Dear So and So

[azfiddle]

Dear self-
What in the world were you thinking? Putting your phone on top of a counter in a small bathroom? Next to ... yup.... the toilet. Now you have an expensive paperweight. And a lot of missing phone numbers. And stuff like that. And it was handy that the DH had a spare phone but it's just not the same....

[Fredwina]

Sandy was really a SuperStrom!
I didn't get hit much by Sandy until yesterday morning. I 'm supposed to have program up and running by Tues night to distrubute money to 500K Folks in NYC who lost their food, with more to come, as the inital batch is folks who already on TANF(Welfare) and Food Stamps. And we're supposed to start HEAP(Heating assitance) soon - Hopefully I can get my bent out one day this weekend, as this looks to be the last good one this year (Maybe I shoud rent a bike in Memphis next time I'm down there Xmas)

[Crankin]

I heard it might snow on Wednesday.
Of course. The day I take my exam.

[OakLeaf]

We had snow on Tuesday. But not much, not really enough to affect the roads at all. Hope that's all you get. Good luck on your exam. I know you'll do fine.

[Biciclista]

to whom it may concern; NJ needs more electricians!

A friend of mine in NJ STILL has a live wire laying in her driveway!!!!

[Fredwina]

The good news: we only have to issue 350,000 checks by Tuesday!
The bad news: More checks to come, and yours truly gets to write the program, which needs to be ready by Tuesday. Had it ready to go yest afternoon, but we had a last minute change of specs- which means work instead of riding this weekend (no good place to store bike) Maybe i'll walk over.
Mimi- I imagine the situation in NJ is bad, too. We're working on Food Stamps - the idea being is that initial batch will be for people to feed themselves, and my program will distribute money to replace stoves. fridges, etc. hey -i'm working and the money should pay for my rental car next time i'm in Memphis(unless I get lucky and land a job there!)

[Sky King]

Silly Girl thinking you should take the green machine to the Dr so you could throw the purse in the basket. All well and fine until the return trip with the fire department blowing out/checking hydrants and you without fenders. Now to go change socks and pants...

[Irulan]

Dear self-
What in the world were you thinking? Putting your phone on top of a counter in a small bathroom? Next to ... yup.... the toilet. Now you have an expensive paperweight. And a lot of missing phone numbers. And stuff like that. And it was handy that the DH had a spare phone but it's just not the same....

Did you try the rice trick? You can save electronics that got wet by doing the following:
Put it in an open bag of (uncooked) white rice for several days. I have save $100 electronic key fobs, ipods, and digital cameras. I know of people that have saved cell phones, too.

[Catrin]

I've saved an iPod that went through the washing machine this way. I left it in the bag of rice for 2 weeks - probably overkill but it worked. It's not been quite the same since then but it works.

[OakLeaf]

Dear waitress,

I feel very strongly about workers in service industries and tipped employees in particular. I'm determined to singlehandedly bust the stereotype about women dining alone that you so obviously held. I understand that a table for one is almost as much work as a table for two. And frankly, I was doing some stereotyping myself about the tipping habits of the women at the next table (granted that stereotype was based as much on their conversation about the price of juice at three different grocery stores, as it was on their age and hairstyles ).

So I hope you were slightly pleasantly surprised that your rudeness didn't make me stiff you. But the next time I walk around the corner to "your" restaurant - alone or with others - I'm going to expect better service.

[skhill]

Dear owner of the red car that was parked in front of my driveway Saturday morning,

I hope you read the note I left on your windshield. To reiterate: what were you thinking? and you are damn lucky I didn't have you towed. But I was planning on going on bike Saturday, weather permitting, so I didn't need to get my car out of the driveway. Also, I figured you didn't need to have to pay the $200 or so it would cost to get your car back; if you are the person I think, you don't have it to spare. And it's not like the car would have been towed before I needed to leave at 8 am anyway.

(The new bike rack at the cathedral Saturday morning was pretty full, and I'm glad that I kept pestering people to get one. We consecrated a new bishop, and parking is tight there. 6 of the 900ish people came by bike, and that's something!)

[Sky King]

Dear Daughter, I am so proud of you.
Good job on calling security to remove the PIA woman complaining loudly about having to pay $15 for her Oxycodone while you are on the phone taking a Cancer Doctor's credit card number to pay for the $500 worth of Chemo drugs for the little kid that was sitting there puking while his mom has tears running down her face because she has no way to pay for the drugs. You handled it way better than I would have. Sending positive thoughts to the universe that the little kid recovers and thank god their are compassionate people in this world.

[malkin]

Dear neck,
Stop hurting.

Dear body,
Stop working on your laptop from the rocking chair.
love, your neck.