10/21/05

Puffed Cheetos, Lemonheads, and Visions of Yellow & Red......

So people who really know me know that I try to be a socially conscious person, and for that reason I do not support a couple of companies through direct patronage: McDonalds, Home Depot, KFC, Wal Mart, and now DHL.
Although my reasons for adding DHL are not socially motivated, my experience with them evoked similar feelings of anger & frustration. First they failed to continuously update their tracking page, as claimed on their website. Second, they failed to deliver on time. Third, they failed to deliver all of my packages on their "second attempt". Fourth, they put my delicate computer packages back on a truck only to drive them around Manhattan, without an actual delivery attempt. And last, but most painful, was the delivery of my computer to me in a box that can only be described as maltreated. My new Dell monitor was broken..... ( I think I cried internally, I was just to thirsty to let actual tears fall). So now i'm without my beloved Dellie Dell until I buy another monitor. Now because my birthday is coming up (11 days), I was offered the monitor as a "replacement gift" from my birthday registry list. I now have to admit this caused the inner "Princess" to come out, as I protested I did not want a monitor to be a gift of mine, instead of my passport fees. Nevertheless, the following day I relented as I did not wish to seem like a unaccommodating brat. So to DHL I said "Off with their heads", and I accepted the very adult a.k.a. lame gift of a pc monitor.
In dealing with copious amounts of stress, I usually like to take the sauvignon route as a way to block out my tendency to over-think. However, because I just moved I have no wine glasses and I refuse to drink a fine red out of a tea cup. So i've taken a liking to stuffing myself with food that lacks any semblance of a nutritious find. Puffed Cheetos, Lemonheads, and Dr. Brown's pop's, are not things I should be starting my day with (bows head in shame). So for this reason I vow to make the most of my remaining weeks at my gym. I promise to stretch, lift, spin and bend as much as one my size can handle. (Just as soon as I finish the rest of these Doritos)