The other day I happened to notice that my nifty desk clock had stopped running. Ah, no worries – there’s a Movado store over at Bellevue Place Mall and that’s like ten minute from work… I’ll stop over there during lunch, I think. I went there taking side roads and encountered an accident, a dead traffic light (due to a power outage) and extreme lunch time traffic. I came back via i-405 and 520 and encountered a number of nasty traffic snags (since it rained for the first time in seven days) and a lack of speed from fellow drivers. All in all, it took me almost two hours to make this trip and the Movado guys replaced the battery in under ten minutes. The funny part? When I told the locals back at the office I hear “That mall? On a Friday? During lunch? Yeah, that sounds about right…” Grr.

Never again, and you shouldn’t try it either!