the cleaning lady hates me.

my life is sad.

as many of you know, i am a big water drinker. i can't imagine the actual ounces of water i go through in a day. my water bottle is my savior. otherwise, i would be paying $1.25 every time i wanted a new bottle. as it is, i save my water bottle and refill it constantly at the fountain. it is important to me. i am saving the environment along with money.

but the cleaning folks always throw my water bottle away in this classroom. this is in spite of the fact that: 1) i put it on the little shelf above my computer, which to me designates DO NOT TOUCH and 2) stuff it in my mug so tightly that you could not extract it without a lot of effort.

last night i grew weary. i had been in the classroom from 8:30 until 8:30, and if my effing water bottle got thrown away again, i was going to lose it. my friend suggested taking one of the little placards that rests on the table and says "DO NOT THROW AWAY: NIE ODRZUCA" (polish version) and wrapping my water bottle in it. which i proceeded to do. with tape. so, to recap: my water bottle was on my little shelf, stuffed in my mug, AND wrapped in a note that said do not throw away in multiple languages. how else to make it clearer?

of course, when i arrived this morning, the bottle, it was gone. i can't imagine this was done out of anything other than spite. cleaning lady, IT IS ON. my next step: glueing my water bottle to ceiling. try to throw that away, biatch!