What a day

Got home and found my first birthday card in the mailbox. At least somebody remembers my birthday w/out yearly reminders (kidding just kidding). My aunt still keeps asking when I'm taking a vacation. I wrote her a letter this week but maybe she hadn't received it when she wrote the letter. No email for her. My uncle is progressing as well as can be expected.

Had a boring day at work. Apparently starting at the 1st of next month, which in Monday, the airport will be adding a new fee to all the car rental counter receipts to help pay for improvements of the airport. Originally, it is to pay for a new service station only half car rentals will use but there is a line that says the funds from this fee can be redirected as needed. Yeah I know what that means, replacing lost profits when the airport execs aren't making enough money. I know how business works. That will fun to explain to the customers. We recieved a message from corporate after an accident someone refused to pay for because the wrong person was driving the car. Now we have to charge for all spouses to drive, except for club members. Then had a renter who knew we didn't use to charge for that and I explained that just like the airlines the company decided they aren't making enough money so we are nickel and diming the customers. That is my theory anyway and customer agreed. I didn't know how else to explain it.

Let's see. Had a frequent customer call me stating she is in Minnesota and wanted me to send someone to check out her car cause it is breaking down. Yeah, that would about 5-6 hours away ignoring the fact I'm by myself at present moment. Had her call roadside assistance to connect with a closer location. Left a note where our car was. The car rental next door laughed saying he recently had a guy drive 2 hours out of his way to return his car because the wipers didn't work believing he had to exchange cars where he rented from. No, he could have taken it to any location in the company chain to exchange it. As the couple walked away from the counter, the wife slapped him saying "I told you so."

Precious started vomiting again so have been measuring the food more precisely to the line instead of a little over. Went outside with Precious about 25 minutes yesterday. If he hadn't fussed so much over the harness when I was snapping it, we would had more time out. But no, he runs away bucking like a bronco and I took it off.

Read a story about the endangered Black-footed ferret being wiped out by plague carried on fleas that attach themselves to prairie dogs, the ferrets food of choice. Now it is a race against extinction of the species by spraying flea killer around praire dog holes. They are also hunting down ferrets and vaccinating them against the plague that is cured with antibiotics in humans. The poor ferrets. Now the kill all prairie dogs who destroy grasses for cattle laws are being reexamined. They are dropping like flies from the plague. Can't have them go extinct too. Poor prairie dogs.

I imagine Sunday to be boring since all the business people will arrive on Labor Day off their 3 day weekend. Well, better go. Frodo needs to play. Later.