Karen’s Place

I remember some time ago, maybe a year or so I complained on my blog about how much I spent filling my gas tank. I think back then I spent $36 to fill my little Ford Focus. Tonight I spent $47 to filling up my tank. Yes that’s right $47!!! When is this going to stop? Yeah, that was a rhetorical question. I almost got a knot in my stomach while paying for it. Unbelievable! Have I heard anything about the price of oil in the election campaigns? Nope. Nothing. Zilch. I have been getting a little better gas mileage lately though; I’ve been trying that trick I read about in one of those chain emails. It said not to hold the gas nozzle all the way down while pumping the gas, I can’t remember the physics involved in the reasoning but it actually seems to be working. I’ve been getting about 20 miles more per tank. It’s not much, but it’s something…

Speaking of saving gas. When I took this new job at work, one of the perks was the ability to work from home one day a week. I knew it would be a while before I’d be able to do that, but I’m working on a project now and I’m pretty settled in so, starting tomorrow I’ll be working every Thursday from home. It will be SO nice. It will not only save me gas, but already in the new job I get to wear casual clothes every Friday, but now with not being in the office on Thursdays I only have to come up with work clothes three days a week. That will be really nice! Oh yeah, and the extra hour of sleep will be great too. I worked from home for a while several years ago and it was so nice! Get up, make my coffee and wonder into the office for the day. Maybe get dressed, maybe not until lunch. I am looking forward to this. The others in my department don’t come in on their work at home days for anything. They even call in for meetings. I’m really looking forward to this. Oh, yeah and of course I’ll be much more productive.

Let’s see what else is going on…Oh, so Saturday I’ve been invited to a divorce party. Really? A divorce party? I suppose if this guy were that terrible of a person the gal would be pretty happy to be rid of him, but celebrating the end of something you thought would last forever? I really don’t get that. However, my friend has asked me as a favor to come out because this young lady doesn’t have that many friends. So I will. I hope it doesn’t turn in to a night of man bashing. As disappointed as I’ve been in men in the past and even recently, you can’t blame an entire gender for the acts of a few (or maybe even many).

Ahh yes, and then there’s my brother…He ended a conversation on the phone with me yesterday stating “so there’s something for your blog!” So here it is:

We were at dinner Saturday and they got his order wrong (my brother and sister are extremely picky eaters and special order everything). He told the waiter and returned his plate to the kitchen. A few minutes later the manager came over, apologized for the mistake and comped his meal. What the heck? I never get anything comped EVER! He always gets stuff for free, or he wins stuff. Whatever! So yesterday he calls me and asks me if I had been to Jose Peppers earlier. Nope, I came home right after work and vegged. He seemed skeptical and asked again. I assured him I’d been nowhere near Jose Peppers. He said he and his family had just had dinner there and when they asked for the bill the waiter said it had already been taken care of. What?? Already taken care of? He said yes, when they walked in a lady had noticed them and told the staff she wanted to take care of their bill. Holy Cow! This would be why my brother was so sure I’d been there. Are you kidding me? I have better things to do than stake out Jose Peppers and secretly pay my brothers $200 food bill! Still, it was an awesome thing for this person to do and a really great opportunity for my brother and family to pay it forward.