License Ahoy

[devilgrrl]

I am now, officially, a licensed Rhode Island driver. I wasted several hours of my life at the RMV today, after oversleeping by two hours, and rushing to get down there. There is no RMV in Providence; there is one in Pawtucket and it is only open until 3:15. It is also in the old Apex building, which luckily I know how to get to. I brought a book with me, luckily, because I was there over two hours.

I was lured into Apex afterwards. I bought Steven a shirt for $7 and I splurged on myself and got a Beehouse tea pot in aqua, so as to match our china and my KitchenAid. That was $23, down from $30. But hey, it has a basket for my loose tea, so I am happy.

Yay for my photographic memory; I headed to Mt. Hope to the Whole Foods Plaza. I had lunch at Boston Market because it was almost 16.00 and I was starving, since I hadn't had breakfast or even grabbed a soda before I left. This time, we weren't in a cranky rush, so I wandered around, bought household staples (yoghurt, peanut butter, and bananas), as well as some salad, more dishsoap I am not allergic to, and other things I can't remember. I was also seduced by a pepper plant, which is came home with me. Since we already had Horace, I decided this one should be called Mut and we'll just name all our plants after Egyptian gods. I have no idea what kind of pepper it is, but I think I want to pickle some of them.

The highway was a clusterfrak, so I decided that I would just go home via the East Side. Of course, I've only been this way once, but dammit, I was going to skip the highway. I was 2/3s of the way down Waterman Ave. when I saw Steven. Since I'm awesome, I picked him and we headed back here.

Now, the next part is the topper for my day of awesome. My cat has eaten some of my school paperwork. Apparently, no one informed Racetrack that eating work is a dog's domain. When I go over to RIC next week, I am now going to have to explain that my stupid, stupid kitten ate my papers. And I am going to be sure to bring the nibbled-upon work with me.

Now I'm sitting out on the porch, soda in hand, watching Steven mow the lawn and spray for earwigs. Wireless internet is made of win.

Job interview tomorrow and, I think, bus riding most of the day Friday or Monday, whichever is the better of the two days.

I just noticed... My back lawn is entirely covered with little violet plants. My grandmother would have been thrilled. They were her favourite flowers too.

Comments

[call-me-ps.livejournal.com]

haha. Racetrack cracks me up. My dear kitty Velvet when I was a kid used to do that too. I meant it when I said "the cat ate my homework"!

I would be inclined to believe that your grandmother provided the violets for your enjoyment. Perhaps she came to visit when you guys were moving in and thought the lawn needed some sprucing up. :-)

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

That cat is eleventy kinds of stupid. I swear. I mean, I have had a dog eat my homework, but never a cat. The two of them are filthy beggars, too. I watched them hork down peas and feta tonight while I was eating dinner. I swear, I feed them normally.

I thought of that, back when we were fertilizing and seeding the lawn. I wish they were still flowering. It's tough, I keep finding notes she wrote me or things she'd saved with notes written on them. I need to clean out her drawers still, but I haven't been up to it.

It's amazing how much I miss her. It's such a raw painful thing. I actually started crying typing this comment.

[call-me-ps.livejournal.com]

I can understand. My grandmother passed 7 years ago July 6 (she passed the day before my wedding). Last night, I had a dream involving a cardinal. She loved cardinals, and whenever I see one, I tend to think she has come for a visit. The cardinal was in our house. It flew over to me, and landed on my shoulder--I felt such a connection to it. Then it fluttered off, and I wanted it to come back...

I woke up, and my cheeks were wet. It gets less raw, but it will always be there. *hugs*

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine how hard that must've been for you. I feel so blessed that my grandmother was able to be there on my wedding day. I said to Steven that I am glad we didn't wait one more year to have it on a Saturday like a lot of people wanted to.

My mum's had those dreams. I haven't yet; maybe I'm not ready.

Funny you mention cardinals... I saw one just yesterday on my porch.

[littlestarletta.livejournal.com]

yay new license. I'm getting my Virginia license on Saturday I believe.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Hopefully your RMV is less stupid than mine.

[the-karen-show.livejournal.com]

hahaha
my cat ate my homework.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

She totally did, too! I've been snickering about this a lot more today.

[muzzlelove.livejournal.com]

your cat cracks me up. i feel silly when i tell people my kitten stories, so it makes me feel better when i hear other peoples.

also... yay! i am also officially a ri driver as well. hopefully you don't drink or smoke because getting carded with that damn temp license is really annoying.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

That temp license sucks. I've had to show it for signature confirmation and I've had people look at me like I'm insane.

Cat stories are ALWAYS fun.