Ironically, today has not been quite as bad as it might seem.

thesilentpoet, after spending a half-hour on the phone with tech support to try to wrangle our DSL into working: Someone should be out tomorrow.
Me: Well, that's good --
Her: Between 8 and 5.
Me: Um.
Her: I won't be able to leave the house.
Me: Maybe we'll be the first appointment of the day.
Her: I won't be able to sleep in.
Me: At least they'll be coming out tomorrow, as opposed to Monday. With Blogathon on Saturday --
Her: Unless they call and have to reschedule.
Me: ...maybe you should work on your optimism?
Her: Thia, I just set your toaster oven on fire. What optimism?