groceries in time

today I went to the doctor. then, I went to get my prescription filled and buy some groceries.

now, I used to work retail. I have some sympathy for some of the things retail employees must endure and I realize that sometimes things just take a while. after all, no one can run every minute. however, people ought to be able to move.

I have never seen anyone who wasn't badly injured or very old or both move as slowly as this woman at the pharmacy counter. she even paused in looking for my medicine in the wrong place to clean invisible dust off her shirt.

I didn't say anything because I knew better than to even start. plus, it took her fully two minutes to realize she was helping me now, not the woman behind me.

of course, I don't know what that crazy thing was doing back there. she came in and declared where people were checking out was the drop off. unfortunately, she didn't take her bothersome self over to where she thought the action was.

no, she decided to stand right on top of me and the credit card reader while she talked to someone in the car as well as her new bff miss slowpoke.

the people on the other pharmacy cash registers were just as slow. I don't know how it's possible to move at such an unnaturally slow pace.

the pharmacists were moving fairly quickly. so, I think some sort of time travel was occurring. whatever it was it extended over to regular checkout.

now, produce codes are something cashiers have to learn. it's much faster to know them than to try to figure them out. so, here I am trying to recall the codes because i'm not sure the cashier could look them up. I don't know if she was new or what, but it took forever and I got such unique items as an apple and two oranges (in separate bags). everything else I bought (about 25 more item) had a barcode on it.

anyway, I guess the point of this story is this store (kroger) better get on their agame with a quickness because they have officially become more of a pain in the butt than walmart.

doorbells and the movie "atonement"

so, I am sitting through atonement which is just interesting enough to make me wonder what happened. after much annoying time manipulation, we come to the interview with the old bat where we learn a scene we just suffered through only happened in theory. actually something else took place and (doorbell).

yes, the doorbell rang and by the time I got back to the movie, the credits were rolling. I am not sitting through that thing again.

every character caught up in the central plot is thoroughly unlikeable. but still, I wonder, what happened? what did the old bat reveal? most likely that her atonement was only wishful thinking or something equally tedious.

hopefully the internets will reveal the answer. but, don't you just hate when that happens? and it's always the movie they're NOT replaying 75 times/day that gets interrupted.

first holiday

halloween was the first holiday without my father. for us halloween was just handing out candy to the kids who came by trick or treating (i know some places don't do that any more, but kids here still do). granted, last year, daddy mostly just sat on the couch while I handled candy distribution, but still.

I did hand out candy last night. I had to knock off early because i'm sick, but I made it through most of the festivities. we didn't have as many kids as usual (we usually have A LOT).

i'm not sure if people have caught on this neighborhood isn't the candy haven it used to be or if some people skipped me on purpose because, well... people know my father's funeral was earlier this month.

there is one happy thing: my super cute black bunny is officially one year older! i'm not sure how old he is... 3 or 4. bunnies always seem young, they're so cute. happy birthday, precious boy. :)

current events

normally, I read a lot about what's going on in the world. or at least with trashy celebrities. I am just not into that just now. but are there already enough people opining on such things? maybe I should talk about something else?

hm, this really could have been in the previous post. sorry. haha

decisions, decisions...

it's time for a new phone. but what kind? I have a pda. or smartphone or whatever. it's pretty neat. but, it has been troublesome. so, I have to decide what to get and I have to get it with the money verizon allows because I don't have a lot of spare moola just now. of course, I paid extra for THIS one and it has been replaced twice. so there you go.

also... my father's car... my sisters and brother may let me give them $2000 and keep it and sell mine. mine's a 00 malibu ls (sport model), his is a 01 impala. his has been maintained better, but mine is cuter. his is worth more than $2000 btw. but it's also 1/4 mine already. the thing with cars when you slice them into four parts, they don't work so well.

well, i'm sick

here's the thing. I get sick a lot. yay, me. so I am sick now, but I have a zpack. hopefully, I will better soon. :)

headaches

sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been having headaches.

also, I tried to write a fascinating piece called "it hurts at night", but everything just locked up ("computer" wise). so I lost it.

also, not much has been happening. i've been reading my eclectic list of websites and trying to decide what to do about so many things.

halloween is coming up and we get a ton of trick of treaters. I don't want to participate. I am thinking of putting a black wreath on the door and turning off all the lights. but I fear someone would just think I was getting into the spirit of the holiday.

my twin/not twin

for a while, some of my family members thought I was a schoolteacher. they thought that because they'd seen me on tv. this was odd since i'm not a schoolteacher and I haven't been on tv.

then, at a writers' meeting, we were going around the circle and I introduced myself. the man beside me said, "my wife's name is (my name), but this is not my wife." I didn't really talk to him because he was even more weirded out than I was, but she was the schoolteacher.

then a reporter called my house and left a message. she wanted the schoolteacher married to the writer. I got home after her deadline, but I called and let her know I was altogether the wrong person.

I never saw this lady, but by my family's reaction and her husband's reaction we looked alike. I don't know if the name was her real name (like me) or her name after marriage. so many people would say they'd seen me places I hadn't been or tell me they knew someone who looked just like me. after a while, I started to believe.

oddly, I never saw her (and I don't have "missing time" to account for another life, haha). this hasn't happened in a while... but, i'm sure it must happen to a lot of people. doesn't it?

animal prints

wtf is it with animal prints? I understand there are certain circumstances when such a thing might be fashionable or cute or sexy, but they're everywhere. I had a hard time finding appropriate funeralwear because 85 percent of everything else had leopard or snake or zebra all over it. at some point, this becomes un-cute, un-sexy, and surely at these levels of concentration cannot be fashionable.

I like fashion, but I may have to give up on vogue. not because of the aforementioned animal print. just bills and so on...

my sister changed my satellite package (she doesn't live here, long story). i'm on the "family package." people who know me are rolling their eyes or actually rolling on the floor. normally, I would be p.o.ed, but I am too sad to care too much. still, it's weird. that's all i'm saying.

bunnies are cute :)

what else can I say? I have two precious bunnies. a boy who's half- wild, half-tame. he's mostly black and has huge ears. then I have a precious little bunny girl. she's spotted and has at least one million whiskers, black ears, and a pink and white nose. pets are so great. bunnies make great housepets. they're quiet and very sweet. :)