Randomness

-Debates are fun. During the last debate, Senator Obama made a lot of interesting points, especially about the federal's involvement in public education. In regards to No Child Left Behind, he said "unfortunately though, they left the money behind for No Child Left Behind." He also said that although he supports local control of the schools, they do need the support of the federal government. The government can't continue with these federal mandates without federal money.

-M*Bark needs a bath. She's lying here next to me on the couch, all calm and unsuspecting. Heh.

-We have a new member in our family. He's green and has a hard shell. He and M*Bark are still getting acquainted.

-I'm hungry. I need to eat lunch.

-My head hurts. I'm home sick today. Pretty good because I haven't been sick since May.

Why I Hate Macy's

Month 1: Receive credit card statement. All looks good and going to Pearlridge so decide to pay bill in store. Tell sales clerk to credit Macy's account.
Month 2: Receive credit card statement. Weird, because no purchase made during the month. Also receive joint Visa statement. Weird, because Visa portion of card is never used. Realize that salesclerk hit the wrong bloody button on the cash register and credited Visa account and not Macy's account. Call credit card company, explain situation, refuse to pay late fees for something that was never late to begin with. Company apologizes and fixes mistake.
Month 3: Receive credit card statement. Weird, because again, no purchase made during the month. Receive threatening letter saying the payment is two months late. Call credit card company, yell at representative. Representative credits account, tries to say still need to pay late fee. Explain again that payment not late, use phrase "absolutely refuse to pay for something that was not late to begin with", voice gets increasingly louder. Company apologizes and fixes mistake. Decide to close account and cut up bloody credit card.
Month 4: Receive credit card statement. Weird, because again, no purchase made during the month and account supposedly closed previous month. Receive threatening letter saying that payment is three months late. Call credit card company, ask to speak to supervisor because starting to feel bad about yelling at so many people. Wait ten minutes to be transferred to supervisor. Supervisor comes on, refuses to listen to explanation of problem, refers repeatedly to a Mrs. Something-Not-My-Name. Finally get a word in edgewise, ask him who he thinks he's talking to. Supervisor explains that the whole problem due to that I have the wrong name on account. Get even madder, tell supervisor that I know my own name and that he's looking at the wrong account. Suggest he shut up for a minute and listen to my problem. Give account number again, wait five minutes. Supervisor credits account, tries to explain that late fee still needs to be paid. Explain again that there's no way in hell that they're getting a late fee for something that was not late. Supervisor agrees. Close account again.

The original charge was less than $50.

Ahhhh....

Ahhhh....

Ahhhh...vacation...I love vacation. I don't know how I'd be able to do my job without the promise of a vacation every three months or so. And I really needed this vacation. The first quarter was rough, with interesting parents, really interesting kids, and no Joy. That last week of school was the worst, but because of my second "job" and not my actual job. We're working hard on this year's convention and a lot of crap happened last week that's really causing us to pause before deciding whether or not we're planning next year's as well. Some other stuff happened last week that elevated my blood pressure a bunch, but everything's calmed down now. Anyway.

We're spending this vacation doing a lot of house stuff. We (and by we I mean Lance) replaced our hideous lights upstairs with new prettier ones, put a motion detector prettier light outside, and is testing out new solar lights for the yard. We also started working on the yard and pulled out most of the plants on the side of the backyard and it already looks a lot better. We were going to make a dirt plot for me to start a vegetable garden, extend and replace the grass area, and put in a little pond for a turtle. Our yard plans got put on hold, however, as we have more pressing stuff to do. We're turning the future kid's room into the yarn/exercise room and the current yarn room into the future kid's room. Sadly, my yarn room is gonna become a yarn/exercise room but now that I'm used to the idea, I'm kinda excited. Lance has this large weight set at his mom's house but it needs to come to our house now hence our new exercise room. I'll post new renovation pictures when the time comes (I think I'm behind on those...).

Oh, and I'm posting the video of my new favorite song. I love Pink and I was excited to hear her new album's being released at the end of October. I love the first single but I'm not purchasing it because I'm waiting for the entire album to be released. Meanwhile, I've been watching/listening to it several times a day. The last week of school I listened to the song over and over and over again.