The Daily Peeve / Rant

[Florence]

Here is my pet peeve for today: Those mailings that come all sealed up where you have to tear off three sides of the envelope along the perforations. I can never get the blasted things to tear smoothly and end up just ripping the thing to shreds.

[iris lily]

RE: The Red Cross
Their blood donor schedulers at the national number DO work at night, but they can't put a note in the records to call only at night.
So, tonight I stood by DH and with him scheduled his next blood donation appointment. That worked, and I guess that's what we will do in the future, I will get him to commit to a phone call.

[treehugger]

So, tonight I stood by DH and with him scheduled his next blood donation appointment. That worked, and I guess that's what we will do in the future, I will get him to commit to a phone call.

Is he willing to schedule his next appointment when he checks in for his appointment? That's what I do. No phone calls needed (and I agree, their customer service/organization/training for callers is somewhat lacking). I donate every 8 weeks like clockwork, and I love scheduling my appointment this way. Then it goes into my calendar that is always with me (on my phone), and I don't have to remember anything.

Kara

P.S., I know this is a rant thread not a solution thread.

[JaneV2.0]

So my beloved happened to mention that some cat shelter near him was having a function (C.A.T in Sherwood, OR), which led me to look it up, merely out of curiosity. They have lots of homeless cats*, each more gorgeous than the next. Truly, I've never seen so many stunning cats in one place: lynx points, tortie points, flame points, snowshoes... But the thought of driving all the way down there and then back with a couple of stressed out cats in the back seat was unappealing. Which led me to check Petfinder for local cats. I do this from time to time and never seem to find what I'm looking for. But I was immediately struck by a familiar face. A very familiar face. I know there's an impulse to try to replace a lost pet with a little replica, and I've always thought that was doomed to failure. But this cat, and her straightforward challenging expression set me back on my heels. http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/19936028?rvp=1
So I called. What will come of it, time will tell. I don't need or want any more responsibility. If this gets complicated or expensive, I blame it on my beloved, who got the ball rolling.

*It's 2012, there are free spay clinics everywhere. People are idiots.

[iris lily]

Is he willing to schedule his next appointment when he checks in for his appointment? That's what I do. No phone calls needed (and I agree, their customer service/organization/training for callers is somewhat lacking). I donate every 8 weeks like clockwork, and I love scheduling my appointment this way. Then it goes into my calendar that is always with me (on my phone), and I don't have to remember anything.

Kara

P.S., I know this is a rant thread not a solution thread.

hahah solutions might be ok. I don't know if he is willing to schedule it that far in advance. But I will mention that to him.

[iris lily]

.... But I was immediately struck by a familiar face. A very familiar face. I know there's an impulse to try to replace a lost pet with a little replica, and I've always thought that was doomed to failure. But this cat, and her straightforward challenging expression set me back on my heels. http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/19936028?rvp=1

Wow, that's something. Keep us informed, Chantrell is lovely.

[SiouzQ.]

PMS...menopausel PMS...all day I've been feeling a little off, increasingly tense and grumpy, then I remembered...I am also having insatiable hunger. I ate an entire pan of steamed collard greens and an entire block of sesame tofu in one sitting (it could have been worse, like a carton of ice cream). Actually, that sounds good too.

I also said something really snarky about someone else to my roommate last night and I am feeling bad about it and would like to apologize to her for involving her in something really stupid. It's not even like me to do something like that, but after a few beers and impending PMS, I guess anything can happen.
Meh...

[Float On]

Chantrell is beautiful reminds me of my Zanzibar. I'd love another long hair cat if it wasn't for the long hair.

[JaneV2.0]

Um. When the porch light is off, and in fact all the lights in the house are out, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY CANDY!!! So stop knocking on my door, you drooling mob of cretins. Ahem.

And, in other news...I'm thinking I just had an instant, visceral response to Chantrell's virtual identical expression (picture 3) to my lost lamented kitty, and that I will just back off and wait until another little urchin shows up on the doorstep. It's not like LLK is replaceable, anyway.

[iris lily]

We avoided the Halloween crowd by going out to dinner then sneaking home and going into the house with all lights off but for our auto motion sensor. Fortunately there were not crowds of kids on the street tonight. Sometimes I like Halloween, sometimes I do not. When I like it I'll play along but on my terms.