The Adventures of Being Me

I get a message from my brother giving me copies of pamplets to explain why he didn't take communion at my sister's church yesterday. I took it to keep up appearances since I am my confirmed niece's godmother. I replied back that I was annoyed that he could not explain his beliefs from his heart himself and asked not to bore me with what other people had to say. I really don't care what so and so has to say about the proper way to do communion and the wrong ways to do it. Besides he already explained it wasn't real communion cuz anyone calling themself a Christian could take it instead of real communion where only true beliers who confessed their faith through confirmation (excuse me but I was confirmed for a coat I wanted for xmas) should be allowed to take it. Later.

Rode to Nebraska squished in a car with my brother, Mom, sister, and niece. Reminds me of childhood vacations w/out the "Stop touching me" arguments children have, we are adults now except the niece enchanted by my portable DVD player plugged into the cigarette lighter. We arrive to eat supper and when digested visit the pool where sister and niece are staying. Another Niece works there at the front desk and grabbed the left behind stuffed animal from their room. I just recalled looking at my pics that I didn't get one of a certain niece. Oh well, she'll survive. Sister of confirmed picks up niece and I from the pool. Sleep with Mom in the couch wondering if Dad came back from the dead when I heard loud snoring, then figured it was someone upstairs. Woke up bright and early to fight over the bathroom. Breakfast was served at church. Aunt came while I was putting on make-up in the kitchen, where everyone congregated to chitchat. Soon it was time to go. Eat breakfast a...

Babysat my niece yesterday. She announced to me that I have a sister named Mommy (Actually I have 2 sisters named Mommy). Then she asked who her nieces are, she has cousins and aunts. I explain she doesn't have nieces, she has to have a brother or sister and when they grow up and have babies like my cousin's wife is having a baby, then you have niece or nephew. She understands she has to grow up first to have a her own niece. Even further, she figures her cousins are my nieces too cuz their Mommy is my sister too. Ah, conversations with almost 6-year-olds are so much fun. Then my brother-in-law gets a Slepping Beauty costume cuz niece wants to Sleeping Beauty from Halloween. Now she wants to be Ruby from Max and Ruby. But there are no Ruby costumes or even rabbit costumes beyond age 2. My sister buys face paint, but can't find the purple dress Ruby's wears or rabbit ears. I suggested she wears her Sleeping Beauty dress and paint her face like a rabbit, but nieces says n...

Had another boring weekend at work as usual. The only excitement was listening to three guys explain someone on the roadside assistance number told them to exchange cars here cuz their car kept stalling. I tried to explain I had no car available to exchange. I asked if they were in town overnight, they could try again tomorrow. Will we pay for their hotel? No. Then they won't be staying here. Call roadside myself and explain the situation. Nobody notified me (and I am it for people at this counter to pick up the phone) that these people were coming or I would have already explained I have nothing available. I have cars needing repairs and oil changes, but nothing I want to send into another state. Roadside called another location and they don't have cars either. Guys give up and pray the car doesn't break down on their way. Then the new kid at the car rental next door has a confrontation with a customer whose car is broken down 20 miles out of town. Someone told him they wo...

Had a fun filled day with niece. First she was napping on the couch so took to mopping her kitchen floor for their adoption home study next week. Oops, I left my mop at my sister's house (I placed it right next to the door). Anyway, she wakes up when I start the water running. She had a lovely dream of playing with her cousins in her backyard. After mopping, we watch the Halloween specials I brought over. She actually picked Charlie Brown before Winnie the Pooh so her Pooh addiction must be over. Then we watched a Christmas Pooh special she had. Then I didn't want to cook so took her out to the car to take her to Wendy's. Then my sister comes home so we stay and have spaghetti for dinner sister cooked. Found out my cousin's wife is pregnant. Then my sister and I and niece in my car go to the book fair at niece's school. Sister was volunteering. We listened to Beverly Hills Chihuahua opening song, niece calls it Chloe's song, in my car to niece's delight. Nie...

New kid at the car rental next door was typing in a guy's car number and asked for a license. The guy bends over but doesn't come back up. He was on the floor with his head cut and having a heart attack. I get a crazy lady asking for a first aid kit. I get mine thinking someone cut their finger and she screams at me "That's all you have!" She starts yelling at everybody demanding an oxygen mask. Um, oxygen masks are not in first aid kits. I move to other end of the counter to see the guy on the floor and someone doing compressions. New kid is on the phone with our airport book of numbers, but he is not hooked up to the airport line. Call airport operations and look around to see if anyone else is calling. There is a airline guy on his phone. Operations told me he already sent someone for the heart attack. Ok. I go grab my first aid kit back. Two janitors appear. Cop shows up with the defibulator and a recording gives directions then everyone stands back for the sh...

Took out Precious for his walk and 2 neighbors' dogs in the distance almost got a dogfight on their hands. Precious was further away so the dogs never noticed him even after he meowed. One large dog on a leash came around the corner and bumped into a little dog not on a leash. Big dog owner holds back his dog and turns the other direction. Little dog owner calls back his dog but the dog ignores him following the big dog leaving. Both dogs go behind a building so can't report anything afterwards, but there much shouting I assume trying to break up the dogs. Then the little dog owner comes back walking down the sidewalk, but no little dog. He then turns around and goes around the corner again. Then two other dogs come out of buildings and Precious decides he had enough of dogs in this courtyard. So since we have front and back doors, he goes in the door to exit out of the other side. Gets to the window of the door, hunches up with fur standing straight up, and takes off upstairs....

I woke up this morning with white stuff falling from the sky. Why is it snowing, it is mid-October? Well it melted by noon. Today I casually asked a guy why his customer was yelling at him. It is his fault the customer's credit card declined. Well they just charge too much for their cars, that's the problem. Oh she expected a car for free and maybe she will pay for the rental IF she returns it. Exactly. He goes on how people are stupid buying things they don't need, he never does that. Really? I found he has 3 cars. I ask why he needed 3 cars. To get around. I need to get around and have 1 car. Oh one is his girlfriend's. Can't your girlfriend buy her own car. Oh he just put down a down payment, she pays the rest. Hope he didn't cosign from my coworker's bad experience with his girlfriend defaulting on the loan after they broke up and bank went after him. Oh, they been together for years so she will never leave him. Ok he still hasn't answered my questio...

Well I know the new neighbors smoke in their apartment, my living room, bedroom, and kitchen reek of cigarettes and not before this week. In Iowa we have a new Iowa Smokefree Air Law when you can't smoke inside apartment buildings. Yeah, that is easy to enforce. I keep hearing a baby cry down there too. I'm borrowing Kill Bill movies from a coworker. I saw the first before only once but never saw the 2nd. Blood spirting everywhere is not my favorite type of movie. He told me what happens Vol. 2. Bill dies and she gets her daughter back. I said I love him when he handed me the DVD's, then said That is temporary of course. He laughed. I watched the first again tonight and will finish tomorrow. That is all my exciting news for today. Oh, yeah, Precious got chased away by a tiny dog, 1/4 his size. Frodo is bigger than this dog. Precious is no prizewinner and I prefer him that way. But the dog was running up to him barking, no leash but with its owner calling it so he ran to the...

Things always happen when you are by yourself. Get a guy I explain ever so politely that we are sold out this week. What, Am I Joking, That's Impossible, Never Had That Experience Before. No, not joking. Why is it that 3 car rentals have "Cars Available" sign out on their counters and I'm the one who gets harassed for cars. We are not a car dealership where we order new cars from the factory when we run out, we are like an airplane where there is a set number of seats and when they are all reserved, we are sold out. Then get a guy calling to make a reservation in another state so send him to reservation line. He calls back PO'ed I sent him to the wrong company's line. He wanted (said company) not (my company). Um sir, I begin, This is (my company), Did you need (said company)'s number. Usually I don't give out the competition's number since I am not a telephone operator, but to get him off the phone I will make an exception. Oh he called the wrong ...

My excitement of the day was taking my car to the shop for new brake pads and rotors, something greased, and something smoothed. And rear brakes whatever was done, I'll say fixed. When the guy was explaining what they did I wanted to reply "I have no idea what you just said", but instead nodded with a smile and paid the bill. Plus my muffler will need replacing in the next few months. Ain't life wonderful now? With new tires and practically new brakes it feels weird driving my car. Later.