Month: January 2006

I called the 800 number on my Land’s End order confirmation email. It didn’t even ring. “Hi, this is Marsha at Land’s End. How can I help you?” No computer, no hold, no anything. “UPS lost my package, and they won’t do anything unless they talk to the shipper.” “We’re very sorry about that, what’s your order number?” I gave it to them. “We’ll just send you some more. Oh, I’m sorry, but we’re out of the buttercup color of those sheets, would you like some other color?” Now this was just funny. I only ordered buttercup because the choices…

One. Two. Three. The Best of All.

I bought a salmon today for less than $8. Yes, a whole salmon (minus head and guts). Was it worth going to the Super Wal-Mart? I’m not sure. You might get robbed, you might get shot And that’s just in the Wal-Mart parking lot As I pawed through the freezer, trying to find the smallest salmon I could (I was afraid it wouldn’t fit in our freezer), a little boy came up and tugged at my coat. “Excuse me, excuse me…” I turned and gave him my attention. His dark brown hair was cut in a buzz, and his front…

So we’ve been a bit lazy about updating this thing lately. Now that I’ve actually got stuff to write about, I’m too tired to bother. On Thursday, due to lack of students, I was able to leave work early enough to get home before the UPS man. Only, once I checked the tracking information, I discovered that my second day air package was scheduled to be delivered the third day. Wonderful. I officially hate UPS. They have failed to deliver a single thing on time for months. I told the UPS man that I would likely be at work tomorrow…