Aug 11 2012
How Not to Have Fun
- Get up early on a non-jobette day and drive to the Big Town.
- Get stuck behind lumbering RVs and smug Prius drivers who refuse to pull over, even when driving 20 miles below the speed limit. I wish I had a nickel for every time I got stuck behind a slow Prius driver – I could pay my staggering dental bill. I think they only use gas if they go over a certain speed, so maybe that’s why. Equally annoyed by non-Prius drivers who brake on every curve, when going onto a bridge, both up and down hill. Hear Billy Bob Thornton’s voice in my head from “Tombstone”: “Nerve-wracking sons of bitches!”
- Arrive at the dentist’s office in heavy fog to discover there is nowhere to park. Park two blocks away.
- Spend 15 minutes getting permanent crown installed. Get reminded that you still owe more than $600 which must be paid off in the next two months.
- Drive home. You have now spent nearly an hour and a half driving for a 15 minute appointment.
- Check mail. Discover staggering dental bill to join last week’s jury summons and car registration notification. Note to Self: stop checking the mail. Nothing good ever comes of it.
- Get home and check email. Find a message from your boss saying that your firm lost the contract with their only retainer client. This is not going to help pay off the dental bill. Or any other bill, for that matter.
- Panic.
All this on the 7th anniversary of my mother’s death. On the bright side, though, I guess this means I don’t have to go to Detroit next week for that second Grand Jury subpoena, since the client in question is no longer a client. At this point, I think I’d tell them to come and get me, especially since I still haven’t received the expense reimbursement from the State Attorney’s office (which, come to think of it, would cover my dental bill).
Onward and downward, as my father used to say.
3 Responses to “How Not to Have Fun”
Not a good day for you Suzy but you already have found a way to look at the bright side, no subpoena, and the expense coming from the last one may ease the pain somewhat.
Now that you have been Down, the only way left is UP!!!!!
Thank goodness you do not have to comply with a Subpoena…is this for sure?
jx
I’m pretty sure I have dodged that bullet. It was dated August 15, so surely the US Attorney would have sent me travel info like they did before if they expected me to go.