{"id":19655,"date":"2017-11-24T08:50:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T13:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=19655"},"modified":"2017-11-24T08:50:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T13:50:22","slug":"november-24-2017-a-murphys-law-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=19655","title":{"rendered":"November 24, 2017 – A Murphy\u2019s Law Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m having a moment… and not in a good way.\u00a0 My hotel room was I suspect \u201cfinished\u201d the day I checked in.\u00a0 Sawdust, bits of plaster, and splatters of paint dot the room.\u00a0 Grouting is missing from the tiles and all manner of decoration remains undone.\u00a0 That\u2019s all fine except the door handle came off in my hand, trapping me inside.\u00a0 The phone didn\u2019t work so there was no way to call reception.<\/p>\n

After that all got sorted, a heavy rainstorm in the night flooded my corner second story room.\u00a0 I tried mopping it up with towels but I was like the Little Dutch Boy at the dam.\u00a0 It was a losing battle.\u00a0 The phone was out once again so I decided at 5 am to just blow it off and go for a run.<\/p>\n

That was a decent decision and I stopped to snap a few photos of the surrounding monuments and Buddhas and the road construction – a note on that later.<\/p>\n

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Returning to the hotel I stopped at the reception and made the mistake of trying to politely wait my turn as some folks sought to check out.\u00a0 But a series of belligerent, pushy French couples shoved me aside and kept jumping the queue.\u00a0 After twenty minutes I finally spoke to someone who said they\u2019d send maintenance.<\/p>\n

I waited 30 minutes for somebody to turn up and then another ten minutes for them to get a mop.\u00a0 Even then, only some of the water was out but I just gave up.\u00a0 It is what it is, I thought.\u00a0 The maintenance guy told me he\u2019d clean it up while I was out sightseeing.\u00a0 Fine… but as I closed the door to grab a post run shower, the door handle once again came off in my hand.<\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/p>\n

During breakfast, I was struck by the mass balloon liftoff, a daily Bagan tourist excursion by various vendors.\u00a0 I imagine it\u2019s a spectacular view of the landscape but I\u2019m too chicken to hop aboard a floating basket … and too cheap to pay the USD$380 fee for 45 minutes.\u00a0 Of course it hardly mattered; I apparently would have needed to book a seat at least six months in advance.<\/p>\n

Not a bad view over my bean curd noodle dish…<\/p>\n

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During breakfast I mentioned to a fellow runner the Murphy\u2019s Law day I was having and recounted the story.\u00a0 A hotel manager overheard and proffered a room change which I originally Pooh Pooh\u2019d… only to think better if it.\u00a0 I would need to pack up my humidity drenched running clothes; they needed to clean the new room so i was told to come to the reception in about an hour.<\/p>\n

I killed some time snapping photos in the daylight of some of the monuments I passed by in my predawn run.<\/p>\n

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The walkways were flooded around the hotel so I cut through a grassy walkway with stone steps… only to walk through a series of spider webs this feeling as if I was covered in creepy crawlers thereafter.\u00a0 It\u2019s a day.\u00a0 A real day.<\/p>\n

Returning with my overstuffed bag as I had lightened my backpack for the morning sightseeing tour, I was given a new key for room 315.\u00a0 It was as far away from the reception as possible.\u00a0 Once I got there, the key didn\u2019t work.\u00a0 When I asked the housekeeping staff if there was a phone to call reception I don\u2019t think they understood me as they gave me directions to the reception.\u00a0 I walked back once more and spoke to the desk.\u00a0 They made me a new key and dispatched a desk staff member with a master key to make sure I got in.<\/p>\n

I passed several rooms that confirmed my suspicions that this hotel is far from done…<\/p>\n

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But eventually I got into a new room.\u00a0 When I count up the issues it was five maintenance issues and two rooms and I\u2019m just having a karmically bad day.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s the old saying?\u00a0 Bad dress rehearsal, great opening night?\u00a0 Here\u2019s hoping this bodes well for the marathon tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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