Rosa DelaCruz
Posted: January 27, 2009 Filed under: A Zany Life, Noxious Evils | Tags: wrong number Leave a comment »I don’t know you, but every day for a month, we’ve been called by the folks at JC Penney. For whatever reason, they believe we have your cell phone. Today, Bacon hit redial.
A computer generated voice answered, “Please enter your 10 digit account number.”
“I don’t have an account number.”
On cue, the computer repeated, “Please enter your 10 digit account number.”
“Here’s my account number.” Bacon began punching the zero button. “I’ll give you ten digits, 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.”
“May I have your name?”
Wait, was this a real human on the line? “It isn’t Rosa DelaCruz, even though you call every day expecting her to answer.”
The humanoid asked, “Can you put Rosa DelaCruz on the line?”
“I don’t know her. She doesn’t live here.”
A few minutes later, Bacon convinced the humanoid to remove our number from Rosa’s account. We’ll know tomorrow by 2:00 if it worked.
Note to Rosa: the next time you decide to default on a credit card, please avoid using our telephone number. Thank you.
Cedar Fever
Posted: January 24, 2009 Filed under: Noxious Evils | Tags: allergies, Mountain Cedar 1 Comment »If you live in San Antonio or Austin, you understand the title. If you don’t, consider yourself lucky. The juniperus ashei tree, commonly called Mountain Cedar is in full season, and it makes me sick. It’s one of the only trees that shoots pollen in the winter. The sky is deceivingly beautiful, clear and bright, but the air is poison. After a few minutes outside, my skin itches and I want to scratch my own eyes out.
No allergy remedy helps and life is out of focus until Valentines Day. Pray for rain.
Crisp@Random.SundayEdition
Posted: January 18, 2009 Filed under: Housekeeping, Joined at the Heart, Writers Write | Tags: 43 folders, creativity, loss, sick 2 Comments »- Everyone in my house, except for the dog, has been sick for a solid week. If you count the fact that Coco brought this home from school on Thursday, January 8, it’s been eleven days. We are tired of being stuck in the house. I told Bacon today, “I like all of you separately. It’s in bulk where I’m having the breakdown. Too much togetherness.
- I’m reading a fabulous book. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life by Twyla Tharp. I checked it out of the library, but I’m going to buy a copy to mark up and read over and over. I found out about the book from this website, 43 folders, a new favorite.
- A friend passed away this week, Byron Bohnert. Confined to a wheelchair all his *adult life, Byron was one of the bravest people I ever met, a man who refused to be defined by his limitations. He wrote inspirational articles for Christian websites. Some of his writing can be found here.
- While most of the country suffers in the cold, the current temperature in San Antonio, Texas is 74° with humidity at 16%. Postcard weather. Wish you were here.
*updated 2/28/09
