Dang Dry Cleaners

So yesterday I made my quarterly visit to the dry cleaners as I do not usually have that much stuff to dry clean. And my bill ended up being like $90, ok $86.50 but still. What the heck I thought? Had I missed something?? Didn't it used to be $1.99 any garment, well not anymore. And I know I am not the only one who has notcied this drastic price increase in dry cleaners as many of my friends have commented on it. Yeah, I did drop off a lot of shit... a comforter, like 7 sweaters, 2 pants, and 2 shirts, but still?? And when did shirts turn into sweaters? She charged me sweater price on a few of my shirts. And its not like I am going to be, well nevermind, I think I'll shop around. It's one of those things where they know that you aren't going to go elsewhere, so why not jack up prices, ya know? Whatever, I guess I should not wait so long next time to visit the cleaners??

Soldiers

Everyone morning I turn on my computer and read the news for the day via my yahoo home page. And it is starting to get to me that everyday it seems that the lead story is about the war and those who had died fighting. It really is starting to hit home with me as my cousin is serving over in Germany right now. This war is a serious thing, a thing that many of us forget about as we go on day by day. She is over there treating and healing our wounded soliders. While, I am over here deciding what I want to do for my friday night. Today happens to be my cousins birthday and she just emailed me to say she is spending the day working, taking care of 5 soldiers who were wounded by a suicide bomber. Can you imagine spending your birthday like that? It makes me realize how lucky I am. Lucky to live in a country where prople stand up and fight for us and our freedom. Without these wonderful soldiers, where would we be? It makes me realize that things that I think are important or things that I stress over, just don't seem so important anymore. What is important is gettnig back our soldiers alive and well.

A crazy orange cat named Taylor

I thought that getting a cute orange cat would be so much fun. She would just be a cute cat who sits on your lap...not my cat.... she's insane! Taylor is a crazy orange female cat which I've been told is rare in itself as most orange cats are male, whom I've had for a year now. So far this cat has used up numerous of her lives. Let's see where do I start, well the first instance was the most crazy. The dang cat somehow swallowed a dime, yes that is correct a dime. And let me tell you it cost a pretty penny to remove this dime that had gotten stuck inside my cat. I plan on framing this costly dime. In the mean time, Taylor has figured out how to hunt and has brought me a couple of fun presents. Which would normally be fine, but this rodents have been alive half the time... lets see first it was a bird, which started flying around my house feathers flying as Taylor looks on proud of her doing. Then, it was another bird, this one not so lucky, but she proceeds to bring it upstairs and leave it by my bedroom, great thing to wake up too huh?? And the latest hunt was a bat, a bat that was still alive and making bat noises. Have you ever heard of a cat catching a bat before?? I mean come on. Needless to say, Taylor no longer has use of the doggie door in which she figured was there to bring in her prizes to me. Well, now the cat has done it again and she either was bit by something or fell on something and has a open wound on her stomach. And I have to now give her antibotics by mouth twice a day, and this is not an easy thing, let me tell you! It has actually become quite a process, she's smartened up and knows when I am coming at her with a towel (to hold her) that it's medicine time. I mean if anyone saw me running after my cat with a towel in one hand and a dropper in the other hand, they'd think I was insane. It actually makes me laugh, because this stuff always happens to me, only my cat would do this... what was I thinking getting a crazy orange cat?? All I have to say is she's lucky she's cute!

Bitter Single People

Have you ever known that friend that is just bitter as can be about being single?? I mean I don't know about you, but I am ok with the fact that I am still single. Yeah, don't get me wrong, its not like I want to be single forever or anything, but heck I am only 25, ok almost 26, but still? I know that there is a reason for everything. So, my attituide is good things come to those who wait, you know? But its really hard to have that attitude when hanging around those bitter types. My friend states that she is getting closer and closer to 30 and what if she never finds anyone?? Who thinks like that? I mean I understand being scared to be alone or whatever, but come on you need to think positively about life or you will never get anywhere. She then proceeds to inform me that all of our friends met their men in college and we didn't... and I just don't think like that at all. And yeah, we had just been to a wedding when this friend and I were out, so yeah she was in that mode. But, I was just happy as can be for my friend who had gotten married and here my bitter friend is going off about never finding anyoone. It was such a downer. I stick to my orginial thought, good things come to those who wait!!

Did I say how much I hate hotels?

Ok, so I have to talk about my drama with dealing with the Mark Hopkins Hotel in SF. May, I say that this is a very nice hotel in the Nob Hill area in SF... yet I have never had as much drama then I had dealing with them. I booked rooms through the website for my roomate Natasha's Bachelorette party and boy was that a big mistake!!! I thought by advance purchasing my rooms it would be easier, NO, it so wasn't! After I returned I checked my credit card statement and long behold they had charged my card with these random charges. The damn hotel just could not get it through their head that I had already paid for my rooms! So, I kinda of had a feeling that this would happen. And I have been dealing with a nice man in accounting named Tony ever since. And he swears stuff like this never happens... so I had to inform him that this stuff always happens to me, so I am totally not suprised! And by now Tony and I are on a first name basis. But, Tony just could not seem to understand either, how hard is it?? I had already paid for my rooms then you charged me all of these random charges anyway! Hello, should I speak spanish perhaps?? I mean at this point Tony must have thought I was crazy, we had talked back and forth so many times it wasn't even funny. Finally, after numerous calls back and forth I think it has finally been settled. But, ahhh I informed Tony that this internet advance purchase thing ended up being more work than its worth. And he informed me that he hoped I would stay at the Hark Hopkins again, I laughed & told him I would perhaps, but would NEVER advance purchase my rooms again!!!! And they say this internet advance purchase is so easy...

We'll see

Well, I am not quite sure what the heck I have to write about, but we'll see. I've had such random luck lately that I thought I'd share my random thoughts with whomever would like to read.