Post Under Construction

I have been working on the post about my vacation and having family in town - I just haven't finished it yet.  Please Bear With Me As I Finish!!

Hope to post tomorrow!

De

Not Sure What To Say

I'm not even sure where to start . . . . . . . I'm not sure I can write about everything that went down . . . . . Not sure anyone will believe me - they might think I am exaggerating . . . . . . I should have recorded the whole scene on my iPhone.

5:30 am - I got out of bed on time!  Got ready for work.  Saw that I had received a text message in the middle of the night from a number I didn't recognize - it was from L but not from her phone number - her phone had broken so she couldn't text or set her alarm but she could receive calls and wanted me to call her at 930 so she could get up for work.  Sure - no problem.

9:30 am - Gave L a call - she asked me if I would take her to cash her state check when she got off at 5 - I told her I wasn't sure what time I would be off work but I would try.  She then said that seeing as her phone was broken she didn't think she could pay me any of the $$ she owes me this week.  Fine - whatever - not a surprise!

6:15 pm - Picked L up form work - drove up to my place to get the mail - oops!!  No Check!!  Major Major fit gets thrown - lots of F words - what is she going to do - she needs a new phone!!  Started to give her a lecture about planning - not living check to check - yada yada yada!  Told her we could go to Target to see how much the phones were!  I asked how much the one that broke was - she said $70 but she wasn't going to get one like that - which to me meant she was going to get a cheaper one.  When we got to Target - the cheapest phone was $70 - I was not going to float that much money.  This is where the night took a weird turn.

L - If I for go the phone can you give me $40 - I have plans tonight and my check didn't come.

Me - I have no cash so No!

L - How about $20

Me - Again - I have no cash so No

This went on and on and on in the middle of Target - she just kept getting more and more belligerent - I finally said I was done listening to this - i was not going to take it anymore - the answer was No and she could just walk to the Park and Ride on her own and that I was going home.

She said she was going to follow me out to the car and push her way in.  I got to the car - got in on my side - did not unlock her door which led to her smashing her fist against the windshield - climbing on the hood of my car - when I started the car and put it in reverse she stood behind the car - I let off the brake a bit and rolled towards her - she moved but then went back to pounding on the windows.  I called my Mom - mostly cause I needed someone on the phone with me in case L busted a window or tried to attack me instead of the car.  She finally walked away and I drove home.

Since then she keeps calling me - to apologize . . . . . uh no!  She wants an apology from me for - in her words - trying to run her over with my car!  Because that was just so wrong and she would never do that.  I so was not going to run her over - never stepped on the gas - foot on the brake at all time.  But that is what she wants to keep going over - I was so mean to her . . . oh and she still doesn't understand why I wouldn't give her $20!!  She also is upset because she doesn't know how she's going to get work tomorrow because she has no bus money and I told her it was not my problem - yeah, that kinda pissed her off and she went down the road of interpreting that to mean that I don't care about her, I don't love her.  Also, if I don't help her get to work tomorrow and cash her check then she can't pay me what she owes me so I must not want my money.  The way her mind works boggles mine.

So she is wanting me to apologize and I told her I couldn't do that tonight because I am just not over what happened to which she responded - "I've gotten over it and said sorry I yelled at you - I'm being adult about this - I don't know why you can't"  then she hung up on me.  At that moment I was thinking - Oh Thank God - she hung up on me so I guess she won't be calling again tonight!

Oh - one more thing - during all of this crap on the phone she says to me "My phone is still broken so You need to call me tomorrow at 9 to wake me up!"

De
Quick Update - L has decided to take this to Facebook!  She tagged me in her posts one of which said "F*** You"  Yeah - she is a prize!

Selfishness

Did you know that I'm selfish . . . . . . . . . . . at least that's what L has told me.  In fact she's told me that twice this past week. 

The first time was last Tuesday - After work I drove up to my place to get the mail - L's check was to be there , which it was - I then drove back down to town to pick her up from work to take her to cash it.  When we pulled into the Fred Meyer parking lot and she was getting out of the car I mentioned that we were making good time and she should get to the Park & Ride with enough time to catch her bus.  She gave me her WTH look and I said What?  She said "Your not driving me home!"  I said it was after 7 and I had things to do at home after which she replied - while slamming the car door - "You're Selfish!"  I said well isn't that the pot calling the kettle black!  She came back and said What!!  To which I replied - I can't believe that You are calling Me selfish - you're the queen of being selfish.  I told her to just close the door and go cash her check.

Yesterday (Sunday) I received a call at 6pm - she opens the conversation with Hi, What are you doing right now!  I answered that I was building a cabinet - which I was.  She then asked if I would come pick her up and drive her home because it was soooo hot out and she felt like she was going to drop and she just couldn't stand out in the heat waiting for her bus. I said - uh No - I'm in the middle of building a cabinet and I had other things to do.  She then offered to help me with the cabinet and then I could drive her home - I told her No - I was not going to go pick her up to bring her to my house to then turn around and drive her home.  I had things to do.  She huffed - said you're selfish - and hung up on me.

So I guess everything else I have done for her these past months means nothing just because I wouldn't drive her home!  Wow - How could I be like that!  I mean she is never selfish - always thinking of others - putting everyone else's needs above her own.  OK OK - pick yourself up off the floor and stop laughing!

De

My Miss Chrissy

Thought I would share with y'all what it's like with Miss Chrissy when I get home from work - this is how my evening goes!

August Birch Box Day

It's been a long day and when I got home I found my monthly Birch Box in the mail!!  Yay!!  Here's what I got this month.

 De

It's Always Something

I am sitting in Bright Now Dental with L - she was scheduled to have two teeth pulled today. Her appointment was at 1030. They brought her back and I've been hanging in the waiting area reading. She just came out in tears - they ran her insurance and there is a 3 month waiting period before they will cover anything. So she would need to wait until end of September to have it taken care of. Problem is her two teeth are so far gone that they are causing quite a lot if pain. So what to do - not much of a decision for me - I am covering the $923 charge. I just didn't feel like there was any other choice. I can't really afford it - I'm broke and in debt - but I couldn't just let her be in pain.

Now I just need to figure out how to pay it off.

De

Might Be TMI . . . . . . But This Is A Journey

Oh boy – this has been an interesting week.  Monday my right ankle started swelling - By Tuesday they were both very puffy and my mouth was extremely dry, you know the kind of dry where your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth and feels like sand paper – No amount of holding water in my mouth would rehydrate it!   Wednesday added the wonderful monthly visitor which was 10 days early!!  I am beginning to feel like God’s practical joke!  Yes – I am almost 47 and have become premenopausal!  I am just thrilled!  As if there wasn’t enough crap going on in my life.  Add all of these things to the fact that it is a month end close without a weekend cushion so we really had to push it to try and get everything done.  See why I feel like someone is playing jokes on me – I’m Not Laughing!!!!! 

I feel like I should have a warning sign in my cube – enter at your own risk!  I am so on edge these days and I am trying so hard not to snap at anyone.  

One good thing – all of the little irritating things like headaches, being unable to sleep at night and then not being able to get up in the morning, constantly being warm – are all starting to make a little more sense.  Of course everyone is different so it’s not like I can compare notes with anyone – also my Mom never went through this, I don’t believe my sister has, and most of my friends are too young. 

 

OK – on to another story.  Poor L has housemates that don’t respect her stuff – they use her laundry detergent, eat her food, and just this week she discovered that someone has been replacing the Vodka in her bottle with water.  How did she know you might ask – was it that her drinks were tasting rather weak.  Nope – it was because she keeps her vodka in the freezer – most of us know that vodka doesn’t freeze – and when she took the bottle out of the freezer last night her “vodka” was frozen!!  This would be kinda understandable if she was living with a bunch of teenagers our young twenty somethings – but her housemates are mostly around my age!!  That’s just so wrong!  These people need to just leave her stuff alone.  She keeps most of it in her room now – but her frozen things need to be in the freezer in the shared kitchen.

Things that seemed funny to me this week:

• When I got home last night there was a bird on the grass.  I said Hi Mr Red Robin – which was funny because I was carrying my take-out dinner from .. . . . . . . . Red Robin!!

• Went to go pay for my parking at the kiosk and saw three men all standing around the machine putting coins in the machine to pay their parking fee of . . . . . $27!!!  Tourist didn’t plan very well for Seattle parking fees.

• We have a department goldfish now and when I went to feed it this afternoon he got scared and quickly turned to swim away and smacked right into the plastic tree in his bowl!  Poor Mr. EBIDA (Yes we are Finance Nerds)

De

Gardening!

It's been awhile since I wrote anything - I would like to say it's because I've just been so busy doing so many fun things but . . . . . . . the truth is . . . . . . . . I have become addicted to a Facebook game Gardens of Time!!  No!!!!!!!!!!!! I know - I was one of those people that thought all those other people playing with their farms and their mafia wars were nuts - now I'm one of them.  I even went so far as to set up FB Accounts for my pets so I could get more neighbors!  The addiction level spiked these past couple of weeks when I joined a Gardens of Time group on FB - I have so many neighbors now that my garden is as big as it can get - I am at Level 37 - and I have so much more to do!  I get home from work - I answer all the requests from my neighbors - play some hidden object scenes - add a few buildings to my garden - by the time I'm done time has flown by and it's bed time - no time for writing!  I wonder if they have FB Games Anonymous meetings.  Hello . . My name is De and I am a Gardens of Time - aholic!

Can you believe it's August already!  How can you tell you are getting old? . . . . . The years seem to go by faster and faster!  It boggles the mind!

Someone called me a "Molly Mormon" today!  Lol!  The comment came after I told them about all the jam I've been making and the scones I brought in to work last week.  They said they were surprised that with my love of homemade baking and stuff that I hadn't become Mormon a long time ago! 

OK - it's late and Chrissy is telling me it's time to go to bed!

De