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More Fairly Random Musings As It Is My Primary Thought Pattern...

I did not have to go into town to pick up the check. (No, this is good news.) It was deposited directly into my account yesterday. I checked and money was indeed deposited! Woo Hoo! This was pay for the uncontested Tuesday through Thursday only but it's a start. When I asked about that controversial Monday pay, I was told next week. I'm worried she thought I was referring to "Photocopying Thursday" but we'll be depressed about that bridge when we come to it...

Also yesterday, we went to the library where my mother wanted to get out a movie and my father wanted to check out a book. I came along for the hell of it. Neither could find their library card so I used mine. This of course means that all late fees will be charged to my record. How nice of me. I considered checking out the movie The Good Girl for myself as I've only seen a scene here and there but, as Friends with Money is still fairly fresh in my mind, I wasn't sure if I could take another serious Jennifer Aniston movie right now...

The movie we did get was Royal Wedding a light-hearted romp of a movie starring Fred Astaire that's about as far from a serious Jennifer Aniston picture as you can get...

During the movie the three of us shared one of those 100 Calorie Packs of Doritos. Do you know why a whole pack is only 100 calories? One chip is small enough to fit up your nose; or at least I'd imagine as trying something like that is dangerous...

Can you believe that Sox game last night? Holy crap! I thought the Tigers would win as, this year, they're gr-r-reat!
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