Random Tuesday Notes

Some of the random items rolling around my head.

**I find this woman who has been pretending to be black interesting. Oh sure I've heard each side bitch about it. But seriously she is not quite right to me  She has done a lot of good for the NAACP from what I have read. Why wouldn't she just be herself and do good? Why did she feel the need to be something she is not? Why would she introduce a black man as her father when she has a white father? You don't think your real father may be a bit pissed by this diss?
The history of the NAACP was started with black and white people to advance "colored" people. I understand that concept.  I also have a very liberal mind set on this topic so I also understand the empathy, HOWEVER, I am white and I will never be able to fully understand the difficulty that being black can sometimes have for people in our society. I have nieces and nephews who are biracial and we talk about these things. It breaks my heart by some things they have had to endure or the way they have been treated. And while I can feel for them, see the issues better than most whites can due to them, I can never say I am black. I didn't live their experiences. I just felt MY pain when they lived some of them. Do you understand what I mean?

This woman actually sued her university for being over looked because she was white. 
Now she says she is black. Did she forget this tidbit? Or did she think they did?
She lied so much that I wonder if she forgot that others knew she was lying and you can't keep lying for long before it all blows up.
I can't fathom how this woman doesn't need a lot of mental help. Get thee to a doctor stat.
I saw a piece of her talking about the struggle of her being a black woman in today's society.
Again, how can one address that unless you are really a black woman in today's society?
What the hell is wrong with people?  I know there are too many answers to that questions aren't there?  It's all so strange on so many levels. Bottom line she did a lot of good. The woman needs some mental health to me. The lying is the big thing here. I think more will come out about why her family did this to her now. Aside from her mental health, there is a piece missing from this whole fiasco to me.

**My baseball team sucks.
I want to bring back George from the dead. I sat up late last night to watch a lousy game with lousy tired players on both teams. Just sucked all around. 

**Yesterday Gary (tub stud) had an explosion of sorts. His "gun" exploded in someone's bathroom. While not as bad as I just made it sound, it wasn't good.
An inner piece of the spray gun just broke and the spray misted onto one of her walls. 
Oh my goodness. 
He called me in a panic. He told me he called the customer in to show her what had happened. I told him to offer to have us pay to have her wall repainted if you can't get it off. 
In the mean time, I paged Rick in the field. This customer had met Rick during the estimate. 
I really felt since she thinks I am just a lowly worker bee and he is the owner, it would make more impact if he were to call her. 

Rick spoke to her and gave her an option. By this time she was calmer and said, "it was just an accident"  But Rick pursued and said there were two choices, pay to have the bathroom wall that was damaged to be repainted or have the job that was done today be free of charge. 
She said she was taking the free of charge.(saved her over $600+) 
I would have too after I found out from Gary that it wasn't that big of a deal but we still needed to make this right. It didn't cover a large area as I had originally thought but it did damage of sorts. He took a photo and then text me. Whew!  Still not good, but better than what I was imaging.
And we can't just act like it's no big deal no matter how small.

She was very appreciative of Rick's offer and told Rick that she appreciated a call so quickly that she didn't have time to get too upset. That made us all laugh since we knew this was not true from the things Gary told us. 

When Gary got back to the office later in the day he was so upset and couldn't stop apologizing. We told him that even though we are not being paid for this job we will still pay him. Shit happens. He didn't do this recklessly, the inside tip of the gun just broke which in turn made the gun spout out like a water hose. It could have gone on furniture and the floor or anywhere else and been much worse than it was, it was a small portion of a wall and if the wall hadn't been navy blue you wouldn't have even seen it because it was a light mist, so we are okay. 

When he arrived this morning he was still upset. He kept saying that he was so sorrry and he should have double checked this. But honestly there is no way to know that could happen. 
I love that this kid is so conscientious though. 
When he left he said, "I promise no issues for you to handle today Miss Peggy."
I laughed and said, "as soon as you say such a thing something will happen." 
Hopefully, a review from this woman won't be horrific. But there is a first time for everything. We've never had this happen in 10 yrs. But shit happens and it sure did for Gary yesterday.
He had a bad day all day at each job and some issues in traffic that made him late for his last job. Both he and Rick get itchy if they are running on time or late. 
While I hate that this did happen there sure is nothing we could have done better I don't think, so it is what it is. Hopefully, this won't hurt too much (review wise)

**Rick had to give blood today and pee in a cup for his life insurance. The tech to draw this blood was coming to our home at 8am. Rick was fasting and so wanted coffee this morning.
I was on my 2nd cup trying to get moving and Izzy wanted to go back outside. So he and Iz went outside and I walked upstairs to get dressed. Then I hear Rick talking so I hang over the railing and say, "You talking to me Rick?"  Nope. It was the woman coming to draw blood. She was an hour early. Oh my goodness. Thankfully I had already headed upstairs or she would have caught me in Rick's shirt and only what God gave me. Who comes an hour early? And at that hour?
Rick said she was sitting outside our home waiting for 8am so when he saw her he told her to come in.
She said with the traffic around here she never knows if she'll be late or early. Early is better to her so she didn't mind waiting but was happy to come inside.  

She walked into our powder room and looked around. I guess she was looking for pee in a cup that we would use for a switcheroo. I found it interesting to watch her. Of course she acted like she was looking at my home. She made a joke about our guest book in the bathroom and things about the decorating of my home.  I think she thought we didn't know what she was doing. Then maybe most old folks don't, who knows.
Rick hasn't had heroin this week so we're fine.{ That line makes me laugh because some people will think I'm serious). No, my husband doesn't do heavy drugs. If they are looking for tequila, southern comfort or vodka, his pee would not be "clean" and he won't be insured. 
But thankfully they don't check for alcohol because he is pickled most days so he can still be insured.  

I was thinking about her job. I think it would be horrible to have to go to people's home, draw blood and collect their urine. Whoo-hoo. So I suppose my day could be worse now couldn't it?

**I am having intermittent issues with our internet connection. I have called Verizon FIOS 3 times yesterday. They say nothing is wrong. One numb nut took over my PC and just did a speed test. WTH? When it's working I am not having an issue with speed. Then he hangs up and it goes down. I wanted to scream. They say they don't see this. This morning it has been down more than up. I am so angry. Right now as I am typing I am on hold. Hold times are normally 20 minutes. Nice huh?  I am sure this won't be posted before 11am or later due to this issue.  Technology helps us right?

I just got off the phone again with Verizon and it's 2 hrs since that last paragraph. 
Can I tell you how much this drive me crazy?
After all these issues they then had the balls to ask me, "Would you like to switch to FIOS TV for a full bundle, it will save you money."  I laughed and said, "you have my info in front of you.  How often do you see that my phone lines and my internet have issues or go down? If I had TV I would never have it because it will always be down.  Thanks for asking, but I love Dish and will stay put there."  He tried again. I interrupted him and said, "Seriously? " He laughed. Hell, at least he had a sense of humor and saw what I was saying.

**As you can see by the time....still having internet issues.It's now way past 11am. Remember how we believed that technology was going to make work easier? Oh my that is a belly laugh.