Say it here cause you can't say it directly- the get it off your chest thread (Part 1)

We survived what felt like one of the rainiest week’s ever on Grand Cayman. 6 people, one 2 br condo, and only real drama was related to a jellyfish sting.
Now we’ve come home to more rain, including historic Ellicott City flooding terribly again.

Dear Tim Cook,

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - your autocorrect sucks. Yes, I really did mean to type “percentile;” if I wanted to type “erectile,” I would have done so.

Pet peeve: I just can’t stomach the term “tippy top” - it’s just so ostentatious. No idea why or when someone decided it should be “a thing”.

Well I might have phrased that differently. But then you are the person I’ve always known.

It’s a good thing my husband is so much nicer than I. Because I would never do this favor for you.

Hmmm, I’ve been unemployed for less than a week and the calls for “help” are already starting to come in. Does unemployed = I am available at your beck and call for whatever odd thing you might need? I don’t think so, I’m a little busy trying to find a job and when I’m not, I’m sucking up the sunshine because I’m quite sure I won’t find a job with the 6 weeks vacation I’ve built up in 30 years. Two weeks of time off is really gonna stink.

You’re not a doctor, you’re a hair colorist. Keeping your clients waiting more than two or three minutes past their appointment is ridiculous. This is now the fourth time you’ve done this to me. I’m so glad I was walking out just as you were walking in, 20 minutes late. You’ve lost a customer for good, and I was delighted to tell you that. No, a discount next time won’t make up for it. My time is more important than my money.

ETA: I really am steaming over this. Writing this here didn’t calm me down in the least.

The left lane is for PASSING and for FASTER moving traffic. It’s not a new law and it’s not complicated.

I’m secretly happy you’re attending a school with a huge gender imbalance. I know you’re both too young to think long term but my child is sooo in love!

Feeling just a little better today about humanity. Well done for making the right decision, grown ups!

Huh. The first time I’ve ever emailed a network, and fifteen minutes later I hear the news. Either I’m the most influential writer ever, or…

Better to remain silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt…Abraham Lincoln

Bless your heart

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Express Scripts, You are the Worst Company Ever. You said you shipped the pills; tracking from DHL said Delivered by USPS. It was in fact never delivered. Then you said, Not our problem. Called you back 3 days later and nice agent said, OK, I’ll have it reshipped. Till she said No, now it’s Expired. No amount of logic, loud or otherwise got through to this robot that it was THEIR fault. I renewed it ON TIME. She just didn’t get it.

Luckiest thing is that I found out by accident that now that I’m on Medicare, I do not have to be chained to this evil company any more. Express Scripts, bye bye. Such a relief. Thankful for small mercies.

So your kid appropriates the same , exact EC activity as the one my kid originated the previous year, and you have the nerve to tell me how she created it all from scratch, and how it helped her get into a top tier school, the one you’ve been aiming for all her life. Unbelievable.

Today I went to Target to get that “spend 20$ in meat/deli to get 5$ gift card,” but instead I see a big fat 5$ discount coupon on chuck roast, which brought down the unit price to 3.68$/lb! Boy, aren’t I lucky.

After today’s very complete physical at an Asian wellness clinic at a fraction of the cost, I am not going like going back to stateside medical care when we have to.

While I’m thrilled we get to go to Lebanon and South Africa in June, I’m not looking forward to the 53 total hours of flying!!

Tip to flyers: compression stockings! You can buy knee-highs in any chain pharmacy.

Well, that was a waste of time. You should have given us instructions before we came to the appointment. Driving 40 minutes each way only to be told to come back tomorrow is not my idea of fun.

Why would an engineering program require so many liberal arts classes (Spanish, philosophy, literature, history, etc.) I know…I know…you want your students well-rounded. Well, when they compete against other schools for medical school all that matters is grades and a lot of math science guys will never be good at English and writing 10 papers in a semester. Hopefully, Phd programs and medical schools will notice the A’s in molecular genetics and organic chemistry and not the C or B in philosophy.