An Appropriate Distance

I went shopping this morning with a friend of mine. We went to the mall because they were having a big ass sale, and I love being around as many people as possible.

Could someone please tell me when it was decided to be o.k. to stand rightfuckingnext to a person who is waiting in line? I kept moving a way from this woman and SHE KEPT MOVING RIGHT UP NEXT TO ME. It's like I had her on an invisible tether.

Gah. I hate people.

Because I Love Him

Well. Somehow the husband took offense to me yelling at him for kissing me because he later felt sick. I'm sorry. I just got over being sick. I have no interest in being sick AGAIN. I am, of course, interested in his health, just not anywhere near as much as I am in MY health.

I think there is a romance embargo in this house until cold and flu season are over. That's what? January? Right?

Gross

I cleaned my room today.

I have no idea how I could possibly swiffer up so much cat hair when the cats are not allowed in my room and the doors are closed.

It was disgustingly satisfying to clean those floors, though.

Bullets on a Wednesday

* How do you get Firefox to remember a password when you don't hit the Remember Password thing the first time?

* Am watching Count of Monte Cristo with husband. It's not bad. But the book is gigantically huge and still too daunting.

* Realized I have been out of work for 6 months. NOT happy about this.

* Also realized that in that time, I have accomplished ZERO of my goals.

* And had a really hard time not screaming at the law school fundraiser who called me for a donation. Um, no job + ridiculous loans + you calling me for money = NOT NOW, NOT EVER, BITCHES.

* Did manage to change all our wireless phones to a family plan. That took almost an hour, which is about an hour longer than I thought it should - but it was mainly due to my incessant questioning, not having papers/account numbers handy, etc.. That AT&T guy should get a medal.

Shopping Story

I do almost all my shopping at Target. All my pharmacy, drugstore, cleaning product needs are generally met by hitting one super fantastic store. [Although I have absolutely no idea why the one near me finds it inadvisable to stock the Spray and Wash gel scrubby thing, meaning I have to stock up on that stuff when I hit one of the other several Targets within a 5-10 mile radius from my home.]

Anyway, since I do pretty much all of that kind of shopping at Target, years will pass before I set foot in a drugstore. I just don't got. I don't like shopping when I have no money, and I don't like the whole savings club card thing that most drugstores have going.

Today the girl and I ran into a Rite Aid. I needed more Ricola, and didn't want to run into Target, so we zipped into Rite Aid. Once I'd driven past it because I wasn't aware that there actually was a Rite Aid located on that street. That I've driven on near daily for the past 10 years.

Anyway, we went into Rite Aid for Ricola and ended up spending almost $10 on junk. Chips and mints and who knows what else. Because I was in a bit of a stupor and it was all so new.

They sure have a lot of hard candies in drugstores. Is that a comment on the demographic? I think so, because we were the youngest people there by many, many years.

Happy/Not Happy

I wondered today if I will ever be satisfied with my life. I'm constantly striving and moving toward . . . something. Some goal. As if reaching that goal will fix everything. I am adamant in believing that being happy with what you have means you are settling for less that you can be/have.

But.

I am sitting here unhappy with everything. So that line of thinking is getting me nowhere. And I get that being unhappy because I have no job/money/etc. is situational, but I start spiraling out of control and wondering what it would take to be happy.

I've got no answers yet.

Civic Duty

I voted yesterday, and thankfully the two millage issues passed. I still can't get over people who vote no on school millages. Do they have zero idea how little money most schools actually get? Or that there is a dire need for EVERYTHING now that states are slashing their budgets?

On a more lighthearted note, my oven is still not working, so last night I made lasagnas in mini disposable foil pans and baked them in the toaster oven. I felt like a pioneer. Or an Amish person. Or someone who is still waiting for the government to get its fucking shit together and start that cash for appliance clunkers thing they promised in August. Jesus. I'd like to have a roast sometime soon, please. Fuckers.

Great news!

Official bar results are posted today. I passed, so hooray!

A couple of people, including a friend, are not listed. I'm afraid to call and ask what's up.