Things As Usual

Recently, I had a small run-in with a spider in my bedroom. I was on the phone with P&AF (he works nights, so he calls on his break), and I was sorting the laundry. And all of a sudden I saw a huge spider climb across my hand on the laundry. It didn't seem to be a poisonous spider, but it was really big. It filled up the entire bottom part of a pint glass. I screamed, a big terrified, startled scream. And P&AF had no response. He sat on the other end of the phone line and said nothing, as if for some reason the phone failed and didn't manage to carry my scream through.

And I was like, "What the h***? You hear me scream and you don't even mention it?"

This is the second recent occasion of the screaming on the phone with P&AF, as I was also taken by surprise by a group of feral cats at a B of A atm on a night not so long ago. On that occasion, he also ignored the scream.

Anyway, P&AF says, "What? I didn't know you screamed. I thought it was an alarm or something."

Because that would be normal....alarms are always randomly going off in our house.

I ultimately did manage to capture the spider and release him outside. That was how I knew he was the size of the mouth of a pint glass. I generally don't like to kill spiders, but I am always tempted in Las Vegas. I think maybe it will rain if I just smoosh them. But, after all, my spider reverence wins out.

Bad Purchase Timing

After completing my thesis prospectus meeting, I decided that I would reward myself by purchasing a bag that I had been admiring for a month or so. Of course, after I actually had the meeting, I wasn't even in the mood to make the purchase for a couple weeks. I felt like I had so much more to do; I didn't feel as accomplished as I had hoped. Anyway, one day I decided that I fulfilled the requirements, and I ought to be able to purchase the bag. I went to the website, customized my bag, and clicked "confirm" to make my purchase.

The next day, I received a notice in my email that my student loan was coming out of deferrment. I immediately regretted the purchased of the bag. Doesn't that just figure?

I explained the situation to VBG.

Her response...

"Yes, you should have bought it. Money comes and goes."

And Now I'm A Finance

I just thought part of this email was pretty funny.

Hello Matthew,

I look forward to meeting you and your finance, Maryse ,at our store so that we can over the perks of registering at Macy's, return policy and completion process.