The Weirdos Come Out During the Day

Now that I'm working from home, I do my errands at weird hours. It turns out that a WHOLE 'NOTHER breed of people are doing their errands too b/c they are not your typical 8-5'ers. These things have happened in the past 2 weeks. I kid you not.

PetSmart: The Humane Society was there with a bunch of foster dogs... pure bred labs, collies, etc. But OH NO - the Pit Bull was the one that everyone wanted to see. There was a man, I will call him Cletus, who had an award-winning mullet. He had even dyed the tail orange! The feathered part of top was perfectly parted down the middle and dirty blonde. He PUTS HIS HAND in the pit bull cage. The dog tries to bite him.
Cletus. "DAHAMMMMNNN, That dog ain't very friendly!"
Cletus then gets in a Dodge Ram pick-up truck with a bumper sticker that reads, "I eat Chevys, I shit Fords."

There was a woman driving on Yale in a Volvo with a bird on top of her shoulder, eating her hair.

At Food Pyramid today, I was in the self checkout line when it wouldn't ring up my Advil. The employee saunters over to help, looks at it and asks, "do you know how much this is?"
Me, "Um no. But pretty cheap."
Food Pyramid Chick sighs and examines her long purple fingernails, "Well can you go get another one for me?"
Apparently the idea of doing her job was just too daunting.

Kindness

I was starting my run at LaFortune in the park part. As usual, when it's a beautiful day, alot of the mexicans are picnicking. These two little boys (4 or 5) were obviously twins. One of them was terribly pigeon-toed...the worst case I have ever seen. Both feet. He was racing on the path with his brother -well trying to - he could only run a few steps before he had to stop. He was so determined!! And grinning from ear to ear. The other brother naturally won. He would wait for lil guy to catch up, and then they would both grin and race again. After 4 times, the 'well' brother looked back, stretched out his hand, and the lil guy caught up, held his hand and they just walked together. It brought tears to my eyes. Kindness. It's still alive and well.
They reminded me so much of the two brothers in Slumdog. If that movie doesn't win, I'm moving out of the country.

The Today Show and The Post Office

Meridith was getting a hockey lesson on the Today Show. The girl told her, "you gotta cup the puck" LMAO.

Post office workers are the butt of a lot of jokes. Well-deserved.
Yesterday I was doing a business mailing, so wanted to use my credit card. The worker shook her 6 shades of hair, and said, "we don't accept these without a signature."
Me, "Well I wrote See ID, and here's my driver's license. It's an identity theft issue."
Hair chick gives long-suffering sigh, "No. You should write your name on the back so we don't have to ask for your license."

What a waste

I don't like the word 'utilize.' It seems like such a waste. Just say the word 'use!' Life is busy enough w/o adding extra syllables for no good reason.

Things I'm Proud Of

I have accomplished the following things in the past 2 days. Which is most important?

1. I correctly assembled my scanner/copier/fax thingy
2. I hooked up my wireless scanner/copier/fax thingy
3. I am now on my new employer's server from home
4. My dog is fixed
5. I have learned that both kids need braces
6. I correctly opened the turkey lunch meat package

6. Duh.

Photography 101

On the pic below, I had another version that didn't have the vine going through the center. I stuck with this one b/c it draws your attention to the man on the path. Comparing his size to the dawn breaking through the mountaintop? Wow.

Poinsettias were growing wild outside our tea village. A perfect start to December.

On the above and the one below, I was experimenting with lighting.

This probably has 100 technical things wrong. But it's a rockin' great pic of my kid :).

This was on our old property in Broken Arrow

On the pic below, I liked how the flowers were gorgeous but had some kind of disease. It was a great example of how we all beautiful, but flawed. So what do we focus on?

My last day of unemployment has been lucky!

This is my last, official 'school day' as an unemployed person. When I went to get the paper, I noticed it was warm outside...warm enough for a long run! Instantly I'm all proud of myself. But where is my Ipod? Luke sits in the back of my car for 20 minutes as I frantically search for it. I never misplace it! It is either in my ear, my ihome or my console. I can't run 5 whole miles without my IPOD!!! Then I decide to get tough. I can do this. I will be at one with my thoughts (yuck!). I do one more search - deep in the bowels of my console, I find $100 cash!!! It was in an old envelope where I had been saving for my trip to Disney in September! YAYYYYYYYYY! AND I found 6 tubes of Clinique lipstick. I was kind of wondering where those were. Now I have enough money to BUY a new IPOD AND pretty lips!
THEN, inspiration strikes. I was wearing my jean jacket yesterday, not my coat. I screech into park (sorry Luke), run into my house and LO AND BEHOLD - the Ipod is there in my jacket! What a great day.