things that I needed to file away.

f. And the worst of it all...it completely soaked the pile of Sebastian's medical paperwork that I had out to make copies of for the holistic vet we may go see. They were my copies, so I do not have duplicates. 


The positives? My keyboard still works, obviously. And the wine didn't get on me or the carpet. But seriously, I really didn't want to spend my Saturday evening cleaning up this mess. Although, it is kind of funny now that I read this back to myself.

Did I learn a lesson from this? Absolutely not! After everything was cleaned up, I went right back downstairs and re-filled my wine glass! 
 

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I second getting the second glass :D Been lucky enough to not spill any wine, but did have a bottle of red pop spray all over on me before, that was definitly not fun getting out of the carpet. Hmm this post has gotten me thinking a glass of wine sounds good, maybe tomorrow night.
 

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Honey, after all that......you deserved the rest of the bottle! 


I've had things like that happen and it's funny (in a weird kind of way) but boy, there's a lot to do to clean up messes like that. 

Hope you got it all cleaned up! And it is not all lost.....your keyboard works! It may be stained red, but it works!  
 
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Haha! You guys are right about that...I deserved another glass!

What's funny is that the keys on my keyboard are now sticking, so I have to press really hard. It's giving my fingers a workout. Guess I'll have to go out and buy a new one.

My parents came over to visit today and my mom asked, "Why are there purple stained papers laid out all over the bathroom?"  
 

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Soda water might of lifted the stain on the blanket, that trick has worked for me loads being a red wine drinker myself! Doesnt it seem to go a really long way though way more than when you spill just a glass of water LOL!
 
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