What's in a Name?

So I call the dumb "RMV" (as it's not DMV in Massachusetts, they wanted to be different).

I was on hold for about 15-20 minutes yesterday and finally just had to hang up.

Then I called this morning. Was on hold for 10 minutes.

They said I had to go into an office.
"I do?"
"Yes... you have to go to the office."
"I can't just mail the form in?"
"No you need to go to the office... You need to take a new picture?"

Now why the HELL would I need to take a new picture just because my name was changed? Massachusetts really sucks ass sometimes.

Cat's out of the bag!!

A friend of mine is "with child".

It was a secret... but I received an email over the weekend.

...So there was a Thanksgiving mishap this year at my house and my bro-in-law let the cat out of the bag in front of all of my visiting relatives. Needless to say that in a short while my whole family will know that I am pregnant so I have begun the phone calls. Of course you already knew. I called [your brother in law] this evening (his comment to [my husband] was "now your life is going to be over") and will continue to spread the news. So no need to be careful anymore (although I appreciated the discretion)...

This is very exciting for me. I know people who have kids and women that are pregnant but no one that is a close friend.

She told me how fun it would be if we were both pregnant. But I think we decided I'd have a kid when she's ready for her second baby.

I hope her baby likes me. I love little babies. They don't do much and you can talk to them about anything. All you really have to do is hold them and rock them (and feed them/change their diaper).

How wonderful...

The Ol' Switcharoo

I went to Macy's last night and bought a pair of boots. They were a bit expensive ($90), well I suppose cheap compared to most boots, but more than I usually spend on a pair of shoes. I asked the guy at the desk if they were on sale and he assured me that they were not. Anyway, I'm still deciding on them, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep them. I tried them on with a skirt and with jeans and my husband even agreed that they looked cool.

So I went to macys.com today so I could show a friend what my boots looked like and I found them. Except they're on sale! Even with shipping and handling they're $65! If it was a small difference I wouldn't care, but it's a $25 difference and I think that's a big deal. So that's easy right? I'd buy my boots online and return the ones I bought yesterday.

Of course it wouldn't be that easy. They don't have my size/color online. Okay, well I'll just order a different size and same color. And then return the ones from the online store to the store. And it's not like I'm wearing the ones I'm returning... so that definitely makes it okay, right? For some reason I feel bad, but I feel as though I shouldn't have to pay the full price if it's on sale... not to mention the fact that it's only been 15 hours since I bought them!!!

Have you ever done the switcharoo?

Magic Medicine

Sunday was one of the worst days ever.

I was puking all day. From morning until 7 pm. I couldn't eat anything. I'd vomit everything, including WATER. I tried eating simple things like toast and soup. I'd be able to keep it in for 10 minutes if even. Then even when I didn't eat anything I'd vomit. I almost wanted to eat something so I was just puking bile and acid. Horrible. My husband had a flight to catch. He ended up pushing it back to Monday morning. I'm thankful for that.
He even called his father and told him about what was happening. My father-in-law prescribed some medicine.

If I've ever had a magic pill in my life, then that was it. I believe it was called zofran.

I finally was able to eat. For the past two days my throat has been killing me. All that puking did a number on my poor throat. I sound like a smoker every time I speak.

I dont know what happened to me that day. But I looked it up and found an article on Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS).

There's a part in that article that says "Most people can identify a specific condition or event that triggered an episode. The most common trigger is an infection. Another, often found in children, is emotional stress or excitement, often from a birthday or vacation, for example." I find that amusing since it HAPPENED to be my birthday... but somehow I don't think that was quite the reason. Anyway it's over now.

Thanks to the magic pill.

Needy People

Do you have any friends who just ask you too many questions when you invite them out? I mean so many questions that you just don't want to invite them out next time around but you feel kind of sorry for them. It's almost because they're too dependent on you, but you're not really close to them at all.

There's this girl I know and maybe I get annoyed to easily, but especially if she's not even coming by herself then she should just get there and I'll see her there.

But she needs to know exact timeline... to the minute. And if I'm not there at that minute she'll call and see where I am. Maybe if we were really good friends, or considered friends at all. I mean we just chat once in a while. I didn't even invite her to my wedding OR reception.

And then she's kind of a bore with people around. I mean she hates too many people and she's a closet snob. She thinks EVERY guy that talks to her is hitting on her and she says how he's not this or that, hot or educated, blah blah. I mean get over yourself.

But she's nice to me. And like I said I feel kind of bad because I don't think she has too many friends.

Well that's all I have to say about her.

Most Delicious Frozen Burritos

So there I was in my cube during lunch hour... It was yet another day when there was absolutely nothing tempting about the cafeteria. I had bought some sort of roasted veggie salad which had become part ice in the refrigerator. So I peeked into the small freezer and lo and behold I had put a frozen burrito in there a little while back. I almost forgot about it!

From the title of my post, I can imagine what you're probably thinking... that I had found the most delicious burrito. But you're wrong. In fact it was probably one of the most boring burritos I've ever had. As I sat there waiting for it to warm up in the microwave I recalled memories of my childhood and delicious frozen burritos. My mom used to buy these frozen Old El Paso bean and cheese burritos. They were delicious. I'd warm them up in the microwave and then fry them on a pan, but the insides, the mix of spices and beans and cheese were so good. Old El Paso frozen burritos. Sometimes my mom would buy a whole bunch at once... so we'd be stocked up!!

Anyway, there I was eating a boring burrito and wondering why I never ate those delicious burritos anymore. Where did they go? Well I thought to myself these days you can find ANYTHING online. So I searched, googled, amazon-ed, ebay-ed?!! anything to give me some information.
In my quest to find them I came across
someone who shared the same passion for these burritos. He says they are no longer made. He even emailed Old El Paso to get them reinstated.

I hope one day that somebody can make frozen burritos like Old El Paso used to make.
They were absolutely the most delicious frozen burritos I've ever had.

Compensation and Crazy People

Compensation and Crazy People

Seriously... what has this world come to?

I talked to a friend of mine today. And told me a story of a guy donating his sperm to two women. They wanted to have a baby together (but couldn't for obvious reasons). They ended up breaking up, but one of them still had the baby. The sued the guy for child support and the court made him pay.
I dont know how true this story is... but I wouldn't doubt it.

Especially after that woman with the coffee at McDonald's.