2 Things That Happened & My To Do List

I had to have a lottery ticket for tonight so I went by the convenience store by the train on the way in this morning. It is really not a convenience store as much as it is a store of bad habits – ciggies, lotto, alcohol, condoms, nudie mags, the occasional Dr. Pepper, some really bad coffee, etc. Of course I am running late again because, well, quite frankly, I just don’t care anymore. But once I am there, I do not like to wait.

This guy in front of me bought some scratch offs and some various other tickets where he shouted the numbers to the clerk with some lingo I did not understand. Then, he proceeded to talk about some such shit that I did not understand as it was in Arabic. Then he started bitching about a phone card and seemed to be getting a little irate, but it was hard to tell with the way the language sounded – kind of like when you go to order take-out Chinese and it sounds like everyone in the kitchen is really, really mad and you are gonna be in big fat trouble when they come out of there. After 5 minutes of this I was like Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde – I turned from a sweet polite Southern/Texas hybrid to a New Yorker in the blink of an eye and then back again. The conversation went a little something like this:

Me: Come on, Lee Harvey! I have a train to catch and I am running out of time.

Lee Harvey: Oh! Oh! OK!

Me: $1 Quick Pick for tonite’s big drawing.
Thanks. Y’all have a nice day!

Lee Harvey: (as I was walking out the door to the clerk)
Who’s Lee Harvey?

This is not one incident, but the people I am working for are treating me like I am ‘Down With It’ and I am really not having to do much work. They talk real slow and loud to me and they keep nodding their heads like yes. . .


To Do List

1. Go by Virgin Megastore on the way home and get Chemical Brother’s Hold Tight London.
2. Go by Ricky’s on the way home and get hair color.
3. Go by Godiva and get a big-ass piece of chocolate.
4. Get some Deli Cat
5. Change the shit box
6. Clean the house

a. Laundry
b. Mop
c. Scrub
d. Cry

e. Open the Apple Wine
f. Take out trash
g. Sweep the porch
h.Dust
i.Clean the fridge
j.Cry again

7. Drink the rest of the Apple Wine
8. Pass out and then sleep late
9. I think I want a steak.
10. Pedicure
11. Return broken crock pot
12. Read some stuff
13. Do my taxes
14. Plan trip to Texas in May
15. Possible stress release

That about does it.

Then Kirsten is coming over Sunday -Yeah! Chick Day!