New Leaves

turnabout

today, i was supposed to get my tags renewed. i was unable to. the office appeared to be closed. I was very lost in the building since it's not set up very well. I had no idea where I was really going in the building. The receptionist was gone. I guess it must be nice to be closed on a saturday.

I would normally be peeved about this because the trip was truly out of my way.
But as chance would have it, Someone else was more lost than I. And I accidently made eye contact with him.

He says( in a heavy accent ): Miss, I'm french, and I am trying to find out where I need to pay this. Can you help me?

If you must twist my arm...

(Now I realize that in the alternate universe, a porno would have begun just like this. But, this is the really real world.)

I point to the sign that says there should be a receptionist upstairs if there isn't one downstairs.

He says there isn't one.

Remembering how kind the people of Paris were to Calima and I, I decide to be certain he reaches his destination and not just tell him where to try next. So, I take him to the first open door and ask the sherrif where he needs to go.
He gives me quick directions which I try to relay it to Mr France, and he repeats them back to me a little jumbled.

Me: Where ya from?
Him: France....
Me: No no no... what city
Him: Paris
Me: *sigh*

So, I take him to the actual place and dial up the phone and a sherrif answers and starts being rude and lippy, and I'm all no nonsense, you will not get lippy with me... (this does not turn on the french guy. at least he never said it did :P )

Anyhow, I gave him the instructions which were to come back monday through friday between 8 am and 4 pm to pay the fine. He says thank you and we say goodbye.

The next hour I felt all gushy remembering Paris.

I must go back.

i went in to work today, they were short. i hate working saturdays. it's really really hectic. but i suffered through it. had a naughty picture taken... it was all in fun...

I found vegan bagels. I have overdosed on vegan bagels :P

But it's all good. It was an itch I needed to scratch.

I'm truly aggravated with apartment complex because there seems to be no end to their needed to inspect homes/ do minor repairs... etc etc. I am annoyed beyond belief. I have a week to really clean the place, they are doing their annual inspections. They are supposed to pick places at random and inspect them Well, my luck... I'll be picked. Now I'm really vermerrfed because I haven't really been able to use my downstairs bathroom for a month now because of the installation of water meters. Dust is everywhere, and the fuckers stole my broom and dustpan.

I am still going through my clothes to determine what i'm keeping and what i'm going to give to the thriftstore.

I have only one pair of really fitting pants. They are the new ones I bought in February. I am not going to complain. But it does set me up for the task of buying new pants.

Tracy walks with me every day, she hasn't shown up for two days. Yesterday, she says she knocked three times. and I didn't hear her.

Well, tomorrow, we are doing our extended walk. Its two hours... approx 5-7 miles at a state park. I'm gonna lose this flab. I swear it. :P

Posted by hawkie at April 3, 2004 08:19 PM