I don't really love carrying extra cards around in my wallet, or having a store track everything I purchase, but I do enjoy getting those rewards. Then I get receipts like this:
Item 1: Round Steak 3.04
Item 2: Franz Bread 2.50
Item 3: Tlmk Cheese 5.99
sale price on cheese -2.00
meat reward coupon -2.00
bread reward coupon -2.00
general reward coupon -5.50
tax 0.00
balance 0.03
cash 0.03
change 0.00
And now we're having steak tonight!
27 April 2010
What I Love About Home
I love waking up to bright sunshine, then watching the wind tearing through the trees outside my window. Sunshine turns dark gray and the rain hitting the rooftop roars, drowning out the voices on the speakerphone. In minutes the rain is soft and gentle, soaking the entire world. And then the sunshine is back, bringing some blue sky with it.
23 April 2010
A little late
It's a little late for me to complain to the restauraunt, but I just noticed this... Last July I spent under $10 on my lunch at the Azteca in Southcenter. The service was really poor - very, very slow even when the place wasn't busy, and the food wasn't that good either. So I left a $1.50 tip on my credit card bill - it was between 15-20%, so I wasn't being really stingy, just not super generous. But they rung it up as a $2.00 tip. Really? They'd lie, cheat, and steal for 50 cents? Lame.
Okay, vent over. I feel better.
Okay, vent over. I feel better.
17 April 2010
Really?
I thought I was done with the ER for a while, but no. Evidently I'm having, in addition to everything else, vertigo.
Vertigo is the kind of dizzy feeling where the world spins around you, especially in my case when I change the position of my head. Something to do with crystals in the ears getting down into the part of the ear that deals with balance ... they gave me reading material to learn all about it.
The ER, after checking me over and giving me a CAT scan, just treated the dizziness and they hope it goes away in 3-5 days. Follow up with primary care physician, etc. All in all, not so bad. Except for falling down twice early this morning because I couldn't keep my balance enough to walk 3-4 steps.
Is this really happening? They don't even think it's related to the other medical stuff - just happened to occur now. I'm not sure if I really believe that, but if it just goes away I will be happy.
Vertigo is the kind of dizzy feeling where the world spins around you, especially in my case when I change the position of my head. Something to do with crystals in the ears getting down into the part of the ear that deals with balance ... they gave me reading material to learn all about it.
The ER, after checking me over and giving me a CAT scan, just treated the dizziness and they hope it goes away in 3-5 days. Follow up with primary care physician, etc. All in all, not so bad. Except for falling down twice early this morning because I couldn't keep my balance enough to walk 3-4 steps.
Is this really happening? They don't even think it's related to the other medical stuff - just happened to occur now. I'm not sure if I really believe that, but if it just goes away I will be happy.
15 April 2010
Out of Practice
I feel like I've forgotten how to blog. I read my friends' blogs, and even their facebook posts, and I think "why don't I have anything to say?"
Maybe it's just because I'm so out of practice. Maybe it's because so much of my recent time has been spent wondering/worrying/thinking about medical things that I kind of feel like aren't the best things to share all the time (I mean, who really wants to hear that my most recent INR was 2.8, which is great?). Maybe it's the medication (ok, really I just like to blame all of my brain freezes and things on the pain-killers that the doctor said I may be taking for months depending on how long my back hurts). Maybe it's just the normal self-doubts that anyone has about how interesting I really can be - after so long without a blog post, I feel like I have to make some kind of great post, or dramatic statement.
Oh well, I am who I am. And if the most exciting parts of my week are (a) having cute matching rugs in my kitchen, (b) driving safely to work and getting to see my friends there, (c) meeting a neighbor when I was out walking yesterday, (d) finishing my taxes - huzzah!, and (e) finding Cadbury Eggs on the post-Easter sale; well, so be it. That's not really a bad week.
Sooner or later I'm actually going to have pictures again to make the blog more interesting. Probably later. :)
Maybe it's just because I'm so out of practice. Maybe it's because so much of my recent time has been spent wondering/worrying/thinking about medical things that I kind of feel like aren't the best things to share all the time (I mean, who really wants to hear that my most recent INR was 2.8, which is great?). Maybe it's the medication (ok, really I just like to blame all of my brain freezes and things on the pain-killers that the doctor said I may be taking for months depending on how long my back hurts). Maybe it's just the normal self-doubts that anyone has about how interesting I really can be - after so long without a blog post, I feel like I have to make some kind of great post, or dramatic statement.
Oh well, I am who I am. And if the most exciting parts of my week are (a) having cute matching rugs in my kitchen, (b) driving safely to work and getting to see my friends there, (c) meeting a neighbor when I was out walking yesterday, (d) finishing my taxes - huzzah!, and (e) finding Cadbury Eggs on the post-Easter sale; well, so be it. That's not really a bad week.
Sooner or later I'm actually going to have pictures again to make the blog more interesting. Probably later. :)
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