that's what my car looked like this morning as i hopped in, late and wanting to get a move on. at least the defrosting delay enabled me to take a pretty picture.
and in case you're wondering, we do still have heat in the house... so no photos of frost on the bedroom windows. yay. it's going to be a couple more weeks before i get the new unit installled... i still have to decide who i want to do the work. i'm not feeling mentally strong enough to make that call yet, so i'm finding other things to do to amuse myself.
pinky and i apparently had some sort of mind meld last night, because i felt a strong shopping urge as i was driving home. oddly, it was sears that was calling me. i've had some luck with sears in the past, but lately i've had way more success with hecht's, lane bryant, and nordstrom.
anyway, i finally gave in to the voices in my head (like it's really that hard to keep me from the mall) and -manoman!- did i score! 4 beautiful blouses and 1 bra (i just couldn't stand that other one any more)... all for $60. rawk! the sale rack had my name all over it. it was a thing to behold. maybe pinky was sending me some of her retail luck and i didn't even know it.
that just goes to show you, though... always listen to the voices in your head. always.
did i mention that i got ray a telescope for christmas? he left me a note this morning saying he saw 4 of jupiter's moons late last night and that it took his breath away. how wonderful is that? i smiled thinking about his delight.
i needed to get my car inspected this morning. (yes, i'm cutting it close...) at the advice of a co-worker i stopped by the nearby 'snappy lube' to get it done. of course, everybody and their uncle was also sneaking in under the wire, so i ended up sitting for about an hour (not very snappy!) in this ultra-cramped waiting room watching the ellen degeneres show with a half-dozen women. (the men all opted to wait outdoors and hover over the mechanics.)
one of the women had a southern accent so thick i couldn't understand what she was saying. and she wanted to say a lot. she tried to engage me in conversation several times and i just half-smiled and turned my head back to the tv. another woman brought in 2 children and proceeded to spoon-feed the smallest right there on the filthy floor. the other woman wanted to talk about good deeds and jesus to anyone who would listen.
i won't be going back there again. children, jesus and southern accents all frighten me terribly. thankfully my car passed inspection (i always worry a little; it's getting creaky) so i won't have to go back.
i did like the 'ellen' show, though.
i volunteered to take 2 shifts at work tomorrow. new year's means very little to me. it's likely that ray & i will just stay in tonight and watch a couple of 'sopranos' episodes with a bottle of wine. i might as well help out my co-workers who have plans (and are planning on hangovers)... so i'll be doing the double-shift from 11:30-4, playing classical music, then from 6-8 i'll be playing jazz vocalists.
don't they say that what you're doing on the first day of the year is a good predictor of how you'll spend the rest of the year?
guess you'll hear me on the radio a lot in 2004.
Posted by xta at December 31, 2003 1:48 PM | TrackBack