Hey all...sorry, I did disappear for a while but I never forgot about writing on my blog! I just got distracted a little but I am happy to be back to writing about my boring, yet surprisingly entertaining, life.
A lot has changed. I am no longer in my apartment of blowing fuses and drunken neighbors. I am now in the basement of a rental house, where upstairs my mom and sister reside. Like so many, we have been hit hard by the times, although we all feel differently about how things should be handled. Mostly we don't talk about it. Politics, etc. I am the liberal, and my mom and sister are more rightward leaning, I will say diplomatically. Aside from getting some bills caught up (awesome, but yes I still have Le Lemon for now), I was able to help them during some rough times - my sister is now working and my mom's getting close to finding something...I feel it. It's not for lack of trying - even though that's what the Repubes would have one thinking. She applies for tons of jobs, goes on interviews, and does all the right stuff, so the worry is age discrimination. Impossible to prove. She's got experience and personality galore and lots of energy, so...fingers crossed!
Anywho, no more drunk neighbors. Actually not much drinking at all...{frown}. But I am going to say that, for instance right now what's occurring is that I have a work party tomorrow to which I am taking a veggie pizza. Well, I am down here working (and blogging) and my mom and sister LOVE to cook, so they are upstairs doing a superb job on my pizza. Same goes for dinner. I just sit down here and work...suddenly I hear the magic words - "Dinner's ready!" Ahh. Life is pretty sweet right now. In short, the problems I thought I would encounter, I haven't. The only problem is my sister smokes in the house. I dont think she really gets that it travels through the vents. She thinks it goes away because she cracks the window. No, it doesn't.
So for Christmas, I have already received a gift from my sis. A big, furry, fake Chinchilla fur hat. Awesomely warm. I had it for two days. I got more compliments on it than anything I've ever worn. So, it's been fun...and did I mention very warm?
I met my friend at the movie theater in Frontenac. I had walked into a shop, done a little wandering, ran back out to my car to get my friend's Christmas present, and then back in (picture the little dude in the cartoon when he travels all over rather than taking the straight path...what's the name of that? Oh yeah - Family Circus.) Anyway, movie's over. Fair Game, if you're wondering and yes I left incredibly frustrated. Then, off to the restroom we go, then on out to our cars. I reach into my sleeve to get my hat, but wait - my arm is in my sleeve! So that means...where the hell is my hat? Oh boy...backtracking. Nowhere to be found. I am so bummed because I had my hat all of two days, and here I had been working so hard to prove to my family that I am NOT irresponsible. Yet...there it is. One guy I work with at my part-time job called it "road kill." Another kept asking me about it's digestive tract and dingleberries. Really? I mean, it had some little balls of fur at the end of the strings to tie under my chin and, which I now realize, is probably a good way to not lose the hat. The reality is...it's gone.
Now, this may not be a big deal, but let me add that it's heartbreaking. My sister has taken a job where she's not making as much as she's used to, but she is feeling good about being able to get gifts for us this Christmas, etc, and is very good at budgeting, so for her to be able to get this hat for me is more than just buying a hat. I just didn't have the heart to tell her that I had been such a goober and lost it. So, I did what any grown woman would do...
I told my mom. She told me where my sister got the hat, but I called her from the store and said they were completely out and the lady I asked said they didn't have any more. Of course.
My mom did what mom's do. She fixed it. By the time I got home, she had gotten online and ordered me another hat - exactly the same one - which will arrive in a few days. Ahhhh...when it gets here, the first thing I think I will do is take it to get it microchipped.
No comments:
Post a Comment