Amy Currioman

My horoscope said nothing about how great today was going to be. First, I went to Starbucks and they gave me a free chocolate cherry mocha coffee. They had made one for someone else who decided they didn’t want it and the barrista didn’t want to throw it away, so she asked me if i would like it. Heck, yes!

Then I went to Home Depot to get a couple of rakes for my overdue yard work and went to the self checkout. The rakes both had the bar codes on them, but the second one would not scan. the checkout display said to wait for assistance. I waited and waited and even with 4 idle workers milling about, no one came to help me. So I got a little ticked off and loudly asked “Where’s my assistance?” the clerk came and tried to scan the rake, but it didn’t work. So he went somewhere else and left me standing there along with a growing line of other impatient customers. When he came back he tried to scan it one more time. It still didn’t work. He leaned toward me and said softly, “I’m not going to charge you for this rake. It’s not your fault the scan won’t work and I’m sorry you’ve had to wait so long.” He smiled and handed me the rake – another freebie!

There was a terrible earthquake in Chile. The news reports say that the earthquake was almost 1,000 stronger than the one that hit Haiti 2 months ago. This earthquake was an 8.8 magnitude! I sure hope that there is not the same level of devastation and loss of life that Haiti has suffered. My heart goes out to the good people of Chile.

Over the past several months I’ve had back pain. I’ve gone to the doctor several times about it and all he tells me is to take some pain medication. This last time he has recommended physical therapy. I don’t know why he thinks physical therapy will work – he hasn’t even ordered an X-ray or MRI to see if I have any herniated disks or anything! This is very annoying! I think that is putting the cart in front of the horse, don’t you?

I recently started a part time job at a retail store as a cashier.  One of the managers there is a very nice young man.  He reminds me a lot of my own sons.  I like to laugh and joke with him, and he certainly seems to enjoy hanging around me.  This guy would make a really great husband for some lucky young woman, and he says he is looking for a girl to settle down with and have children.  The issue is that he is having trouble meeting any women who share his same high moral values.  I have to agree that there are very few places young adults can go that is not a pub.  I wish there was something I could do to help them out!  I’ll have to think on that.

Happy birthday Billy! Love you lots!

Hope you have a great time, lots of cake, ice cream and kisses from your girlfriend!