Crappy Day!
Feb 9th
Yes, today (or at least this morning) was a crappy day, in more ways than one…
First off, our apartment parking deck is being fixed, so during the day we have to find street parking. I got lucky yesterday and found parking after 3 swingarounds, but today after 4-6 times around the block, nothing had yet opened up. I had a doctor’s appointment later, so I decided to just go up to the deck, park next to the door, run inside and grab a few things, then head on out to the hospital, where I could wait an hour or so for my appointment. Since I was parking where I wasn’t supposed to be, I was in a bit of a hurry. When climbing back inside the car after returning from my apartment, I managed to hit the back of my head hard enough to leave me feeling woozy, with a headache lasting for several hours afterwards.
When I got to the hospital, I sat in the car and fed Athena for a while. While doing this, she starts to poo. I figure I’ll wait for her to both finish eating and pooing, then I’ll change her. But of course, once she’s done and I shift her to get out of the car, I discover that the poo… leaked. REALLY leaked. All over her clothes, all over MY clothes, on the car, on the ground… I even discovered some on her bag later, while walking to my doctor’s office. And yes… that means I had to go to an appointment covered in poo. I had no change of clothes, after all. I washed off what I could in the restroom, so I don’t think anyone noticed, but still. It’s GROSS. (And yes, that is why I say today was a “crappy” day. A ha ha ha ha ha ha…)
After my appointment, I go back to the car, only to discover that the jerk next to me parked over his line, leaving me so that I couldn’t fit Athena’s carseat through her door. I had to crawl in from the other side, struggling to get over Tommy’s carseat, just to get her inside.
Luckily, my day improved after that. I found parking right next to my building, and didn’t even have to swing around. I got a good nap, Toby brought me some yummy chocolate peanut butter cake, and we went out to the mall. So aside from a difficult morning, I had a pretty good day. Hooray for chocolate peanut butter cake!
Death to the Penny!
Jan 30th
Here’s some news for you: apparently, they’re redesigning the penny for 2010. Who knew?
My question is, why bother? There have been efforts in the past to phase out the penny; it is, after all, worth less than any other coin that has ever been in circulation in the US. There is no real reason to keep it in our currency, except for sentimental reasons and, apparently, zinc lobbyists.
But as far as I’m concerned, there are no real benefits to keeping the penny around. Vending machines and parking meters won’t accept them. You can’t really use them to pay for anything, so they tend to just sit around until you finally roll them and take them to the bank. Pennies now cost more to produce than they’re worth. Oh, and apparently they’re toxic.
So I say we as a country try to move beyond sentiment and realize that it would be of benefit to everyone (except the zinc industry) to move pennies out of circulation. Hey, at least I’m not alone in my thinking!
Death to the penny! Long live the nickel (so long as it still has value)!
**Random note: Once while Toby and I were dating, I went out of my way to pick up a penny on the ground. When he gave me a questioning look, I replied, “Pennies are valuable tender.” How things change…**
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