Mystery caller
The mystery caller called in and was put on speakerphone. They said some pretty funny things but I was stumped! This was a really good mystery call! I picked up the phone and told the caller that I had no idea who he/she was and then he revealed himself: It was Gene Simmons from KISS! No joke. I was speechless, just speechless. I remember calling him 'sir', ha ha. It was so damn cool of Gene to call in and so cool for my bosses to do that. Thanks to Eric and Justin and thanks to Gene Simmons! And kudos (never used that word before in my life!) to Jeremy for setting that up. Very cool!
My car is finally back in my possession! I took the bus into the city early Tuesday morning, walked to the shop, forked over my credit card and away I went. I was a little nervous driving her after such a major surgery. So nervous in fact, that I almost clipped a Mercedes that was trying to cut across two lanes. That one made me sweat through my shirt! I made it safely back to Hoboken. I took another bus back into the city and was at work by 9:45! That's some sweet time thank you very much. I said I wasn't going to mention the final cost but now that I think about it, why not? After taxes, it cost $2400 to get it rebuilt.
That's almost the cost of my last car! But I have it all budgeted out and will have it paid off in no time. But that initial shock of $2400 really freaked me out. I almost considered moving on to another vehicle.
Here's a story about the photo from yesterday's diary of me holding the blueberry muffin with candles. I needed cat food and while I was shopping, it hit me to do something for my birthday. So I bought the cat food, candles and other stuff at the same time. The guy checking me out (English is not his first language) held up the birthday candles and the cat food inferring that I was celebrating the birthday of one of my cats. I was offended at the time but the reality that I was buying all this stuff for myself and not for my cats, was probably worse. Does that make sense? Ah, let's just pretend that this last paragraph never happened.
That's it for me. I talked to Gene Simmons from KISS!
Stay beautiful,
Bob
