The two men who knifed one of our employees to death in front of his son on the Friday of May 24th weekend a year and a half ago were sentenced to only 5 years. The one guy had just done 18 months in jail for stabbing someone when he attacked Rubin. What the fuck is wrong with judges?
I need to do some shopping. I haven't for a very long time. We are out of pretty much everything. Lily didn't mind. I made her hot chocolate for breakfast since there was nothing else to drink. There's some frozen cider down in the freezer but it's frozen. And down in the freezer. Frozen.
I am wearing a pair of my son's hand me down jeans because I can't be bothered shopping. They are not cut for a woman's body and definitely not cut for a fat woman's body. Not comfy. I missed the super duper clothing sale I go to because I didn't want to lug my fat self in there. Again. I have been eating so much halloween chocolate, I'm just about sick of it. Just about. I will need carb rehab in another few days. I hate carb rehab. I'd better lay in some B6 to ward off wild blood sugar swings. Maybe some 5htp for depression from no chocolate. Some v8 for a quick fix. Some low fat cold cuts for fast protein. Pickles for cravings. I need tea and rice noodles. Why don't they make rice noodle spirals or shells? Then I could make mac and cheese that I could eat without worry about pain and suffering. I should try making rice noodle spaghetti or alfredo. But I love pad thai or veggies and black bean sauce. Life is so hard. All those choices.
I want a new christmas tree. A skinny prelit one. yup. But I can't be bothered going to the store for that either. Michael's has them on sale. Costco too probably. I wonder who I can get to work Christmas Eve. So I can do the whole Christmas thing on that day. Let everyone do whatever they want - go where they want - Christmas Day. I'll sit in my pj's - maybe I'll buy some Christmas ones and wear them from 3 pm the 24th until 8 am the 26th - and drink Bailey's and wine and eat chocolate and turkey soup and turkey sandwiches and cheese and nuts and appetizers and baklava until I puke. I think that sounds like a wonderful new tradition. I can make Bailey's this year from real Irish Whiskey. Instead of Canadian Club. We won't be getting any CC this year anyway. Gary didn't buy from the company that gives it. No regrets, we paid about $20/ton less for the asphalt. With only 2 tons - I can afford to buy my own freakin bottle of whatever I want. We buy thousands of tons.
Have you seen White Collar? The first episode? Did you notice where the FBI agent dude was going to take his wife for his anniversary vacation? Did you catch it? Belize! Did you catch the town? Uh huh - our little fishing village! Geez, the deal better get finalized soon. There are no touristy places to stay there yet...but it's going to happen and I don't want prices to be too ridiculous for us to build what we want. That villa in the show that the FBI somehow snagged in a drug bust (that makes no sense to me) doesn't exist. Ok, there might be 1 place that might be termed a villa but I don't think it has anything to do with the drug trade people. Yes, we have an idea who they are. But we don't talk about it. Neither does anyone else. Amazing what you learn when no one says anything isn't it? Which is why I don't think the powers that be really want the drug trade to stop. If someone as dense and oblivious to what goes on as I am has any clue, then someone who's looking shouldn't have any difficulty. Period. I think the drug busts that happen are because someone neglected to pay protection money and got punished for that instead. Maybe some little people get charged to show the bigger guys they mean business and to interrupt the cash flow for a while but please.
Enough conspiracy theory nonsense.
Ok - so I bought EVERYTHING at Costco. And then forgot one of the main things I went for and had to go back through the store. I'm a good packer though - I went through the check out with one cart but emerged at the other side with 2. My car was full. To be fair with me - I bought the damn Christmas tree (it WAS on sale!) and that giant dog bed up there. Thank heavens they like it. I also bought a lot of stuff in anticipation of baking for Christmas or maybe before then. Gary's got a hankering for muffins. I'd like to make that applesauce one with no fat. I'm sure I'll find a recipe somewhere. I left the tree in my car. It can stay there for the rest of the month. It's not so skinny but it is pre-lit and automatic - meaning I don't have to figure out where the branches go.
