Posts from — July 2006

It’s great living in an apartment so close to everything. Hours are added to my schedule each day. Today I had an eye doctor’s appointment and it only took 10 minutes to get to the office. When we were in the house, that same trip would have taken me about 45 minutes.

So we’ve been in the apartment for about 2 months now and I’ve calculated the shorter driving times to places I frequently visit:

Trip to the cat psychiatrist - 12 minutes
My dendophrenologist appointment on Thursdays - 8 minutes
The Wednesday and Thursday night Alien Abduction support group - 4 minutes
The Windows 95 training seminar at the public library - 10 minutes

And now it only takes me 4 minutes to drive home from work. It takes me longer to walk to my car than it does to drive home. When we lived in the house, it took me almost an hour on some days to get home. That saves me at least 45 minutes each way per day. It’s really nice to save on gas and not have an aggravating drive every day.

I had to find a new drugstore to use since we moved. I picked a CVS near the apartment when I needed to get a prescription filled last week. The visit was like an interview, I wanted to see how well I was treated and to check the condition of the store. Then I would decide if we would be using them from now on. The clerk at the back pharmacy was very friendly and helpful. The prescription was filled on time and without any problems transferring from the old drugstore. They got the job as far as I was concerned. That is until I returned the next day for some shaving cream.

There was a long line at the front register with only one register open. After waiting a few minutes, another cashier was called to the front to help out. The young man came up right away and opened another register. The line started moving again. When I finally got up to the register, with the cash in my hand ready to move, the phone rang. The kid said to me “excuse me, I have to get this.” When he answered the phone he said “Thank you for calling CVS, where the customer always comes first.” Of course I couldn’t let that go, I immediately said to him, “yes as long as you’re a phone customer.” He didn’t like my comment but he could see I was irritated after waiting for a long time only to be cut off by someone that wasn’t even in the store. Maybe he learned his lesson from me but I doubt it.

After a terrible slump, I’m finally back updating my weblog. The house sale, packing and moving kept me busy and I let the weblog go for a long while. They say selling your house is one of the most stressful things you can do in your life. I agree. But I’m back, and I have plenty to bitch about, so let’s get started.

What’s the deal with that new movie about the World Trade Center? I really hate these people using that terrible tragedy to make money. They may claim their reasons are to help us remember the “fallen heroes” but I know the bottom line is money. I didn’t like the idea of the other movie about Flight 93 where the passengers stopped the terrorists from reaching their target. And I certainly don’t like this new one that exploits the events of the WTC attack. I plan on skipping this one and all others that these bloodsuckers produce.