City Hall and the City Sticker of Death

CIty Hall and the most amazing people I have ever seen.

SO, I had to go to city hall and PICK UP my city sticker. (It got returned because WHO THE HELL KNOWS.) I got email, go pick it up, they have it. FINE.

SO, I go two weeks ago, the line is over 9000 miles long. I give up without waiting and go home.

SO, I go yesterday, friday, 4pm. Squash Mike laughs at me and tells me that it will take forever. Nooooooooooooooooooooo
I get there, there is no line, pretty dead. Maybe 10 people in different lines.

SO, I give them my ID, they go behind some locked door to search the pit.
And I get to listen to MORONS complain. and COMPLAIN. AND COMPLAIN.

This woman working there was a SAINT.
Saint: No sir, we can not help you. We never received your check or application.
Idiot: but I sent it.
S: we never received it.
I: well I checked my bank, the check was never cashed.
S: We never received it.
I: Well what could have happened?!
S: We never received it. Maybe it was lost in the mail? (she is taunting him now, ever so politely)
I: Well what about these parking tickets?
S: We dont do parking tickets.
I: But it is over $400s in tickets.
S: We dont do parking tickets.
Pete: (close to losing all control and bursting out laughing)
I: What should I do?
S: You need to buy a city sticker. And pay the late fee.
I: How much? What?

this goes on for another 10 minutes.
I am doing sudoku and trying NOT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD.

Idiot finally goes off to buy sticker with late fee.

Pete: You all are saints. How did you survive this?!
Saint: (with that LOOK in her eyes) We didnt. Our interns SAVED US!!

I had been witnessing all these people giving DEEP HUGS as they were leaving and not coming back. I now knew that these were the parttime interns that had saved them.

I has never seen such happy and sad people.
Needless to say, I had a great time at city hall and got my city sticker on my car now. No ticket, so I dont have to go back.

conflict resolution - day 1a

I have ZERO skill in this.
I can not diffuse a bad conflict without exploding.
I have very few role models.

Mike example
I never thanked you for teaching me a lesson when I was 50!!

More than once you have demonstrated BASIC CONFLICT RESOLUTION.

1) there was conflict  (usually pete being NUTTY about god knows what)

2) you got upset, but contained it for a period of time, esp until after you were no longer ANGRY/upset/whatever word workds here

3) your brought up the subject, in particular your issue with it, direct, without rage/anger

4) we talked - even if the issue was NOT resolved to your satisfaction, the issue was at least addressed in part.

I have ZERO SKILL at this. ZERO.

My family has ZERO SKILL AT THIS.

Most people that I know have ZERO SKILL at this.

What happens "normally" is:
1) YELLING AND SCREAMING AND RAGE

2) not talking for months or years

3) pretending that it never happened

4) repeating over and over

THANKS !!
you and frank have got me to start working on this!!

PS

this is exactly why ashely, her mom, her dad and others havent spoken in years.

this is why I stopped talking to my mother, she was UNABLE to resolve ANYTHING, and we were always YELLING and SCREAMING ....
I am SO done with that.
Now to get better in practice ... HAHAHA

sigh

Ideas for Dichotomous universe.

We should come up with a set of BASIC, idiot level questions.
Did you vote for Bush 2.0? Twice.
Do you drive a car?
Do you think taxes should pay for roads?
What about poor kids schools?
Are you ok with poor kids being uneducated and voting for democrats?!

Seriously, can we do this?
I bet we could get it published !!

blah
idea number a billion
people who try to do everything vs people hire someone
hint - you are wrong
you might do one thing, or a couple, but everything else you hire someone

infinite set of suggestions

...
infinite set of suggestions
...
#371 - get your B12 tested ... B12 gets lower and lower as we get older, leading to less energy ... Want to bet that you are on the low range of normal? bet you dinner in chicago

#209 - get your Vit-D tested ... want to bet that you are low? no wait, you might not be ... but get it tested while getting the other one tested !!

#466 - do all the quick and easy things first. if you got 12 things to do, do the easy 5 first. TADA !!! you got 5 things done today, you are AWESOME!!!

Atkins reduces Gallbladder problems.

http://www.atkins.com/Science/Articles---Library/General-Health-Issues/Dealing-with-Gallbladder-Disorders.aspx
not proof, but seems to argues that atkins is good for your gallbladder

http://www.livestrong.com/article/486957-atkins-diet-and-gallbladder-problems/
"However, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine reports that 9 percent of people who followed the Atkins diet reported gallstones or gallbladder problems to an online registry set up to track complications."
UM WAIT A SECOND.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/gallbladder/gallbladder-problems-without-gallstones.aspx
By comparison, gallstones are a rather common malady, striking more than 25 million people in the United States — as much as 10 percent to 15 percent of the entire population.

So atkins reduces the chance of gallbladder problems !!!!!

London - Totals

London Totals
steps - 112,359 
miles - 53.22 
flights - 196
days - 9

so um ... this could explain the 5lbs weight loss and the REALLY REALLY sore feet.

amazing trip