Sweat Pants for the Holidays

Let's face it....while I showed restraint compared to previous years, I still ate too much last week. The good news is that it is only 11:30 on Monday and I'm at 5,000 steps - half way to my daily goal. However, I still think that sweat pants are a good idea for the holidays. I mean, who really wants to get all dolled up and be uncomfortable all day? Not me!! I'm suggesting these - festive and comfortable and I want her stomach

Thanksgiving

With tomorrow's holiday, I thought I should take a moment to write down a few things for which I am thankful.
1. A loving family - even though sometimes I cannot understand why they do and say the things they do, I still love them.
2. Great friends - some of them should probably be committed, but what fun would that be?
3. My Education - As I watch the local school system implode on itself, I am thankful that when I went to school, the biggest threat to my education was the daily bomb scare. If we weren't outside, we were learning.
4. Commen Sense - I have come to understand that not everyone is blessed with it, and I think I would kill myself without it.
5. Food - my inner fat kid would die without cheesecake and other equally nutritious foods.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone - take the day to make out shopping lists for black friday and get into a fight with your brother.

Confessions of Hoarding Tendencies

Ok, before you react to the picture, I need to tell you that I didn't realize I had so many bags. I keep them between my refrigerator and dryer and I had no idea that so many could fit back there. The worst part is that I've been using reusable bags for months. So all of these have been stuck back there for a long, long time.

See, my parents are coming for Thanksgiving, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to really clean my house. Like the cleaning where you move furniture and wipe down baseboards. Sadly, laundry was the victim this week and I totally skipped it.

Sorry - back to the topic at hand. As I entered the kitchen with my mop and bucket I started moving everything on the floor that doesn't weigh more than I do, the step stool, the scale (yes, my scale is in my kitchen....it's because my bathroom floor is slanted), and the bags. But then they just kept coming and coming from between the fridge and dryer. I have thrown away 2/3 of this mess and feel very refreshed about the situation.

Voices

I hear voices. Not in my head...at least I don't think. As I sit in my office I can often hear voices in the distance. I just can't figure out where they are coming from. My office has floor to ceiling windows that look out onto a balcony....being the great detective that I am, I can tell that there isn't anyone on the balcony talking. The voices are too faint to be the offices on either side of me. They are too mumbled for me to tell what they are saying or who they are. Are there people living in the wildlife habitat? Is there an 1800's village in the small wooded area between my office and the main road? Now I'm creeped out.

You are Rude

Dear Mr. I'm too Important to be Nice,

One day your actions are going to come back to haunt you. This morning there was absolutely no reason for you to shake your piece of paper at me as if I was the reason you are late for your class. Rolling your eyes at me does not make me want to jump up and help you. Maybe, the next time you begin taking college level courses, you will first learn how to read the paper that tells you where your class is located.

Sincerely,
The person who was only helpful because I was in front of my client

It would really be nice if all of you people could stop bothering me

Don't you wish you could say that while you are at work? Or better yet, post it on the door to your office. Doesn't anyone realize that I have lots of things I am trying to do while I'm here? Most of which is work and the remainder of items are personal...but all of them need to be finished. So please, next time I look really busy (and I'm very good at looking busy) don't stop by and say "do you know what you could do for me?" If I wanted to know what I could do for you, I would have come and asked you. Since I didn't ask, it means that I have enough to do and am not looking to do anything for anyone else.

Stop buying yourself gifts before Christmas

At this point in the game (meaning we are quickly approaching Thanksgiving) every time I hear you say that there is something you want. I make a mental note for your Christmas gift. Obviously, this is assuming that I buy you a gift for Christmas. No, I haven't won the lottery and no, I haven't suddenly become over charitable to give EVERYONE I know a gift. Although a lot of you have birthdays this time of year, so it doesn't hurt to still mention items you want. Just don't set high expectations for yourself.

My point is, Dave ruined my master plan. I have THE BEST gift idea. Something he has wanted and talked about since we met. Yesterday, he went to Target and bought it for himself. Seriously? After YEARS and I literally mean years of talking about buying this item. He up and runs off to Target yesterday afternoon to buy it before he left town for work. I guess it's a good thing he is gone for a few days so that I can spend every waking minute trying to come up with an idea that is close to being as awesome as that would have been.


Oh, don't worry - I totally made him feel guilty about it last night as I was creating a mental image for him of how shocked and surprised and elated he would have been if I had purchased it.

Who took the Service out of Customer Service?

As you all have heard before, I work in the customer service industry...for good or bad, that is what I do and therefore, expect a certain level of assistance when I ask for it from others in the same industry. For instance, I am helping plan my college reunion (even though it's a low number I'm still not telling you which one). So I have been calling local venues asking about private parties and the cost. Out of 11 venues I called, only 3 responded after one attempt. After a second round of calls, I have only successfully received information from 2 additional people.

All I hear everywhere I go is "times are tough, I wish business was better." IT COULD BE IF YOU WOULD RETURN PHONE CALLS. I can't give you business, if you won't answer or return my phone call. As a consumer I will only put in so much effort to give you my business. Let's face it, I'm American and I'm lazy. Therefore my business will go to whoever works hardest for it...not the other way around.


While I'm at it, today is election day - go vote. One of my friends said it best on her facebook status. "If you don't vote, you lose the right to complain. And I, for one, would never put myself in that situation."