The meanest little man in the world

Today I had the unforunate luck of speaking with the rudest old man. I need a substitute to work my Thursday night meeting and I called this lady that had trained me and worked with me at the beginning. She told me to call her anytime and she would sub if she could. So today I called her for the first time. Here's how it went down:

Gargamel: Hello?
Me: Hi, is Pat there?
Gargamel: Who?
Me: Pat?
Gargamel: (Silence..........)Hello?
Me: Is Pat there?
Gargamel: (Silence......)
Me: Can you hear me?
Gargamel: (Silence.......) Who are you calling for?......Dumbass
and then he hung up on me.

I was flabergasted. So I called back.
Gargamel: Hello?
Me: Hi, is Pat there?
Gargamel: No.
Me: Well may I leave her a message please?
Gargamel: Okay
Me: My name is romaniancracker and I work with her for Weight Watchers. I was in need of a sub and if she could just...
Gargamel: What night?
Me: Thursday.
Gargamel: NO she can't do it, she works all day.
Me: Okay...... thanks...oh and thanks for calling me a dumbass! click.

why did he answer for her? who the hell was this guy? and what crawled up his butt and died? I don't understand. I am so freaking nice to everyone I meet. I treat all strangers as though they are an old friend and sometimes I just get shit on. It's not fair. Corina was going thru something similar today. She didn't talk to some jerk of an old man but she was feeling shit on cause she's so nice. I told her we would start a club. Then our friend Dave came in from IT dept and he was having a similar day as well. I told him to join our club and he could be treasurer. Then we all high-fived.

Welcome home Hank

I realize it's fuzzy but he's tiny and my cell is like half a mega pixel at best.


I was parked right next to the Glendale Arena. It was probably 500 yards away.

can't even see past the lamp

Been a pretty dull couple of weeks. Haven't had too much to report. Sorry I go thru blogging slumps sometimes. This week Chloe learned how to jump on to the coffee table and take things. It's deliteful, especially when she knocks over a drink Chad left on the table first thing this morning for me to clean up while I'm still cleaning the sleep from my eyes. She took off with my checkbook weeks ago and I have yet to find it. I guess I should call and report my credit cards missing. She's not a bad dog. She's just so hyper even though Chad walks her daily. They're not even short walks. We're talking like at least an hour or more. This too shall pass...I just gotta be patient. Shadow went thru it as well. She used to chew on my shoes and any piece of paper she could fit in her mouth. To add to my punishment I bought a turtle off this guy on the side of the road for $20 We named him Hank. He's teeny tiny and will only grow to about the size of my palm. We've always wanted a turtle to roam around our back yard but Hank is a water turtle so he's living it up in this awesome tank we furnished for him. Chad wants to hold him and pet him and squeeze him.



I forgot to post these pics of this wicked crazy bad storm we had a week ago. I took them on my cell.

We had a great time in Vegas, as always. Chad and I went and saw Mysteré at Treasure Island and that was pretty sweet. Jen and I had a spa day and I put a bikini on for the first time in a year and not to toot my own horn but I was not embarrassed to walk around the pool, for the first time in like 6 years. The Belagio (my favorite spot) had a beautiful spring display (see pics below) made entirely out of plants and flowers and they also had an atrium with butterflies (I think atrium is correct.) The entire hotel smelled of spring flowers, it was so nice. We saw the new Wynn hotel and I didn't see what all the fuss was about. Not better than the Belagio in my eyes. After Mysteré we found the Carnegie Deli (like the one in NY and had dinner) then ended up walking back to our hotel cause we're cheap. It would have cost us $10 to drive less than a mile. I had no cash on me and refused to give in to the ATM bastards that wanted to charge a $4 service fee. Chad was running low on funds so we decided to walk as far as my feet would take us and somehow ended up going the entire way back. I walked in heels. I don't walk in heels, at least not gracefully or comfortably. Treasure Island is right in the middle of the strip and we stayed at Excalibur. The wind was also blowing like a motha and I had so much sand in my eyes and teeth you'd think I was an ostrich. It was Jennifer's bday on Tuesday. We tried to make it fun for her but I am an old lady and have no stamina for late nights or loud clubs. I hope I didn't ruin your day Jen. We all gambled a bit. I put in $40 and lost all of it as usual. I tried roulette for the first time. I tried the LOST numbers 3 times in a row and they dind't work and I was sad. All in all a good trip though. I love Vegas, can't wait to go back.

Las Vegas slide show (still in progress)

your parents don't love you

I won't have children. I just don't want any. Chad doesn't want any either so we're meant for eachother. I am realistic in this. But my dogs are my children. They're my less hassle, live less time children. I've had Shadow since she was a year old. My mom got her cause she felt sorry for her cause her owners were about to send her to the pound cause they couldn't keep her anymore. She's really my mom's dog that I inherited. She's 13 (91 in dog years.) I love her. She's obedient and super low maintance. She's been a wonderful companion over the years. I got Chloe cause I know Shadow only has a few years left and eventually I would be all alone again. Don't get me wrong, Chad is still alive and kicking and we still love eachother and all that nonsense. But he works a lot, and mostly at night. I have a lot of free time on my hands. So Chloe is basically Shadow's replacement. Tonight, while I waited for her to pee in the back yard she did something so cute. I picked her up and loved her for awhile. Shadow came over for her attention and as much as I love her I think that we both give Chloe way more attention cause she's the cute baby. I have to force myself to give Shadow attention sometimes cause I don't want her to feel left out or less loved. She is not less loved but she certainly isn't the favorite anymore. We've been together so long that we are comfortable just being owner and dog. I love her a lot but her novelty wore off when Chloe moved in. It's only natural that the new member of the family will get more love and attention.
I am an only child. I feel sorry about that sometimes, but mostly fortunate that I didn't have to share my mom's love with anyone else. I am a scorpio.
Tonight it got me thinking about everyone I know who has a sibling (which is pretty much everyone I know other than Lincoln.) All my friends tell me that their brother and/or sister is their parent's favorite, especially when they're the oldest. Tonight, while loving on my baby puppy I realized that yeah, all my friends are probably right. I set up a bit of a pole to see what you all think.

I need a bahamvention...but this will hold me for a week

Detroit skyline with a snow storm blowing in from behind.
It really is a shit hole. That's Canada on the left.
This morning before I left at the front door. It was 29°


Me hanging out with my buddy Eminem in his old neck of the woods. I didn't bring a winter coat so I had to wear the old ladies coat. Aren't I stylish?
Emimen seems to think so.

Flew in from Detroit today and boy are my arms tired. long flight. very uneventful week. did minimal sight seeing and very little else. I slept in, ate a lot of good home cooking and watched a lot of TV. Aunt Lucy doesn't own a car and I considered renting a car but it snowed for much of my trip and I wasn't going to learn to drive in the snow in the in a new city full of one-way streets. plus I'm cheap so it all worked out. Amy came to see me on Wednesday which was a treat cause it was unexpected and good to see an old friend. It was a short visit cause it was on a whim while she and Ryan picked up their new car like 30 miles from Aunt Lucy's house, so it was a happy coincidence. Aunt Lucy is very under technologized so I haven't had any access to internet. Please do enjoy my photos. This will hold me until Vegas next week. Woo!!! I can't wait.