My Day
I'll admit it. Ditzy people annoy me. So to say that I was annoyed with myself yesterday is a huge understatement.
First I forgot my credit card and had to drive back home to get it. (note: always have a checkbook just in case)
Next it was time for an oil change.
Me:
"Hi, I would like an oil change please".
Their response
"Lady, you are in the wrong place, this is First Advance you need to go next door.
My response
"Oh, well, I'm sure you could do a better job". (Note: always read the sign above the door before walking into a store)
Time to go get those tabs for my car.
After waiting in line for 30min. it was almost my turn. I looked up and saw a sign that read "cash or checks only" (so much for needing my credit card). Anyway, I walked over to the ATM and just to be really safe I withdrew $40.00. I thought no way would it be more than $20.00 for a dumb sticker. (Note: Again, always have a checkbook)
I was wrong. After I had waited another 30 min I glanced down at the card I was holding and it said the total would be $43.75. (Note: never assume that something will be inexpensive.)
I refused to go back to the ATM because it charges you that stupid $2.00 fine. So instead I bought a .75 candy bar (there goes my diet) and asked for $5.00 cash back.
After waiting another 30 min, it was my turn. The man looked at my card for the tabs and said
"Alright, that'll be $47.75 please".
I just stared at him before saying:
"You're kidding me! The card says right there that it's $43.75!
"Yes ma'am, but there is a $4.00 fee for not mailing it in."
I thought I was going to cry, but instead I snatched the card back from him and said:
"Thanks, I'll mail it in." (note: Always, always mail in your tab renewal.)
So I ended up wasting $2.00 on the ATM machine and .75 on a candy bar, not to mention the calories! That may not seem like much to you, but to a college student that's huge! Anyway, I headed back to Prime Tune & Breaks and told my sad story to the man who had just fixed my car. At least someone got a kick out of it.
It's Done
It's done, it's over. We are truly out of our house that we have lived in since moving to Washington eights years ago. This morning was a mad dash to throw all my suitcases into my car and then head off to work; it didn't even hit me that this would be the last time I'm ever in that wonderful house that has been my most favorite place on earth. All day I could't really belive that it's gone, so many, many memories were made there.
Memories of climbing out onto the roof to talk on the phone.
My sisters taking midnight walks and lying in the middle of the road.
Kristi, jumping from Kelsey's window onto the garage roof and then wondering how to get down.
Josiah spending hours and hours practicing for basketball on our sportscourt.
Karin, practicing piano at 2 am.
Kelsey, trying out every new recipie she could find, everything she made was perfect.
Kaylie, going from one person to the next drawing their picture, or hanging out in Grandma's room keeping her company.
Kati and all her family having a blast getting her wedding ready.
Daddy, studying early in the morning
Mom, doing everything, including never runing out of coffee for her daughers. :)
I guess none of these things have to change in our new house, but it will be different. Right now I just want to cry. (even if it is only a house)
You Know You Went To PCC When . . .
You Know You Went To PCC When . . .
1. You feel slightly violated each time you get on an elevator with a member of the opposite sex.
2. You name your vacuum cleaner.
3. Your neighbors have observed you closing all the blinds in your house about the same time every night.
4. You have ever borrowed a roll of toilet paper from your next-door neighbor.
5. Your umbrella has your name permanently written in marker.
6. Your heart still skips a beat when your pastor tells the congregation to shake hands while the choir sings.
7. You have a button on your car radio programmed to 89.5 FM.
8. You still place any nametag you're asked to wear "high and right."
9. The letters DHA, DC, CPO, PL, APL, AC, DP, VC, and PH mean something to you.
10. The word "socialed" still carries with it a bad connotation.
11. You know exactly how long a gallon of milk will stay fresh on ice.
12. You still abbreviate Thursday with the letter "R."
13. To this day, whenever you walk by a fountain, you have to fight an uncontrollable urge to dump a gallon of Tide into it.
14. You know exactly how many days there are between Labor Day and Christmas.
15. You still limit all local calls to 30 minutes.
16. You have been told you cannot take a final exam because of an outstanding fifty-cent library fee.
17. You know how to operate a Macintosh computer.
18. You get a box in the mail and wonder if it has food in it.
19. You think of Dr. Mullenix when you see a bottle of hair spray!
20. You consider a long leisurely walk a date.
21. You suspect the lady across the street of writing you up when you kiss your spouse at your front door.
22. You wish you still had 11:00 lights-out that made you stop everything you're doing and go to BED.
23. You choose what to wear according to your collegian's colors.
24. You have very good friends who live in seven different States and two foreign countries.
25. You feel guilty when you chew gum inside a building.
26. You watched the first 10 minutes of "Rejoice" every week during Christmas vacation to see if you were on TV.
27. You decorated your dining room in purple, orange, red and blue.
28. You talk about having gone "up" to Alabama to shop at the outlet mall.
29. You put up a shower schedule on the bathroom mirror every night.
30. You were ever warned to swim on the "sound" side of the beach.
31. You "meet and say goodbye" to all your dates at the restaurant.
32. You consider going to church a "date".
33. You now feel wealthy because you have a cloth-covered mattress.
34. You lead your family in a hymn before every meal.
35. You are proud to be associated with something called a "Turkey Bowl".
36. You refer to chores as "room Jobs"
37. Every time you go to a Bowling ally, you flash your Drivers License at the door.
38. Every time you hear a bell ring, you feel the urge to stand and sing the doxology!
39. you name your elevators.
40. someone says "squirrel" and you stop talking.
41. you try to flash the back of your AmSouth card to get into your house...
42. you STILL think all of your phone calls might be listened to.
43. every time someone says "there goes the neighborhood" you think you're in a church service.
44.You ALWAYS check you mail to make sure it's yours because you might just be sharing a mail box still.
45. Hand Check
46. When asked to speak in public, the words "The Efective Speaker Always..." pops into your head.
47. You go home on a break and you see all your friends of the opposite sex and they give you hugs and you instantly start to the think that chaps are coming for ya!!
