Is it Zahr-MEEN-uh? Once I heard it pronounced, I think I'd be fine.

I had to google Zarmina, but now I am prepared to be irritated. What complaints do people make?

I went to buy 50% off Halloween things, but everything I chose was not 50% off. GRRR.

Now I am changed for the mac school event. I delivered the round brownies that I am sure will get labeled cupcakes, whatev.

I sent off a nastygram to my mortgage company asking why if the closing was last week and I already have my pay out are they still showing my mortgage as in effect and will a balance. DOES NOT! mark that paid. Maybe I will call them now and discuss it with them in terms of getting a HELoC on the TX house since I cannot get a cash-out mortgage on it.

What complaints do people make?

I've read a lot of people complaining that it's a stupid weird name. It's a planet, people. Named after a woman. It's not like there's a huge amount of precedent.

Oh, god! I didn't make my phone call! I suck.

Still. How is it pronounced?

Huh. People are weird. It's not like he stuck a bunch of apostrophes in it or took all the vowels out.

Eta: I'm hearing it the way you speculated, Daisy. In my head, because I've only seen it in print, but I'll go with that until told differently.

So I cannot get a mortgage or a home equity loan because I have been self-employed for less than 2 years. Getting a part-time job will not help either situations, but if I got a full-time job I could get a HEL in possibly 1 day after employment and a mortgage in possibly 2 weeks. Full-time employment is not any more secure than the other 2. makes no sense. F them, I am going to make this work, because I do not want a full-time job yet.

Does anyone else in their late-30s or older remember the Walk for Mankind fundraiser marathon walks back in the 1970s? I was just talking to a coworker who is freaking out over doing her first 10K run Thanksgiving week, and mentioned doing the Walk for Mankind in junior high in the late '70s. It was a 20 mile walk, usually finished in 6-8 hours by me and whomever I was walking with, and raised money for a charity called Project Concern, which I believe was with the Jaycees.

When I googled it, I only got a few hits, surprisingly enough. I thought it was a big national thing, but maybe not?

I don't know how it's pronounced, but it doesn't make any difference to me. Astronomer's wife can pronounce her name pretty much how she wants, and he can name stuff after her all day long. It's perfectly cromulent.

Yes! I can get COBRA for two days. Or a month. Whichever. Must get that in the mail by Monday.

Scariest American haunted houses. Normally I'd think I wouldn't be impressed by haunted houses. Now I'm just thinking I wouldn't want to freak myself out. #1 sounds particularly horrible, and the one that takes an hour to get through? Or the one where you have a teeny flashlight and have to wend your way out? No sirree bob.

Cold, cranky, want to go home. Suddenly my post-work mall plans look hazy and distant.

Yes! I can get COBRA for two days. Or a month. Whichever. Must get that in the mail by Monday.

That's great.