Meme Monday
Life isn’t actually quite this bad, but I’ve been looking for an excuse to use this meme, so here it is. Have I used it before? I feel like I have. I also hate that they didn’t use quotation marks at the end. One of the most frustrating things about memes, really. When they say what you want, but fail in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.
Our Saturday morning started with plans, which for Ted and Maya meant going to get their teeth cleaned, and for me meant going to lunch with a friend…a COVID lunch, as she has an infant granddaughter that she is going to go help care for, and we recently had COVID in our household, so that means a deli sandwich in the park. Which, YAY!
So off Ted and Maya go to get their teeth cleaned…they hop in the car and start it up, and WOW it is LOUD and sounds like the car is about to EXPLODE! Someone came into our car port (we do not have a garage) and stole our catalytic converter. CRAP! Thankfully we have two cars, so they took the other one and got their teeth cleaned, while I cancelled my lunch plans and sat on hold to talk to our insurance agency (45 minutes) to get our car repaired.
Aside from this very crappy start, our weekend was pretty nice. I took on the de-cluttering of the bathroom cupboard, which has 5 shelves of very different items…top is photo albums and yearbooks and such, next 2 are make up, shaving, body lotion, eye care, first aid, blah blah blah, then a level of books, and then the bottom level is miscellaneous larger items like a shoulder massager, boxes of paperwork, hair curlers, who knows what. I got rid of 2 or 3 bags of things, some to landfill, some to a local buy nothing group. Now I can find what I need without knocking 10 other things over, so that was a win.
Sunday we put together a super bowl type feast of snacks and went to see the 49ers and the Rams play football at Ted’s parents’ house. We ate a lot of junk food and had a good time, even if our team lost. Glad we did it now, since they won’t be going to the Super Bowl, so we can now ignore that game.
Our weather forecast is dry dry dry, damn it all. Which means my Mid West/East Coast friends are getting hit hard with winter weather. I wish something I could do would fix this, but it won’t, so I will just suck it up and enjoy the beautiful sunny weather in the 60s that we are having. Believe me, if it would help to complain, I would. I’m trying to be zen about it and just live in the moment, rather than dreading another year of drought.
10 Comments
nance
I love the sentiment of the meme, but the lack of correct punctutation is killing me. No semicolon after okay, and no closing quotation marks. I have such a Love/Hate relationship with the Internet. Sigh.
I’ve heard of catalytic converter theft, but until now, I’ve never known anyone who was a victim. How awful and upsetting. I’m sorry.
You did manage to regroup and salvage the weekend with grace and some fun family time. We watched the Cincinnati-Chiefs game and rooted for the Bengals because they were the underdog and from Ohio. Obviously, our lives don’t change either way, except that Jared is a huge Chiefs fan, and he will be surly and disappointed.
We’re getting ridiculously stupid weather now this week, and I am unreasonably irritated about it. Weds, Thurs, and Fri are forecast for rain, snow, wintry mix, and snow again, before we plunge into frigid cold temperatures. We are in the path of a storm that will dump another 6-8 inches. I have nowhere to put it all anymore. We have that on the ground already, on top of ice.
Even two million dollars would not help with all of that, except to pay for a plow service.
J
Nance, memes like this are so problematic. Also, I wrote that I wanted parenthesis when what I wanted were end quotation marks. That’s what I get for writing blog posts with wine in me. I fixed it so my next reader will not be confused.
I’m glad your team won, but sorry that Jared’s team lost. I couldn’t care less about football, but it is nice to have an excuse to get together with family, and of course, the snacks are always a bonus.
As is so often the case, I am so very sorry about your weather, and wish we could switch once in awhile. You would have crisp cold clear mornings and balmy afternoons, and we would get rain rain rain, and snow in the mountains. Seems like a win-win to me. Of course, I don’t want snow/rain/sleet/snow. This part of California is in no way prepared for that.
NGSs
Wow! I thought the stealing of catalytic converters was a long-gone fad. I’m so sorry it happened to you. It’s fortunate that you have a second car!!
Our bathroom closet desperately needs to be reorganized. Maybe your post will give me the motivation I need to do it!
J
NGSs, yes, be inspired! I am much happier about our bathroom closet.
The catalytic converters are being stolen a lot around here right now. Ours is the second (that we know of) in our complex, and there have been a lot of issues in the neighborhood.
Ally Bean
I’m sure that if someone handed me two million dollars, heck even one million dollars, I’d perk up from any funk I was in. As for your catalytic converter being stolen you’re the third person who has had that happen. It’s weird and worrisome– and a sign of our times.
I’m glad the Bengals won. This region could use a lift, and for once get some positive press. I don’t exactly care about the NFL but I can be a fair weather fan– even if our weather isn’t so fair.
J
Congrats on the Bengals Ally! It’s not a million dollars boost, but sometimes we have to take what we can get.
Regarding the catalytic convertor, I’m afraid we have anthropomorphized the car, and so we feel badly for him. Poor Boomer was attacked when he was trying to sleep, and no one came to help him. It’s heartbreaking when you think of it that way.
Joared
Oh, that’s tough having your catalytic convertor ripped off. As for the meme — I’m in the mood to forego all the other, just give me the 2 million.
J
Joared, me too!
Martha
I love the meme but the lack of closing quotation marks really annoys me. Why are memes always like that? Sorry about the catalytic converter and why would someone steal that? Great job on de-cluttering, it’s always so nice once it’s done. I hope you are having a great week!
J
Thanks Martha, I agree. The punctuation in memes drives me nuts.
There are some metals in catalytic converters that is worth enough to make it profitable, I guess, as long as you don’t get caught. They melt it down and sell it somehow.
I am loving the whole de-cluttering thing. It’s extremely satisfying!