To continue with the birthday week celebrations, we enjoyed some cinnamon rolls for breakfast this morning after an early morning shopping run. Then in the afternoon we had lunch at Noodles and Company. I could easily get fat if I keep this up.
Category: Life
Eyes and ATMs
I had an eye exam today at Sears Optical. I was a little leery going there as opposed to a regular Optometrist office, but everything seemed ok, albeit more expensive than other places. Beggars can’t be choosy, however, and I needed to get an exam before the end of the year to take advantage of the vision benefits we’re entitled to every calendar year.
I ordered another year’s supply of contacts in addition to getting a prescription for glasses so I can get some new ones in January under the new vision plan we’ll be under. I haven’t gotten any glasses for a few years now and my prescription has changed since then. It was funny when the doctor was trying to explain to me why the prescription for glasses is stronger than contacts and I interrupted him and said, “because the glasses don’t rest directly on your eye like contacts”. He seemed taken back by that. Hey, I’m not stupid, but I guess a lot of people don’t think about it.
Anyway, we ran some errands after my exam and one of those was the bank. The guy in a grey Mazda 6 at the ATM in front of us was so distracted by his cellphone conversation that he pulled away without his ATM card. If we were dishonest people we could have easily stolen money from his account because the card was still in the machine and the screen said “would you like more time on your transaction?” What a dumbass! So we took his card and Joe ran inside to give it to a teller. I hope that guy doesn’t notice until tomorrow and freaks out a couple of days before getting his card back. I bet the bank already contacted him though. I think we made it too easy for him. We should have let the machine keep it because after a minute or two the machine will suck the card back in and destroy it. Otherwise he probably won’t learn anything from this. I explained to the kids that it’s a perfect example of why you shouldn’t be on the phone when you’re trying to do something else. Most conversations are not that urgent.
Ginormous
I don’t know what it is about this word that makes me hate it so, but I cringe when people use it in speech or in a blog entry. Maybe it’s because it’s a made up word. It’s popular enough to be added to Webster’s New Millenniumâ„¢ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), but I think we’re just dumbing down our language.
I’m well aware that using the word fuck repeatedly in my daily language makes me a GINORMOUS hypocrite, but you can just fuck off if you think that’s going to change.
Operation replacement shredder foiled
I learned the hard way that our shredder doesn’t handle credit cards. I guess the 5-sheet maximum should have been my first clue. Nonetheless, I thought I had broken it the other day after a credit card got stuck in it. Secretly I was happy because I hate that thing and want to get this one instead, but Joe managed to pry free the credit card pieces wrapped around the blades and it’s working once again, although I guess it needs to be oiled because it screeches sometimes. I suppose it’s good we don’t need to spend $120 on a new shredder, but the one I want is so slick, I must have it. Hmmm … I wonder what would happen if I tried shredding a cd…
Snow sucks
It’s snowing like a mo-fo in Chicagoland! It sucks when you get off work a half hour early and still get home at the same time. You’d think these people never drove in snow before. Talk about some ass-dragging! I could have passed them quicker on foot. I slid a bit here and there, but only changing lanes or making turns. As long as you were going straight, there wasn’t any reason to go 15 MPH. The worst part was the stretch of road by the Target. There’s a left-hand turn lane there and for some reason on today of all days, the turn arrow was shorter than I’ve ever seen. Consequently, only three cars could turn before we’d have to wait for the whole cycle again. I sat in that stretch of road for a good ten minutes. I hope it’s better tomorrow!