Hil, I hate that. FWIW, I think the Debbie Meyer bags or whatever do help produce last longer, so you could pick those up tomorrow if you're still feeling yucky?

Buffistas are hard to resist.

Word. And I've never been out there, or met Strix, and I have other delightful friends in town I hope to see. Including B, but whatever, I actually don't care! Isn't that awesome.

In weirdness, I have had two rent checks go missing (neither reached destination nor get cashed fraudulently). One was picked up from my front porch with another check (both disappeared, though due to USPS incompetence or what I have no idea). The other one I dropped into a USPS box outside the post office with my sister's birthday card, which got to her in a few days.

I mean, WTF? My landlady moved states in between the two checks disappearing. Now, someone from the hood who knows her and why I'd be mailing her anything might have grabbed the first, but no one cashed it for weeks and weeks. And how did the other disappear? This is one reason I was looking into different ways to pay her. I'm going to talk to my bank on Friday, and otherwise I guess I'll start sending them certified mail? Thank heavens J is a friend and understanding and not in desperate need of my rent (she still hasn't cashed July's check).

smonster, could you pay her through your bank's bill pay?

ugh, that's worrying, smonster.

And Hil, sorry to hear you are feeling poorly.

Ugh, smonster, that's close to why I switched to online bill pay for rent (until I started paying mortgage). My crummy property management company "misdirected" my check TWICE. The second time was after I had started online bill pay and I was able to clearly see exactly when it had been credited to them...and eventually they realised that yes, they had taken my rent money and just applied to someone else's account. Awesome. I hated that company. Anyways. Stop checks, make new payment arrangments.

IOMeN, i totally love my chiropractor. Love love love her. I hobbled into her office after a day on crutches that left me with brutal bruises on my ribs the insides of my upper arms (which bugs fundamentally, because I was on crutches many many times as a child, 6 months at age 11, and was a total rockstar with the things. Apparently crutches are one of the many things that are just waaay easier to deal with when you are young, have strong shoulders, and don't have to wear a bra against which the crutches are going to grate.) Marvelous chiro looked askance at the bruises on my arms, did exam, confirmed sprain, told me to take back the crutches and never speak of them again (ptooey). Much more reasonable advisement of continued PRICE, nice solid ankle brace for a cuple weeks, and then back to the physical rehab for stability and strength. Plus a rather comprehensive adjustment. It's funny how with ankle and hip hurting like WHOA I did not realise how much my back was also hurting until it stopped.

I also love arnica. Looking forward to night off tomorrow, soaking in a hot epsom salt bath and then generously slathering myself with arnica gel. Mmmmm.

I've made it to the theatre. Approximately five minutes till Attenborough.

Yay Attenborough time!!!!!

Super fun thing about working for 911 in the same area where I live? Today there was a foot pursuit in my neighborhood! I could see from the GPS's in the cop cars that one was parked directly across the street from my house and a sgt was parked 1 hs north of mine. Then I followed the call avidly, because they were tracking w/ a k9 in the alley behind my house which is rife with outdoor cats and very very barky dogs and chicken coops. Apparently the k9 set off the barky barky dogs and then stumbled upon the chicken coop (it was dark). I was almost in hysterics imagining all those officers in that horrid little unkempt alleyway. And very glad that mah kitties are indoors and not being terrified by the PoPo stomping around.

I believe my coffee is broken.

It doesn't wake me up nor motivate me to work.

Boo, coffee. Boo.

smonster, could you pay her through your bank's bill pay?

See, I've never used a bank bill pay system before. Can someone explain how it works? Do they cut her a paper check and mail it? Is there a transfer?

erin, so glad your chiro gave you better recommendations.

Looking forward to the Attenborough recap.

I believe my coffee is broken.

It doesn't wake me up nor motivate me to work.

Shir, perhaps there is some kind of worldwide coffee strike? Mine is also not functioning as advertised.

True tales from the headset:

I ask for descriptions. A lot. Today I asked for a clothing description: "what's he wearing? what color shirt or jacket?" Caller: "it's a very summery gay ensemble, that's the only way I can describe it. Light and fluffy. " I start cracking up, just a little.

Smonster, my online payment option for the rental company (or anyone not having an online account) is that my bank cuts a paper check and mails it off...and then keeps impeccable records of when it is recieved, when cashed/deposited, etc.