Category: Life

Not much happened in January…

February was a roller coaster of emotions month because Nougat died but we got Marshmallow. We also visited the Chicago Auto Show, and Joe put together the sweetest scavenger hunt for Valentine’s Day.

Hershey passed away in March. A trip to the Shedd Aquarium later that month convinced me that it will be several years before we return to that overpriced place again.

In April we adopted Doug & Steve. We also went on day trips to Rockford and Elmhurst which were fun.

In May we hosted a very fun game night with a few friends. The month also included a trip to Lilacia Park to check out their beautiful lilacs and tulips. Oh, and we bought our first ever toaster!

We visited Omaha, Nebraska and Des Moines, Iowa in June. We also adopted Milo.

We enjoyed a weeklong Staycation in July that included trips to Indiana Beach and Whiting’s annual Pierogi Fest.

August was a pretty low-key month other than adopting Gizmo.

For the majority of September I obsessed over the new iPhone 6 which I purchased. I also successfully sold my old iPhone 4S for a great price. There’s too many entries to link here, so just check that month if you’re interested.

October included tests and doctor visits to address my equilibrium issues, my uncle died, and we visited Racine & Kenosha, Wisconsin. I also got screamed at by a lady in a McDonald’s drive-thru!

My Betta fish, Sebastian, died in November. I also got to spend some quality time with my cousin and her boyfriend as well as Brother #2 and his girlfriend.

December included normal holiday stuff. In addition, my car decided to start leaking and my aunt passed away the day after Christmas.

What a year! I didn’t think much happened until I started going through all my entries to put this list together. Here’s to hoping for a great 2015!

I got screamed at by a lady in the McDonalds drive thru this morning.

They gave Joe the wrong drink so he pulled up and parked to the left side to go back in and get it fixed. About thirty seconds later this lady in a black Mercedes behind us started laying on her horn (while he was still inside), then whipped up next to the car and motioned for me to roll down my window. When I did she started yelling at me saying “you are blocking 20 cars (exaggerate much?) and you NEED to move yours right now”. I made a sweeping gesture toward the empty driver’s seat and replied, “do I look like the driver?” She said some more stuff I don’t recall and then ended her rant with “you’re fucking rude” and I just looked at her backseat with two dogs in it and replied “good thing you don’t have kids in your car with that language”. Haha. 

At that point I was just trying to piss her off further by remaining calm because seriously, what did she expect me to do? Even if he was blocking everyone, which clearly he wasn’t seeing as how she was able to pull up next to our car and then drive off in a huff, what did she hope to accomplish by yelling at ME about it? Ironically, at that point SHE was actually the one blocking everyone! Not to mention swearing at me was rude so there’s more irony for you. I just laughed at the whole thing. I was proud of myself for not letting it upset me. It probably ruined her entire day, though. She needs to relax. 

Just for the record, I do feel bad if where the car was parked made it difficult for others to get around us (although clearly it was possible), but I don’t think that’s the way for someone to handle their frustration. Had she pulled up and nicely pointed out the situation and asked if we could move, I would have felt bad and apologized, but she had to be a raging bitch about it so I returned the favor.

One thing I’ve been trying to change about my mindset is that people who behave rudely aren’t purposely trying to aggravate other people. It helps stop me from getting overly upset about something I can’t control. Unfortunately that woman acted like we deliberately parked there with the intent to piss everyone off. She would do herself a favor by adopting my attitude before she has a heart attack.

I’m sitting here in the rat room letting Marshmallow run around just feeling super cranky about the fact that it’s 4 PM, I haven’t even showered yet, and I have to go back to work tomorrow.

I can’t believe I spent the entire day just cleaning the house. Sure, I also got a chance to knock some things off the DVR, mostly by listening while I cleaned, but where’s the fun in that? The house looks great, but now I’m in a mood.

I’m also feeling pretty cranky over the fact that I’m getting sick and tired of my iPhone and iPad. Could the autocorrect feature BE any shittier? On top of that, I don’t understand the app switching feature in iOS since it doesn’t save your place but instead refreshes content when you return to the app. It makes no sense! And the battery on my iPhone sucks a bag of dicks these days. Suffice it to say, I’ve felt like throwing my iPhone across the room more than once lately. I’ve even started seriously contemplating switching to an Android phone. I’m overdue for an upgrade so I could get one now but I really want to see what the iPhone 6 has to offer before I jump the Apple ship.

So here’s the end of my staycation – me feeling like I want to scream. It started in happiness and ended in depression. Why am I not surprised?