The Adventures of Being Me

I recently learned something new about my love interest. He is deep in debt with his credit card company harrassing him because he put all his college tuition, books, fees, etc. on his credit card. He graduated in 2006. He thought if he cashed in his 401K plan at work, he could pay off his debt. He asked my opinion on that. When he first mention he had student loans to pay off still, I naturally thought he meant the government student loan kind that one can deduct off your taxes. One gets 10 years to pay those off and low interest that no credit card could compete with. Apparently his parents did not teach him about financial aid packages. I was polite enough not to ask what the hell was he thinking putting on his college bills on a credit card and why didn't his parents help him out. I simply stated that 401k plans are not savings accounts, they are retirement funds. I further explained if he cashed his in to pay off his credit card that he will be paying income tax on that amount...

After my 30th birthday I desperately searched for a man online to only get one date. That date was not interested in me. Months later he emailed wondering what happened to me and we became email pals for about a year now. Today he emails stating he might not have given me enough of a chance and wants me to send more photos to convince him to take me out again. Excuse me? I think HE should be on his knees kissing my ass begging for ME to give him another chance. I fail to see why I should. Post later. Bye!

Well this past week at work I was called a pessimist and told I need to volunteer. With all this unsolicited advice, I wish to be a hermit to get away from these people who won't get out of my face. 1st the pessimist part. I explained to one of the janitors who bought my book that I gave up trying sell my books so I'm a pessimist since I'm not trying very hard. Excuse me? I sold 11 copies to friends and family who bought them simply because I wrote it. I had it listed on amazon.com for 2 1/2 months and sold 0 copies. I am not going to every book store owner in the city begging to sell my books. I am an unknown author, how am I going to compete with books that have be reviewed and advertised? I hate to remove stars from my friends' eyes, but that is what I am up against. He did speak to the guy working in the gift shop about my book and oh, he has to ask the manager about it. Before anyone else goes into how other unknown authors made it big, please remove the stars fro...

I hope your day is better than mine. I get awoken just before 10:00 by the carpet cleaners because the damn bitches in the manager's office never called me to say when they were coming so I could be ready (I prefer not to be in the shower when people knock) so the guy offers to come back tomorrow. No, I just need a minute to pick things up. He needs a minute to get the machine ready. Open the balcony door so the cats are safe from the noise and escaping. Pick up living room, bedroom, and closet. Get my socks wet, cause I'm in my pj's and bed socks, walking to a chair in the dining room. Guy finishes saying he couldn't get all the cat hair so I might want to go over it with a vaccuum to get all the cat hair. I grab the cat hair off the carpet with my hands. He also said not to place the wood and metal furniture back for 2-3 hours because the wood stains and metal rusts in contact with the shampoo. I watch Malcolm in the Middle episode and walk on carpet to change into sl...

Took Precious to the vet. He inspected and then washed his eye. He found inflammation but nothing serious like cornea ulcers, whatever that is. So he gave me steroid eye drops to put in every 8 hours to rid the inflammation, for 2-4 days. Precious was very good at the office letting the man do uncomfortable things to his eye, he must be in pain. Since I got up earlier than usual, I went back to bed when I got home. I got the first eye drop in w/out much more than a meow when he saw me with the bottle. 2nd wasn't so easy. Precious squirmed and shut his eye and I missed 4 times until hitting the jackpot. I think it was more of a 3 drop squirt, but I was getting impatient. Even better, goo is coming out of his other eye. I have to check now for squinting. He is sleeping right now so it is hard to tell. If I thought I had adventure, it was nothing compared to my coworker. Her stepdaughter called to say her brother bit her leg, breaking the skin and bleeding, so she wants stepmom to com...

My Precious has been squinting his right eye lately with goo coming out and running down his nose. I scratch his cheek to relax his eye muscles. I checked out Petco.com and it said squinting indicates pain while goo can mean nothing or an infection. It said to see a vet right away when your cat squints. Guess I will be making an appointment tomorrow. Post later. Bye!

Shopping today, I found a dried catnip bunch of the buds that is the most potent of the catnip plant. My cats never cared for catnip so I thought I'd give it one more try. Frodo found it too in the sacks and went bonkers ripping at the plastic cover. I have catnip all over my hallway and in Frodo's fur. Precious sniffed it and walked away. Oh well. I now have the leftover sprigs in a bud vase by the door in case Frodo needs more to sniff. Post later. Bye!

I am scrambling to close with people keep coming to the counter, delayed flights with a customer flying on stand by who never called to say he is coming tomorrow (never shows up), and a lady need to exchange cars right before we close (which means she needs to transfer her stuff to the 2nd car and I have to wait for the key to be returned). Anyway, the car rental next door goes home. Guys come up asking if the person next door is here, they have a reservation. Door's closed, empty drawers are left oepn: I'd say they went home. Where are the cars parked? Right outside the door. Can we just get our car, the keys are in them, and take off? Well, if you have a screwdriver you can probably steal one, but you might be arrested for driving a stolen car. They've gone home, there is nobody working at that car rental. They get on their reservation phone and next door's phone rang, with nobody answering because they are closed. I rent them a car. Yes there are larger airports open...

Had my 3rd date with Mr. Email. We visited the Botanical Center, greenhouse and outside gardens in the cold wind. Why the website says 2 hours to walk through everything is beyond me, it took us 30 minutes. He pretty much jabbered away walking behind me as a I walked around. Half the time I wasn't listening. I turned my head to speak to him so he could hear me. Though it was hard to hear anyway with the waterfall roaring. People think we should be handing hands and smooching, but no, pretty much no physical contact this time either. I tossed a penny in the fish pond and he did too. I asked if he finished my novel. He did last week. I can't recall what he said about it cause it was one of those generic terms like good, ok, fine so I'm unsure of his thoughts of it. He didn't need food at the Cafe and I didn't see anything I liked in the gift shop. He shadowed me even in the gift shop too. I think he has a thing about walking me to my car. Sorry I'm unaccustomed to...

I was thinking of my future class reunion that will come around in a couple more years and thinking of all the people who left me behind for greener patures, thus leaving me behind out in cold. And how I have improved since then. Anyway, I came up with a good saying for my next book. If I never let you suffer out in the cold, you will never learn to make your own fire. I may be a paid writer yet. Post later. Bye!