the day after...

november 3rd.

the day after election day and i woke up disappointed.

i pretty much expected the outcome.

the republicans took over the house.  luckily the democrats retained control of the senate.

apparently people have forgotten that the president cannot move mountains.  he was not given a magic wand when he took office.  how could he completely change the country, the economy, health care, etc in less than 2 years??  especially after the previous 8 years under george w. bush.

be realistic people.

give it time, give him a chance.

people seem to forget the many things he actually has done.

perhaps they do not even know or care to know.

please watch and listen.

footloose

foot.

feet.

pain.

i've had chronic foot pain since the 9th grade.  

every step i've taken since then has hurt to some degree.

granted, it has varied over the years but it still sucks.

i've seen so many foot doctors over the years hoping for a cure but it has yet to happen.  

i saw another one last week and i'm hoping he's the one.

after x-rays he determined i had a heel spur you could hang coats off of.

lovely.

it's gotten so bad and inflamed that i have a list of things i have to do and then if that doesn't work....surgery.

i was given a ton of information, waited around a lot and had foot molds made.

and then.... i was given this to sleep in.

seriously?!  am i being punished?! 

bad day, beautiful sunset...

from bad to worse...

that describes my day.

i rolled over in bed this morning to find my sister's golden retriever heavily panting and acting weird.

it was 5am.

even though she is weird to begin with, this was extremely weird for her.

i figured she needed to go out.  i got up, opened the door and she ran faster than i've ever seen her run.

yep, she got sick.

a big ol' pile of sick.

at least it wasn't in the house...

and of course i tried to go back to sleep but my sister's lab wouldn't leave me alone.  his tail, that i swear, is made of lead would not stop beating on everything.  so no sleep.

decided to run some quick errands before showering.

bad idea.

i pulled over to answer the phone because my hands-free thing wouldn't work.  talked a bit and responded to 2 emails.

then i went to crank my car.

nothing but clicking.  dead battery.

SHIT.

why!??!

the battery is 2 years old.

then i realized i'd left the lights on and the gps plugged in while i pulled over.  ugh...

since i do not have AAA anymore on my car, i looked them up on my iphone.  called a number that kept giving me the runaround with the "press 1 for..... press 2 for ...." crap.

finally, someone answered.

i explained that i wanted to sign up and get my car jump started.

after a million questions and giving him my info, he said he needed to transfer me to new accounts.

what part of I WANTED TO SIGN UP FOR AAA DIDN'T HE UNDERSTAND??

put on hold and transferred to another annoying "press 1....".

finally another person.  repeated the same info.

disconnected.

WTF?!?

called back.

more "press 1 for ..." crap.

finally another person.  repeated the same info.

she said they had transferred me to the california AAA.  i needed the oregon/idaho one.

WTF AGAIN?!?

i was beginning to think no one was listening.

called back.

more "press 1 for ..." crap.

finally another person.  repeated the same info. 

DISCONNECTED AGAIN.

i was flipping out at this point.  it went on like this for awhile before i finally left an angry message for some supervisor.

back to square 1.

walked down the highway to a service station.  

waited a while and was told they couldn't help.

kept walking to another.

waited forever while the dude was on the phone.

he said it would be $55 for a jump and i'd have to wait till his partner came back.  

fine.

i had to walk further down the road to the ATM to get cash.

hitchhiked back.

finally lady arrives back.  she agrees to give me a ride to my car and jump it for me.

a ridiculously long story....blah blah blah...it cranked.  and i'm out $55 and 3 hours.

made it home.

more sick dog.  

more annoyances.

curtains keep falling down in bedroom.  they are too heavy for the rod.

cleaned the shower and proceeded to scrape my knuckles across the rusty shower knob and bled everywhere.

broke the toilet seat when i tried to tighten the screws again.  broke the cheap plastic bolts right off the seat.  had to buy another one.

that's enough for now....

needless to say the day has not gone how i had planned.

do over?