Confessions of an Undisguised Drama Queen

Monday, June 27, 2005

Monday Blues

It must be one of the suckiest day at the lab.

I could already feel the negative vibe when we stepped into the office this morning. Blatant and undeniable. I would be able to taste it if I stuck out my tongue.

For one, my head hurt like crazy all day. It started with the back, just above my neck, then by
noon, the pain migrated to around the sides and everywhere else. Till now, I'm still getting a throbbing ache on my left temple.

Then, everyone seemed especially moody today. Ultra-touchy-irritable-cantankerous moody. Stingy with the smiles and devoid of friendliness. What the heck's going on?

Oh right, Smelly Nelly is back. No wonder last week was fun and smooth-sailing; she was on a one-week leave.

Smelly Nelly is someone who works in the same lab - and of course that's not her real name. It's something Von and I came up with, for easy reference when we're talking about her.

Why the name? The first thing that came to my mind when I thought of her was "nails on a chalkboard". Simply because her very presence irks and causing cringing. So I tried to think of a nickname that sounded close to 'nails' and Nelly came to mind. Then Von commented that Nelly's good, because it rhymes with smelly (she doesn't actually smell bad).

Smelly Nelly really gets on our nerves. Other than the fact that she brings the bad karma around (sounds crazy but how else do you explain for the wonderful and almost heavenly past week??), she's horrid, gossipy and totally hypocritical.

Like this morning, when she was looking for an enzyme, she couldn't even ask for it nicely; then when I found some in another fridge (not supposed to be there but someone may have misplaced it accidently) and passed it to her, she shot an annoyed look and started bitching to another person about how come the enzyme's not in the right place blablablabla... like it's my fault.

Then she kept watching Von and I throughout the day and that really put me off. What the hell's her problem??!! But when she wanted to share the gel which we had cast, she changed her tone completely to sound all nice and friendly. Pui!

The thought of having to face the bitchy Smelly Nelly for the next week or so is nauseating. Yuk...

[Time of Confession] 6:03 PM
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