I need a time out

I am not that happy with me lately. In any given week I probably do 2 or 3 things I'm proud of and 1 thing that I wish I hadn't done or had done differently. It's Wednesday morning and I've already racked up several things this week that I'm embarrassed about. And it makes me not happy with me.

One of those things really haunts me. I was in the Japanese grocery store checking my stuff out and in the next checkout line there was a young woman with a toddler and a baby and about 3 bags of groceries. She was already over loaded and trying to juggle. The clerk would not cash her check because while she had ID, she did not have her drivers license - she had left it in the car. The manager was called and he told her she would have to go back to the car. She did not pitch a fit or even get whiney. She expressed some dismay and was clearly not happy. But, she took the kids and left her groceries and went to the car to get her license.

Why in the world did I not step in and pay for her groceries with my credit card? Or my check? I could have taken her check and she could have had her groceries without the hassle. It would have been so simple for me to do and if she had turned out to be a scam artist passing bad checks, big deal. I'm guessing she wasn't and I'm so so so sorry I didn't help her.

The other things are things I said or didn't say - some on LJ - that I shouldn't have or should have said differently.

Sometimes I am just not the person I want to be. I don't want to be perfect. I am not a lot of things (super model, surgeon - just a couple that come to mind quickly). But I can be a good person and a not stupid person if I try. I just haven't tried hard enough this week.

And now I have to try triple hard or my ratio will be so bad it will take me months to recover.

I need a time out

I am not that happy with me lately. In any given week I probably do 2 or 3 things I'm proud of and 1 thing that I wish I hadn't done or had done differently. It's Wednesday morning and I've already racked up several things this week that I'm embarrassed about. And it makes me not happy with me.

One of those things really haunts me. I was in the Japanese grocery store checking my stuff out and in the next checkout line there was a young woman with a toddler and a baby and about 3 bags of groceries. She was already over loaded and trying to juggle. The clerk would not cash her check because while she had ID, she did not have her drivers license - she had left it in the car. The manager was called and he told her she would have to go back to the car. She did not pitch a fit or even get whiney. She expressed some dismay and was clearly not happy. But, she took the kids and left her groceries and went to the car to get her license.

Why in the world did I not step in and pay for her groceries with my credit card? Or my check? I could have taken her check and she could have had her groceries without the hassle. It would have been so simple for me to do and if she had turned out to be a scam artist passing bad checks, big deal. I'm guessing she wasn't and I'm so so so sorry I didn't help her.

The other things are things I said or didn't say - some on LJ - that I shouldn't have or should have said differently.

Sometimes I am just not the person I want to be. I don't want to be perfect. I am not a lot of things (super model, surgeon - just a couple that come to mind quickly). But I can be a good person and a not stupid person if I try. I just haven't tried hard enough this week.

And now I have to try triple hard or my ratio will be so bad it will take me months to recover.

And... It swivels

This is Betty yesterday evening. Keeping an eye on that Roomba is hard work. And, unless Jake decides differently, the green chair is hers.

And... It swivels

This is Betty yesterday evening. Keeping an eye on that Roomba is hard work. And, unless Jake decides differently, the green chair is hers.

random stuff

Gmail just added a feechur I've really wanted. You can now set it up to use different 'from' addresses. So now I can use Gmail to send from my gmail address or from my susandennis.com address. Very handy.

I see they have a new IM thing, too, but I really am not a huge IM fan so I'll probably leave that one alone.

I canceled my ohsolame dental insurance last month. I got an email acknowledging that it had been canceled as of 8/1. Today I discovered that they sucked out the monthly payment from my checking account. ??!! So maybe cancel means something else in the world of dental insurance.

This reminded me to call the dentist and see if they had actually paid anything. The billing person had left for the day but Devon looked at my account and said 'oh we usually wait a month before we get worried'. Look again there, Tooth Fairly, it's been 6 weeks! She is going to have the billing person call me tomorrow. I don't expect to get much but I would like to at least have the 'nofuckingway we will pay' letter. For my scrapbook. You understand.

I am only personally about 3 Feet Under. I only watch the series 6 Feet Under on DVD from Netflix. Last year's season just came out this week - Disk 1 is on the way to me. So I have been trying very hard not to watch or read or hear any spoilers from the series finale. I have heard one so far and that one isn't a shocker.

I did this with Sex and the City. Avoided all news - which wasn't easy - and finally did get to see the final season without knowing what happened.

But, also new this week on DVD is the 2nd season of ALF. I never even thought to look for the 1st season. I loved that show. I have ALF slippers and an ALF doll. I also liked Mork and Mindy and still like BBC's My Hero. But ALF was the best. So stacked up behind Six Feet Under is the first season of ALF.

random stuff

Gmail just added a feechur I've really wanted. You can now set it up to use different 'from' addresses. So now I can use Gmail to send from my gmail address or from my susandennis.com address. Very handy.

I see they have a new IM thing, too, but I really am not a huge IM fan so I'll probably leave that one alone.

I canceled my ohsolame dental insurance last month. I got an email acknowledging that it had been canceled as of 8/1. Today I discovered that they sucked out the monthly payment from my checking account. ??!! So maybe cancel means something else in the world of dental insurance.

This reminded me to call the dentist and see if they had actually paid anything. The billing person had left for the day but Devon looked at my account and said 'oh we usually wait a month before we get worried'. Look again there, Tooth Fairly, it's been 6 weeks! She is going to have the billing person call me tomorrow. I don't expect to get much but I would like to at least have the 'nofuckingway we will pay' letter. For my scrapbook. You understand.

I am only personally about 3 Feet Under. I only watch the series 6 Feet Under on DVD from Netflix. Last year's season just came out this week - Disk 1 is on the way to me. So I have been trying very hard not to watch or read or hear any spoilers from the series finale. I have heard one so far and that one isn't a shocker.

I did this with Sex and the City. Avoided all news - which wasn't easy - and finally did get to see the final season without knowing what happened.

But, also new this week on DVD is the 2nd season of ALF. I never even thought to look for the 1st season. I loved that show. I have ALF slippers and an ALF doll. I also liked Mork and Mindy and still like BBC's My Hero. But ALF was the best. So stacked up behind Six Feet Under is the first season of ALF.

Doh!

Ok, so how embarrassing is this? I got a very kind note from the dental insurance lady saying that their bank shows the transaction as a deposit - a refund. Would I please make sure it was a debit and let her know right away so she can get back with her back and fix it?

Of course, it was a DEPOST amount! When you eat crow do you have to eat the feathers, too?

Doh!

Ok, so how embarrassing is this? I got a very kind note from the dental insurance lady saying that their bank shows the transaction as a deposit - a refund. Would I please make sure it was a debit and let her know right away so she can get back with her back and fix it?

Of course, it was a DEPOST amount! When you eat crow do you have to eat the feathers, too?