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Monday, February 07, 2005
Public Cell Phone Users Must Die!
Or perhaps I should change that to, “might die”, if they keep ambling across parking lots with phones glued to their ears and no concept of the fact that there are MOVING CARS in parking lots. People in those moving cars do not care about your phone calls, or your comfort in walking slowly while not acknowledging traffic. In a brief period of going to Target tonight (love Target!), we saw no less than three people ambling through the parking lot with phones attached to their ears. You don’t even want to know the percentage of people inside talking on the phone. I wish I could take their phones and crush them with my heel. I was wearing my Skechers and they have some pretty good stomping power in those soles.
Even worse than the talking amblers are the DRIVING amblers, who might very well kill me someday. Should I end up in a car accident, I’m sure it’ll be because someone had a phone glued to their ear, and they weren’t paying attention to me or the signal or the stop sign or how to merge. If you have a phone call to make, stop your car and make the call. It’s not that hard. I manage to live without making any phone calls while driving my car, grocery shopping, eating in a restaurant—it surely can’t be all that hard.
Okay, on to cheery stuff. It looks like the loan process is well under way, with rates that seem reasonable. Oh sure, I know I’m being taken a bit, but I think it’s the least amount of being taken that I can find right now. I like the loan guy, he seems willing to work with me and to get this over with as soon as possible. I even offered to let him come over and rip out my fingernails, because that how I felt today looking for 1099s, 1040s, LinkShare stats, LinkShare 1099s, etc. I don’t have a run of the mill job, where it’s a simple paycheck every week, for the same amount, from the same company. I get checks from a couple dozen companies at sporadic times. Some are weekly, some monthly, some are supposed to be monthly, but aren’t. So, my finances are always a fun rollercoaster ride. Some very good ups (special special memories of January 2002 at 21k), some cruddy downs. Today, another fun up. Maybe it was to pay me back for the torture of going through the refinancing ordeal. But, we got a surprise check for over a thousand bucks. That explains the $100 trip to Target, I’m sure.
Except for the phone amblers, it was a pleasant shopping trip where we didn’t have to worry about money, which has been a constant for a few months. So, we got storage bins (to help clean up the garage), saw blades (because Leigh-Ann wanted them), purple t-shirt sheets that were on sale, a wrist brace for me (typing kills me), jawbreakers at a $1 bargain, some Surf detergent…and sadly a couple of laughs at the moms with whining children insisting on going to Toys R Us or having candy. All I could think was, “These are the reasons for exasperated blog entries by parents.” At least from reading mommy blogs, I’m more likely to be amused by the situation versus thinking, “Whoa, that’s one awful kid.” My mother would like to remind everyone that her children were always well-behaved when we went out. It’s true, she’s right. I was a perfect child when we were out. My brothers were too. It’s like we knew there wasn’t any other choice. We weren’t even threatened. Of course, we are all really calm people, including my parents. There isn’t a bit of extra energy used unnecessarily on any situation.
Okay, so that check coming, along with getting the refinancing done has made it clear to me that money really does make me happy. I enjoy paying my bills on time and getting the paperwork off my desk. I like being able to splurge on cheap books and peppermint mochas. And soon, that sushi splurge is coming. I can’t wait. I’ve missed my eel, my tobiko, my raw tuna salad, my cute teeny little desserts. Soon, the big $13.95 lunch junket.
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>>>And soon, that sushi splurge is coming. I can㦙 wait. I𠐔e missed my eel, my tobiko, my raw tuna salad, my cute teeny little desserts. Soon, the big $13.95 lunch junket<<<
Hold that thought for about a month, and the Boi and I will be quite happy to join you on your little sushi adventure.
Kate
Kate on 02/08 at 06:41 PM -
Sushi this week *and* when you come out. One can never have too much sushi.
Me on 02/08 at 11:29 PM
