I’m driving down the road. I’m the only person in my lane for miles. There’s a road ahead with a car waiting to turn the same direction I’m driving. They pull out in front of me.
Feb
24
I’m only buying one.
I hate products that have plural names. Glade Plugins. Swiffer Dusters. “I have to buy a Glade Plugins.” “You can clean it better with a Swiffer Dusters.”
Ok… Why.
May
07
Pinch me or kill me.
Never under any circumstances rent a U-Haul to move cross-country. Never.
Ever.
Friday and Saturday, May 2-3
The truck was really old. And gooky. And it smelled funny. And it was diesel. But I didn’t figure a stinky old diesel truck was really something you could complain about and request correction for. So I didn’t. I didn’t realise until after I bought the adapter that there wasn’t even a cigarette-lighter hole in the stupid thing. But that’s fine… No biggie. It was only going to be a convenience. Just meant that I didn’t get to talk on the phone for the whole trip, since the battery would be dead within about an hour. I wasn’t packed by Friday night, and I ended up leaving later than I had originally planned. That was fine too. I got a good night’s sleep, which is more important than leaving on time, considering if I left early on 2 hours of sleep, I’d be dead somewhere in the middle, versus leaving later on 9+ hours of sleep (or something like that) where I can make it though the whole drive at once.
Feb
20
Department of HELL.
So… I have a new found appretiation for the Department of Motor Vehicles in the state of Michigan. For my entire life, everyone has always talked about how horrendous it was go have to go to the DMV. How it was crowded, the people were rude, the lines were long and you had to wait forever. To all of you Michiganders who think they know the deal… F’koff. First off, I never had any of those problems in Michigan. I never made an effort to go at times when people wouldn’t be there, I was too lazy and unorganised for that. There were never more than 6 or 7 people and I never waited more than 20 minutes. Half the time, I walked in and the person behind the counter told me not to bother grabbing a number, and called me right up. As for rudeness? I’ve never been treated rudely at the DMV, and in fact, have always been treated very nicely. You do your thing, get a temporary paper license, and your card is mailed within 2-3 weeks.
Feb
11
The Air Conditioning War.
So… I live in Florida now. And for the first time in my life, I have central air. Which, even living in Michigan would have been a godsend. But we had hot water heating and it would have involved installing the entire venting system… So that was never going to happen. I was the only one in the house who was too hot anyway. Now I have it, and it’s wonderful. Florida temperature is a warm early summer day in Michigan in January. If I’m lucky. Often it’s 80 degrees or warmer out. (Although the other day it went from being 75 one day to being 22 the next day… And I thought Michigan weather was schizo.) Lately it’s been pretty cool out, so having the windows open has been perfect, almost cold sometimes, which is super keen, because you can always put on more clothes to get warmer… There’s only so much you can take off. But as of a weekago or so, it started warming up again. Which means turning on the AC.