Is there something going on in the universe? Did some planets fall out of orbit of something? The last few days have been just crazy. It kind of started when my mother and her husband arrived for a visit. We waited for months and months to get her a new cell phone because we wanted to go together and make sure they got what they needed. We scoped it all out ahead of time and were assured there would be no problem getting the phone they wanted. Nope, it was out of stock at every AT&T store in the area. Hubby ordered it online and they promised it would be here before Mother her husband left. Nope. It came the day after they left. Hubby tried to change the shipping address, but they wouldn't do it. So I took it today to be shipped. US Post Office says it will "probably" be there by Friday (new deadline - really NEEDS to be there). I took that deal because it was only $7.60, and then Mother says she doesn't trust their crappy post office. I went back to the post office and an incredibly helpful, nice lady found the box and gave it back to me. I'm quite sure that was against the rules, but bless her heart! I took it to UPS, where for the low, low price of $26.90 (MORE THAN THE COST OF THE PHONE) they will guarantee delivery by Friday. Whatever. I think I could have bought the phone its own seat on a super-saver flight for that much.
The reason I went to the post office to begin with is because I had to get some very important, dated material out of a PO Box used by group I belong to. Seriously important - had to have it today. I tried the combination for the lock that was given to me by a very nice but flakey man who said he was "pretty sure" it was right. Couldn't get it open. Same nice lady tries to help me and decides to check the file and see if the combination is correct. Yeah, uh, NOT EVEN CLOSE. Not even the right number of digits! Thank god we were able to get Mr. Nice-but-Flakey on the phone and he gave her permission to give me the contents. Again, she could have said "so sorry, against the rules," but she didn't. Nice postal lady saves the day! I might bring her some flowers tomorrow.
The biggest headache we have is that Hubby's daughter borrowed his car last week, drove it through a giant lake that "didn't look that deep," and now the car is an enormous black fiberglass paperweight shaped like a Dodge Neon. It needs an entire new engine. Hopefully insurance will cover it (pray to the patron saint of State Farm).
There were other crazy things all week - power out, forgetting things (more than usual), distractions too numerous to count, and, above all, THE HEAT IS UNBEARABLE. Welcome to Wisconsin in the summer. The nice lady on the radio (I have a lot of contact with nice ladies) says it's 91 degrees, but that, my friends, is bullshit. My car's thermometer (which I'm sure is far more accurate than the National Weather Service) says 99 degrees and that is exactly how hot it feels. I raise my glass of Barefoot Chardonnay (yes, it's 4:15, what's your point?) to Willis Haviland Carrier, the man who invented air conditioning. God bless him and his progeny.
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