Friday, April 25, 2008

Watch your back

I scared someone today. I didn’t mean too, but I sure enjoyed it.

I was driving home from work today. Minding my own business when this stupid SUV tried to take me out…not once, but twice. I mean the guy clearly wanted to switch lanes, but like I said I was chugging along minding my own business. I would have known I was in his blind spot if he put on his blinker to indicate that he as switching lanes…but no. He veered into my lane and swerved back and than did it again. I layed on my horn mostly to let him know I was there. (I am from VT where we only beep when we know you, so honking my horn in anger is completely unnatural for me). Anyway, He switched lanes and got off at the next exit. Since my gas light was on, I also got off at the next exit. Gas is cheaper at this exit. He turned right off the exit, I did too- to get to the gas station. He turned left into the gas station. I put my left blinker on. I would have never said anything to this guy. The bottom line is there are two gas stations across the street from each other. The one on the left is $0.05 cheapers. Although I thought about using the other gas station to avoid confrontation I decided out of principle I would buy the cheaper gas. I pulled into the gas station, the SUV immediately pulled out. HA! I think he thought I as following him.

I pumped my gas and got back in my car. I felt some satisfaction that his stupid driving had at least forced him to spend a little extra cash at the pump. I mean I saved myself at least $0.50…

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Play that Funky Music

I am sick of looking at that last post.

A lot is happening here. Dave has a great new job. It can’t start soon enough. He will have a commute, but he will be so much happier there (read they gave him some sort of power). It does mean that he will no longer be my stand by lunch date and 4 nights a week I will have to cook my own dinner and eat alone. So for me his new job sucks and since this is MY blog this is the only place it can be about me. In all seriousness, this job could be a huge stepping stone for Dave.

I, on the other hand, have been in a total funk. I am not at all happy at work. I love the kids. I even like most of the people I work with. I can’t put my finger on what is so awful, but it is something. I am sure it will pass, I will make my self feel better by doing a few job searches, but in the end it will all work itself out.

I think our tropical vacation coming up in 3 weeks will help usher this funk out… actually I am sure of it.

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Something a little different

I don’t ususally post stuff like this, but there are exceptions to every rule

 25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP

25. Your houseplants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.

24. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

23. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

22. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

21. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.

20. You watch the Weather Channel.

19. Your friends marry and divorce instead of ‘hook up’ and ‘break up.


18. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.

17. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as dressed up.

16.You’re the one calling the police because those kids next
door won’t turn down the stereo.



15. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.



14. You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.



13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.



12. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald’s leftovers.



11. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.



10.You take naps.



9. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one .



8.Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset,
rather than settle, your stomach.



7. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.



6. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer pretty good stuff.



5. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.



4. ‘I just can’t drink the way I used to’ replaces ‘I’m never going to drink that much again.



3. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.



2.When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking ‘Oh my god what the hell happened?’

And the number one sign you are getting old is:

1. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn’t apply to you and can’t find one. Then you forward it to a bunch of old friends ’cause you know they’ll do the same damned thing.

— How about the fact that this was sent to me and had a few swears in it. I deleted them because (a) my mom reads this and (b) they weren’t necessary.

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