Inconvenient Annoyances

The dog is driving me crazy today.  He whines to go outside, so I let him out.  He stays out there for 10 minutes and decides he wants to come back in.  As soon as he comes back in, he whines to go out again.  In and out, in and out, in and out.  I am beginning to see why people have doggy doors.  One day, when I live out in the middle of no where with no neighbors, that's one of the first things I'm going to buy.

They wouldn't let me! They said I had to set it up in my maiden name and THEN come back in to change it, which is total BS.

I got a lot of grief from Barclay's years ago trying to pay in cheques (wedding presents) which were made out to "Mr. and Mrs. [Bloggs]" because I still had maiden name on passport. The claimed how did they know they weren't really for my husband and his mother!! 

I'm getting really tired of snarky remarks about older parents.  I'm neither getting less pregnant (well, actually, I guess at 34 weeks I am closer to a non-pregnant state, but still!) nor any younger.  So...I'm not sure what all of the "OMG I would NEVER..." handwringing is supposed to accomplish.

It's not close friends, but still.   

I'm getting really tired of snarky remarks about older parents.  I'm neither getting less pregnant (well, actually, I guess at 34 weeks I am closer to a non-pregnant state, but still!) nor any younger.  So...I'm not sure what all of the "OMG I would NEVER..." handwringing is supposed to accomplish.

It's not close friends, but still.   

They're jerks.    I'm glad it hasn't been close friends.

Probably a fake IA, but major procrastination. I should be reading on Bolivia and Indonesia for my IR essay, but all I want to do is curl up in bed with my ereader and finish Tokyo Vice.

heavy rain and wind gust potential up to 60mph. ugh.

My flatmate tried to feed my cat sardines (that I'd bought pre-vacation). He wasn't a fan, so she just put the rest of the fish directly into one of my tupperware containers.

It's fish. It smells. Even if I weren't vegetarian, that container would basically be a "fish only" one from now on. Given that I am, and that my cat apparently doesn't really like fish (go figure), the container is now ruined.

We have a million plastic bags under the sink. How hard would it be to put it in a plastic bag and then put it in the container?!

The laundry that I asked my husband to deal with 3 days ago - and he's promised multiple times he would take care of - is still hanging outside.  It's now dried, hung outside during a tornado, and has now re-dried. It smells awful and will have to be rewashed. 

The laundry that I asked my husband to deal with 3 days ago - and he's promised multiple times he would take care of - is still hanging outside.  It's now dried, hung outside during a tornado, and has now re-dried. It smells awful and will have to be rewashed. 

Take your stuff out, rewash and dry it but leave his on his side of the bed or stuff it in one of his drawers with clean clothes. That's just BS.

My dad just had a hip replacement and was moved to a residential rehab center today.  I sent flowers to the center but he never received them and the reception desk has no record of flowers coming in.  I have a delivery confirmation, but the florist won't open until Monday.  Nice.

I'm going to dispute the charge and raise holy h3ll with the florist, but I'm just annoyed.  It's bad enough I can't be there to help. 
 
 

Take your stuff out, rewash and dry it but leave his on his side of the bed or stuff it in one of his drawers with clean clothes. That's just BS.

I agree - total BS. Usually I'm the one who takes care of the laundry, but I've been sick. It's just towels and sheets. At this point, I honestly don't care if they sit out on the porch until they rot. We have more bad weather coming tomorrow and Monday. I'm determined that I'm not going to be the one to bring them in. 

I'm not feeling great. 

I know I shouldn't be annoyed at this because I'll appreciate it when I'm older and blah blah blah...but, I have had 3 different people come to my door this week selling something or asking for donations for charity.  Each one asked me if my mom or dad was home.   

I expect to have my ID checked when I buy booze or go to a pub, it's just a fact of life for me, but asking if my mom or dad is home?!  At least ask me if I'm the home owner so I can reply "No, I'm the tenant" and we can avoid the awkwardness together!

Got to the apple store for my 3:40 appointment only to discover that my appointment is at 4:20. At least they have free wifi.

Called Orange to 1) get a micro-SIM for the new iPhone I bought 2) get a PAC code to transfer to Three because they're cheaper. The guy was completely confused as to why I'd want to do both things at once, and told me that the micro-SIM would cost £10/mo to be on some "preferential network". So basically, no micro-SIM, and his advice is that I just use the PAC code immediately and just pay for the rest of my 30 day notice period after I've swapped to Three. Whole point was to not pay two carriers at the same time. Ah, well, at least it's all pretty cheap.

ETA: Apple store just moved my appointment up to 4pm, so yay for that.

The screen on my phone broke.  I asked BF to look for one for me while he was in town yesterday and just get the cheapest thing for Orange.  I talked to him later, and he hadn't gotten a chance to look, which was fine.  I told him I'd just go into town today or tomorrow to get one.

I get home after being out with my friends, and he had stopped at the little Tesco near our house and got a T-Mobile phone.  I reminded him that I have Orange, and he said "They were out of Orange phones, but the two companies merged so I figured it would probably work."

Me: "Did you ask anyone if that was actually the case, or did you just buy it?"

Him: "I just bought it. It was only £12"

Me: 

Of course, it doesn't work with my SIM card, so I either have to eat the £12 and get a phone that actually will work, or pay to unlock it which will probably cost more than the phone.  He suggested I just use it anyway, but I need to keep my number since it's the one I have listed on all my job applications.

I knew I just shouldn't have even asked him to do it.