I was brave

I was brave tonight. I removed 2 former coworkers from my email address book. They never email me. I have no idea if they receive my messages at all. Of course I was hoping that eventually one day I would receive a reply. I am the type who sends out 20 emails to someone for every email I receive. After months and months of silence, I give up and erased them. One put me on her Instant Messenger thing that tells you when your contacts are online. I have not received a single instant from her. I don't know why I'm still on her list. Oh well, their loss.

Nothing interesting happened today. I saw in the paper about the governor trying to convince people to conserve energy this winter. Shouldn't we be conserving energy always? I like paying low electric bills because I'm a selfish bitch who likes spending money on other things. I turn my lights out when not being used. I am an accomplished microwave chef who sometimes uses her stove. And I tape that plastic over my windows and balcony door to save money, not energy. Finally, I budget bill my electricity which means I pay the same amount every month. Besides that, Isn't the reason we have regulation of energy prices is so the costs don't go so sky high that only millionaires could afford electricity? Either someone needs to cough up more natural resources we use now or find another energy source. Seem reasonable?

The paper said the governor is setting an example by ridding his gas hog suv and replacing it with one that uses E85 gas made from 85% ethanol. That would be impressive if there was a gas station in Des Moines that sold it for him to fill up at. There are a total of 6-8 gas stations in Iowa that sell it, depending whose statistic you are reading.

Wait a moment, something did happen today. I passed out my homemade Halloween cards and pencils attached to the envelopes. The counters next door and janitors were delighted to receive them. Several told me how cute their card is. Then I had a coworker tell me he gave his card to someone else to pass it along. I smiled while tearful on inside saying, Oh, Okay. Wasn't expecting that one. I can be quite the actress when protecting my feelings. Then another coworker put in a request. They don't really need pencils, next time could I please pass out pens. I said no, too expensive (which is true). Maybe next time I should get lazy and pass out nothing at all. I spend hours on those cards and another hour taping pencils to 40 cards. Save me time and money. Any opinions? Post later. Bye!

Update: One of the former agents next door replied to an email a sent a month ago. I put her back on my address book. Bye!