Day: January 14, 2005

When I visited my pal Sheila in Seattle a few years ago, their transit system was undergoing a change. As in the phone system you call in to, to hear routes & times & such. (Can I just shout really quickly how much I MISS GOOD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? I checked into it here & it would not only require three buses & getting up at 5 a.m. to get to work on time, I’d have to leave every day at 4:15. Riiiiiight.)

Back to the Seattle public transit. So you call this number & enter in information, and then this automated person tells you bus information and times and such. And when they were converting it, they ended up having two sources for the voice information, because they were converting from this harsh Nurse-Cratchett-Beyotch-sounding lady, to this very smooooth, calm sounding lady. With really erratic pauses.

The result? (shout the angry voice in caps, use smooth calm voice for lowercase.)

BUS number 22 WILL BE AT the intersection of MAIN and 30th street at ELEVEN thirty A.M. thank you.

It was like public transit information for schizophrenics, or manic depressives! But lordy did we giggle.

After my spate of being grouchy & resentful & not-happy looking, I decided Fridays are for being grateful & reflecting on positive things.

I offer into evidence the following, supporting the concept that the end of the world is not lurking around the corner:

1. I’m taking Monday off. Right there, we’ve swept half the negativity RIGHT off the board.

2. I’m getting a massage on Monday. I hear you saying “ooooh”, I do!

3. There’s a yarn sale at The Studio starting Sunday & the KC Hip Knit Chicks are descending when the doors open, and going for brunch afterwards.

4. The gay men & Shell Dawgg & I are all getting together for fondue & appetizers on Saturday.

5. I will have oodles of time to myself for knitting & catching up on tv!

6. The work that got shelved & caused a mini-snit got reapproved & I got to toss money from the sky to everyone, including the French-speaking class act guy.

7. My Giant Box O’ Calphalon arrived today & I got $370 worth of commercial-grade pans for $80 on amazon AND free shipping. Whatadeal!

Well, I know there’s a lot more out there that’s worth my gratitude. Most of all it’s having so many people in my life who care about me & appreciate me and want to see me happy & enjoy laughing at my jokes, as blue or shocking as they can be sometimes. So I will end with a special shout to Kristin who always asks me, “WHERE IS YOUR COAT?”

Kristin, I wore my coat today. Thank you for not wanting me to die of pneumonia.