Yes, Marble, I will coach you. Glad you're not starting until tomorrow - that will give me time to have my whip tuned up.
We don't stand for laggards around here. Hup, two three, four....
Yes, Red, the "Carla" Marble is talking about is me. We know each other from another thread, where we've shared some quite satisfying vitriol about idiot men in our past, along with an irreverent attitude. I thought she'd fit right in here with he likes of you and Mez and Curly and... The list goes on and on.
Today has proved to be one of those days where I should have stood in bed (as the expression goes). It all started well enough, although the cats whining for lunch 45 minutes after breakfast is getting a little old. A fun lunch with a friend I haven't seen lately, where I ate fish and chips (yummy) and she didn't notice the 15 lbs I've lost. Sniff. Then the annoyances started. Very petty annoyances, but still... I went to a grocery store for 2 loaves of bread on special. Then I noticed Metamucil (fiber, you know) was on sale, and for some reason the twice as big container was on for the same price as the smaller one. Now greed and trying to get away with something are never good things, and this was confirmed at the cash. I didn't notice the cashier was a trainee... The bread was fine, but the Met. rang in at the old price, twice what I intended to pay. So I pointed it out, at which point it got ridiculous. Someone went to look on the shelf to check the price (20 yards away) and didn't come back. So after about 15 minutes I tried to buy just the bread, but the cashier couldn't do an override. Then the wandering price checker came back and announced the problem was that the price I had quoted was for the 72 dose size, which is what she still had in her hand. It seemed I had won, and they were about to give in, but then the supervisor couldn't do an override. By this time I had been waiting for about 20 minutes (counting the extra 5 minutes spent waiting while the guy ahead of me's grapefruit seemed to present an almost insurmountable problem). So, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, I stormed out in high dudgeon, and walked breadless out into a torrential downpour. I went to another store with competent staff, started to calm down, and went to yet another store to make a return. Feeling much better, I decided to head home. So I checked behind me, and backed out of the parking spot. As I was changing gears about to move forward there was a mighty CRUNCH, and I realized some idiot had backed out of another spot right into me. Very little damage, but the pure joy of standing in the pouring rain taking her info while the rain washed the words away as fast as I wrote them was almost more than I could bear. Finally, home safely to two apparently starving cats. The telemarketer who called as I walked in really didn't know what hit her, poor thing. By the accent the call probably originated in a call centre in New Delhi or somewhere. She won't be calling again.
I do realize this blow-by-blow narration of my perfectly dull day is NOT on topic for the thread, but I'm trying to deflect attention from the fact that I ate fries at lunch.
Day 5 progressing nicely.
Apple Blossom , 09-26-2005 12:51 PM
and the combination kept me from sleeping very well last night. In the past 2 years or so, I have noticed that if I have a drink too many, I don't sleep well. Usually I sleep like a log.. 
All the more reason to lay off the stuff.
But I have 3 young children and they are my main focus and consumers of most of my time and energy. I'm looking forward to the little one's 1st day of Kindergarten (4 yrs away...) but I also need to enjoy every moment of his toddler-hood because it goes by too quickly!!!
curlylocks , 09-26-2005 02:03 PM
marbleflys , 09-26-2005 03:17 PM
redballoon , 09-26-2005 03:50 PM
Good luck on your challenge!! Who is CARLA by the way, not OUR carla, is it?
vanessa6295 , 09-26-2005 07:41 PM
it's been so so long! 
On doing 6 pushups!! They have never been my strong point. 
