Tammi's World

Stayin' Home

I finally got my work done and have heard that Gov. Bush is encouraging everyone to head WEST not NORTH. Well shit. I4 is backing up. I REFUSE to be a sitting duck on a highway when this storm starts. I'm staying home.

I have water. I have cigarettes. I have food and I have all the other things I need to get through.

They are saying this will be a 24 hour storm. Oh Boy. Here is what all the models are saying will happen.

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Try as I may I don't see a single option there that I really like.

I will publically admit that it is better for the surrounding community if I stay bolted in my house right now. When I went to get gas it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. 30 min. wait, of course only top grade gas available, but at least there's gas to be had. The only hard part was getting out of the flippin' station. PEOPLE ARE ASSHOLES!!! You need out so they can get in. They won't budge. You can't. They get mad. Me? I get PISSED OFF. All it took was me getting out of my car and that SOB backed right up. Hmmmm, do you think it was the United States Marine hat I was wearing?!?!?

THEN..the grocery store. Some stupid son of a bitch from a small state in the north east thinks he owns the flippin' parking lot. Lot is PACKED. (remember this area is largely tourists renting houses while in Orlando) Everyone is in a panic. I just want a couple gallons of water and some chocolate. Jewlery Man is going the wrong way down the isle in the parking lot - flipping people off and yelling out his window when they are in his way. Lucky me, he parks next to my car. In the store - stopping in the middle of the aisle, taking his time, yelling and basically being an ass. Every time I turn around he's there.

I check out, tell the girls to be careful and hunker down. I'd check on them Monday.

Get to my car - Jewlery Man. He's blocking me with his cart and I can't put my stuff in the car. I wait. He finally get's in, I get stuff in the car and get in. He pulls just far enough out to block me and stops. To make a phone call. I wait. I honk. He flips me off. I flip my lid. I got out of the car and knocked on his window. I won't repeat what I said, just know it wasn't polite. It wasn't soft spoken. There was nothing nice about it. He opened his mouth to reply - I told him I didn't think that was a very good idea - just put that MF'er in gear and get the hell out of my way.

He did. The wrong way up the isle. Then blocked the drive through so he could go back into the store. Stupid SOB.

I came home, put the car in the garage and bolted myself in. I'm not safe right now! :)

Posted by Tammi at September 25, 2004 12:10 PM