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Meh. Today has been underwhelming. I have so many things on my mind... so much on my to-do list. I can't concentrate. I try to focus and just get sleepy. Any cheese for my whine? I like cheese. EL is doing a lot better. She's walking without a cane/walker and off the pain meds. She's in a rental for a few days to ease her cabin fever. My story the last few weeks is fairly plain with no chocolate syrup or sprinkles. I get up. I go to work. I come home. Rinse and repeat. I had to fly to Baton Rouge and Shreveport on business a week or so ago. My story was quite comical... lost, late, parking ticket, airline suckage... I had a whole novel written in my head sure to thrill, chill, and goosebump. Then I slept. Blame my laziness. I can't say I want to do much of anything these days. It's not depression. It's coming to terms with the reality that I'm no where near retirement and my chances of hitting the lotto are exceeded by my chances of catching a lightning bolt in the chest on a dry summer day. I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend. Really. I do.

You stop at a corner store on your way to the office. You are standing at a check-out counter with a fountain drink (Diet Coke if it matters) ringing up to be $1.59 on the register. You have zero cash, but a VISA Check Card, in your pocket. The small Asian woman tells you in her best broken Engrish that they do not accept debit payments and the minimum charge for all credit purchases is $3.00. Do you? A) Go to the convenience ATM to withdrawl enough cash for a $1.59 purchase (acepting the $0.75 local back fee, $1.75 remote bank fee, and $2.50 ATM fee). B) Find more things in the store that you don't really need such that yout total exceeds the $3.00 minimum. C) Attempt to convince the small Asian women to charge you $3.00 for the $1.59 drink so you can just get to work. It is, apparently, going to be one of those days.