mdguy's blog post - Friday Randoms

1) Today was the first day in about a week I was able to leave the house without wearing thermies! It got to about 10 (50 F) for the second day in a row. Today, unlike Thursday, I wore a short-sleeved shirt to work.

2) Had to deal with health insurance stuff again, but despite one step back (nothing serious), I managed to move two steps forward. Yay for me!

3) There are some hot men on this site. Yup.

4) I had to get off the train on Tuesday to use a restroom. My medication had been acting up, and I got off and went to the station manager (they have to unlock the door to the area where the customer bathroom is). First, she was on the phone, loudly. Second, she had this "What the fuck do you want?" look on her face. Third, there was another gent who also needed to go, so I let him go ahead of me, and she gave me yet another look. When he came out to let her know he had finished, she was helping someone else. When she came back, I told her the gent before me had finished... and that's when she rolled her eyes and tersely told me that I should have been right by the door. Poor woman *sarcasm* had to unlock the door again, because I make a point of needing an emergency bathroom at an unbusy station.

5) People know I can't do maths, but I know when I should break out a calculator. Case in point: in the supermarket, my mom was looking at a 12-pack of paper kitchen towels. I say "Hey, it's 12 for $10!" She starts: "It's 15 for $13.99 at X store, and I have a coupon!" (She was so proud of that coupon, as it was for a $1 off any variety of that brand of towel.) I had my mobile, and did the math. "Mom, here it's 83 c per roll, and at X it's 87 c". She mentioned the coupon again. I said, "We can use the coupon here". She said... "Oh." Deadpan. She bought the 12-pack. I know, I know... some will be horrified at the thought of buying paper towels at all. But did I mention my grandmother almost burned the kitchen down by boiling cloth towels and then going to her room... with the stove on... and the water boiled out... and the cloth towels were hot enough to catch fire? Yeah, good times.

Haven't been in a mood to do much on here, and even taking photos has been a chore. But, I think it's time to put some out of my mind and try to have fun here again.

Three-day weekend, so I'll enjoy it as best I can.

Thanks for reading.