Mayhem and foolishness...
JG to carpool: It has been brought to my attention that since we have become larger some “rules/regulations” (since we are regulators) need to be put into place to govern the carpool. I have had some ideas sent to me, but I was going to open it up for suggestions from everyone. The table is open for anything. Just let me know what you feel is important in the carpool and what should be changed. If you don’t want to air you suggestions publicly to the entire carpool, you can send me a message and your views will remain anonymous to the carpool. Let me know what y’all think. Thanks, JG.
PS to carpool: Mine has always been the same as it has been for 10-years. Leave at 6:00 AM…..Absolute latest leave at 6:05 AM. Be honest and drive your due times to drive.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: What? Wow.
[Sidebar AE to Me]: I do not know. Weird. I am now annoyed.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: Me too. Had a feeling this morning that a car full of men is never a good idea! Wondered what’s been brewing. Now I don’t even want to know.
It used to be so easy…
[Sidebar AE to Me]: It’s crazy. All I know is I’m not leaving at six. I’m lucky if I’m there by five after. If people don’t want to wait, then I don’t have a problem, but don’t try to get all dictator on me! Blame CK for leaving.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: I still do! I never said this, but I miss him…prefer his company to any of these other guys…except DG. He’s okay, too. I’ve been through a lot with carpools for almost 4 years now, but this is exhausting.
[Sidebar AE to Me]: I have to agree with you, of course. Who brought this ridiculousness up?! The more I think about it, the more perturbed I become.
DG to carpool: I want to remain anonymous. Can we have a rule that everyone has to bring doughnuts for the ride in? I should be excluded from this requirement but I’ll volunteer to enforce it. [emoticon smiley spanks other emoticon smiley’s bare bum]
Me to carpool: I second that.
WE to carpool: [emoticon smiley spanks other emoticon smiley’s bare bum]
DG ^ when he wasn’t on the grass when the street lights came on.
DG to carpool: Whatcha talkin bout Willis? I always made it on time.
JG to carpool: This is what I have so far: Leave 6:00 with late 6:05 OR leave 6:05 with late at 6:08* ---- Needs to be voted on
*a text message must be sent before 6:05 to indicate tardiness or else you are on your own. Don’t be a habitual offender.
Track the frequency of your driving to make sure you are to infrequent on driving. The spreadsheet I made is open for all. I made it to make the carpool fair for all so please use it. With this many people it is hard to remember who all drives and rides, but we need to make sure we all do our part.
NO “4 and go” policy. Many have complained that this idea leads to the increased number of cars needed on occasion.
NO texting while driving.
If you don’t want to put 5 in a car, state that fact and be prepared to drive more often.
Please be courteous to your fellow carpoolers. If you have to make or take a phone call, keep it brief because we really don’t want to know your personal business, what you are doing later or who you are meeting. Also if listening to a personal device whether it be self help tapes or what keep the volume low enough that it doesn’t disturb others.
This one is for WH…. j/k The passenger in the front seat must remain awake for the ride to have an extra set of eyes on the road and to make sure the driver doesn’t dose of. One of the perks of the carpool is riding in the front seat, but the drawback is that you have to stay awake.
These all need to be discussed and voted on so that we have an agreement between all parties.
Let me know what you think, JG.
JS to carpool: I would like to point out that the “4 & Go Policy” was instituted by a few of us who dislike being late to work [7:01 am is LATE], and do not want to be forced to drive 80-85 mph. We were having problems getting people to the carpool spot by 6:00 am, so we made this rule. I would also like to point out that those of us in this group have been driving more than once per week, usually because by 6:05 there was the same group of us there.
When squeezing 5 people into a vehicle, I think that we should take into account the size of the vehicle and the occupants. It’s painful to say, but we all know it’s true. WH, PS, SM, B, and I all rode in SM’s Saturn for a while, and it got very cramped, very quickly, especially when PS and SM were up front, and B, WH, and I were in the back.
The bottom line is that I think that we just need common courtesy, rather than a long list of rules.
DG to carpool: You guys are too funny. I’m amazed by nitpickiness. We complain about being 1 minute late because the job requires you to be at work at 7am and not 7:01 but are the first people to want to leave your respective offices at 3:58 so you can get to your cars by 4pm (even though the job requires you to work until 4pm) and than we complain when you have to leave here a 4:01pm. Also, complain about riding 5 deep but before I join this carpool you guys already had 6 people in your carpool meaning you rode 5 deep pretty often. Are we not adults? And you guys were considering getting a van? That’s funny. I guess that would end up with 4 people in it on most days. Whatever rules you guys apply to yourselves, believe me I will not follow your rules. If I make it on time, I’ll continue to ride or drive the carpool until you kick me out. I like you guys but don’t have any emotional attachment to any. Keep hope alive! Let’s all just get along. [mpeg of Chris Farley's Van Down By The River SNL Skit]
Me to carpool: Adults? At ____ High?
[Sidebar AE to Me]: HILARIOUS.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: Idk, but whoever brought it up has apparently started a chain reaction so that everyone can point fingers. Far be it from me to jump on the bandwagon!
Self-help tapes? High volume ones? Really? I wonder what that’s about. Every other finger pointed seems to have an easily identifiable person at the other end.
[Sidebar AE to Me]: I’m pretty confused about the high volume self-help tapes, possibly because my ipod is glued to my ears as soon as I get in the car usually.
I just literally laughed out loud at DG’s email.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: I just can’t voice how much I don’t care…getting mean again, must be time to eat lunch.
[Sidebar AE to Me]: Feed the beast…keep it happy!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Wow. Believe me, there are enough of us who are emailing on the sidelines about how ridiculous this is…not knowing where this is coming from that you shouldn’t have to worry about getting kicked out. Remember me? I came into this madness and drug you with me, then we added AE, so whatever madness has ensued since has nothing to do with a handful of us. Don’t let this drama rub you the wrong way. They are not worth it.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: TIME TO DEFECT. j/k
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Why are you kidding?
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Nah, I just need to vent a little. I didn’t mean half of that stuff but I know others probably were thinking it but didn’t wanna say it.
[Sidebar Me to DG]: I’m jealous of all your emoticons and whirlygigs.
[Sidebar DG to ME]: I need them to soften my harsh words.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: We know you don’t love us. Nothing personal. I’m not particularly attached to you either. -Fiona
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Dang it woman!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Blame it on Fiona. Su didn’t feed her today.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: I hope you don’t listen to half the stuff I say. I just like to start fights.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: We know. You missed a good one in the car the other day b/w PS and JG about politics. I actually thought, “DG would eat this up”. I also thought, “Please, God, get me out of here.” I hate it when the battery runs out rendering my ear buds useless. Always need a buffer from these people…loudly playing self-help tapes, apparently.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: These people are nuts. I thought I was crazy but apparently I’m pretty sane. The loud headset and the “you can’t go to sleep if you are riding in the front” were pretty hilarious. PS will not argue with me though. He always concedes that I’m right. I tried to pick an argument with him about zoning in the city limits last week but he didn’t bite. I just said “I agree DG”. There no fun in someone saying “I agree”.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: May I borrow your self-help tapes? I have a tenuous grip on my temper as of late. Though I believe a split personality individual, instigator of fights, and a possible anger management candidate may be the most sane in the bunch.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Are you talking about me? I don’t have a split personality or anger problem dammit!!!
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: You are obviously the instigator, as you admitted in a previous email. We have been communicating with both Su and Fiona during this discussion. AND, I just requested to borrow self-help tapes from Suona, citing my tenuous grip on my psycho temper. Your use of foul language and multiple exclamation points suggests you may also have an anger issue, however.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: I’m going to need my wife to rub my shoulders tonight after this strenuous day. $50 she declines…
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: CK is trying to get me to peel a few of you off at to carpool from 7:30 to 4:30.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Just CK? [Implies that CK and KC currently carpool and I don’t want to ride with her ever again. CK once carpooled with us, but defected to return to a carpool with the succubus KC who left me, DG and CK hanging when she abandoned us with gas at $4/gallon for indeterminate reasons. She later stated that she didn’t appreciate how I replaced her right after receiving her email stating that she would no longer be riding with us. She’s evil. I saw a window and promptly acted to fill in our vacant spot. Go figure. She also would enquire over how our cf of a carpool was working out, hoping that we would suffer and invite her back. Never happened. CK couldn’t hang with the 7 to 4 schedule, due to his exciting night life, so he left us to carpool with her 8 to 5. It seems to be working out for him so well that he’s trying to ditch her to return to DG, AE and I.]
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Just CK.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: Lol, Suona. It’s very tempting. I need to be convinced!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: This is like a bad breakup.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: Seems I’m due for a bad breakup. Haven’t had one in awhile!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: I married mine.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: It’s been a few years since my last one. I’m a solitary being.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: You won’t be for long if the current carpool has anything to do with it.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: Who are you talking about? That’s frightening.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Just saying…people have been trying to set you up ever since we learned that you were single! You’ll have an arranged marriage before you know it. We should tell CK that if we were to reinvent our carpool, he has to sign a contract, specifying the conditions of defection: permanent relocation outside of our jurisdiction, debilitating illness, dismemberment (multiple limbs), and death.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: I love those contract conditions. I needed that laugh.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: I’m converting to Mormonism so I’ll have room for a few more wives if you two are interested. [pimp emoticon smiley in a green pimp hat tips the ashes from his cigar]
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: Well, whoever I end up with better know how to cook!
No contract, no carpool reinvention!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: I’m gonna act like I didn’t just read that. My husband would leave work and drive down here to explain a few things to you at the mere implication of such a thing.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: That was a joke Fiona. Save your husband the trip.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: U scared? U scared.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: No, just doing him a favor so you don’t looking down on him. [busted up emoticon smiley, flails his feet while rolling on the ground in pain] DG wouldn’t be much for hearing anyone’s lecture. Don’t let this Adonis exterior fool ya. I’m losing my mind; I thought my 8 hr update was today but its May 4th and not March 4th.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Yeah, you must be losing your mind! Oh, look! There it went. It’s gone.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Be kind! Be kind! I feel like I’m in an abusive relationship. I don’t know you care unless you insult me.
JG to carpool: Sorry if I ruffled anyone’s feathers with my email yesterday, but sometimes that is what needs to be done to get people’s attention. I was just attempting to make the carpool as friendly and conducive to everyone’s needs. Nathan had a very good suggestion that would rectify the tardiness issues and the “4 and Go Policy”. That was to make the leave time 6:05 with no exceptions. If you are later than 6:05 you will be left. That being said everyone would not need to show up at 6:05, but be ready to pull out at 6:05. I also have placed the Carpool counter excel file on the server. It is under Auburn Carpool file.
If there are any other suggestions to better improve the carpool, let me know. Also please send comments on the idea of 6:05, it would be a compromise point for all involved. The suggestions made were just some that would make the drive more comfortable, safer and overall more enjoyable. Thanks, JG.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Omg, I’m so exhausted with this!
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: It’s never-ending. 6:05 is still a stretch for me!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Me too! I’ll try to make an effort to recalibrate myself, but it’s usually short-lived. I guess I really just don’t care, and it shows…don’t care that it shows…so over this drama.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: The real carpool will meet after 6:05. Those the get left should just ride together.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: I would volunteer to get left every time, but summa y’all might arrive on time and leave me hanging!
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: AE arriving on time? That’s freakin’ impossible.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: This morning I was on time. Clearly, it was a fluke and probably won’t happen for another couple of months.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Fluke (noun) [flook] 1. accidental success (see AE punctuality)
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Cute! AE, are you a repeat offender? “Do we need an intervention?” says the pot.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: The kettle says, “YES.”
PS to carpool: Mine has always been the same as it has been for 10-years. Leave at 6:00 AM…..Absolute latest leave at 6:05 AM. Be honest and drive your due times to drive.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: What? Wow.
[Sidebar AE to Me]: I do not know. Weird. I am now annoyed.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: Me too. Had a feeling this morning that a car full of men is never a good idea! Wondered what’s been brewing. Now I don’t even want to know.
It used to be so easy…
[Sidebar AE to Me]: It’s crazy. All I know is I’m not leaving at six. I’m lucky if I’m there by five after. If people don’t want to wait, then I don’t have a problem, but don’t try to get all dictator on me! Blame CK for leaving.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: I still do! I never said this, but I miss him…prefer his company to any of these other guys…except DG. He’s okay, too. I’ve been through a lot with carpools for almost 4 years now, but this is exhausting.
[Sidebar AE to Me]: I have to agree with you, of course. Who brought this ridiculousness up?! The more I think about it, the more perturbed I become.
DG to carpool: I want to remain anonymous. Can we have a rule that everyone has to bring doughnuts for the ride in? I should be excluded from this requirement but I’ll volunteer to enforce it. [emoticon smiley spanks other emoticon smiley’s bare bum]
Me to carpool: I second that.
WE to carpool: [emoticon smiley spanks other emoticon smiley’s bare bum]
DG ^ when he wasn’t on the grass when the street lights came on.
DG to carpool: Whatcha talkin bout Willis? I always made it on time.
JG to carpool: This is what I have so far: Leave 6:00 with late 6:05 OR leave 6:05 with late at 6:08* ---- Needs to be voted on
*a text message must be sent before 6:05 to indicate tardiness or else you are on your own. Don’t be a habitual offender.
Track the frequency of your driving to make sure you are to infrequent on driving. The spreadsheet I made is open for all. I made it to make the carpool fair for all so please use it. With this many people it is hard to remember who all drives and rides, but we need to make sure we all do our part.
NO “4 and go” policy. Many have complained that this idea leads to the increased number of cars needed on occasion.
NO texting while driving.
If you don’t want to put 5 in a car, state that fact and be prepared to drive more often.
Please be courteous to your fellow carpoolers. If you have to make or take a phone call, keep it brief because we really don’t want to know your personal business, what you are doing later or who you are meeting. Also if listening to a personal device whether it be self help tapes or what keep the volume low enough that it doesn’t disturb others.
This one is for WH…. j/k The passenger in the front seat must remain awake for the ride to have an extra set of eyes on the road and to make sure the driver doesn’t dose of. One of the perks of the carpool is riding in the front seat, but the drawback is that you have to stay awake.
These all need to be discussed and voted on so that we have an agreement between all parties.
Let me know what you think, JG.
JS to carpool: I would like to point out that the “4 & Go Policy” was instituted by a few of us who dislike being late to work [7:01 am is LATE], and do not want to be forced to drive 80-85 mph. We were having problems getting people to the carpool spot by 6:00 am, so we made this rule. I would also like to point out that those of us in this group have been driving more than once per week, usually because by 6:05 there was the same group of us there.
When squeezing 5 people into a vehicle, I think that we should take into account the size of the vehicle and the occupants. It’s painful to say, but we all know it’s true. WH, PS, SM, B, and I all rode in SM’s Saturn for a while, and it got very cramped, very quickly, especially when PS and SM were up front, and B, WH, and I were in the back.
The bottom line is that I think that we just need common courtesy, rather than a long list of rules.
DG to carpool: You guys are too funny. I’m amazed by nitpickiness. We complain about being 1 minute late because the job requires you to be at work at 7am and not 7:01 but are the first people to want to leave your respective offices at 3:58 so you can get to your cars by 4pm (even though the job requires you to work until 4pm) and than we complain when you have to leave here a 4:01pm. Also, complain about riding 5 deep but before I join this carpool you guys already had 6 people in your carpool meaning you rode 5 deep pretty often. Are we not adults? And you guys were considering getting a van? That’s funny. I guess that would end up with 4 people in it on most days. Whatever rules you guys apply to yourselves, believe me I will not follow your rules. If I make it on time, I’ll continue to ride or drive the carpool until you kick me out. I like you guys but don’t have any emotional attachment to any. Keep hope alive! Let’s all just get along. [mpeg of Chris Farley's Van Down By The River SNL Skit]
Me to carpool: Adults? At ____ High?
[Sidebar AE to Me]: HILARIOUS.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: Idk, but whoever brought it up has apparently started a chain reaction so that everyone can point fingers. Far be it from me to jump on the bandwagon!
Self-help tapes? High volume ones? Really? I wonder what that’s about. Every other finger pointed seems to have an easily identifiable person at the other end.
[Sidebar AE to Me]: I’m pretty confused about the high volume self-help tapes, possibly because my ipod is glued to my ears as soon as I get in the car usually.
I just literally laughed out loud at DG’s email.
[Sidebar Me to AE]: I just can’t voice how much I don’t care…getting mean again, must be time to eat lunch.
[Sidebar AE to Me]: Feed the beast…keep it happy!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Wow. Believe me, there are enough of us who are emailing on the sidelines about how ridiculous this is…not knowing where this is coming from that you shouldn’t have to worry about getting kicked out. Remember me? I came into this madness and drug you with me, then we added AE, so whatever madness has ensued since has nothing to do with a handful of us. Don’t let this drama rub you the wrong way. They are not worth it.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: TIME TO DEFECT. j/k
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Why are you kidding?
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Nah, I just need to vent a little. I didn’t mean half of that stuff but I know others probably were thinking it but didn’t wanna say it.
[Sidebar Me to DG]: I’m jealous of all your emoticons and whirlygigs.
[Sidebar DG to ME]: I need them to soften my harsh words.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: We know you don’t love us. Nothing personal. I’m not particularly attached to you either. -Fiona
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Dang it woman!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Blame it on Fiona. Su didn’t feed her today.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: I hope you don’t listen to half the stuff I say. I just like to start fights.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: We know. You missed a good one in the car the other day b/w PS and JG about politics. I actually thought, “DG would eat this up”. I also thought, “Please, God, get me out of here.” I hate it when the battery runs out rendering my ear buds useless. Always need a buffer from these people…loudly playing self-help tapes, apparently.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: These people are nuts. I thought I was crazy but apparently I’m pretty sane. The loud headset and the “you can’t go to sleep if you are riding in the front” were pretty hilarious. PS will not argue with me though. He always concedes that I’m right. I tried to pick an argument with him about zoning in the city limits last week but he didn’t bite. I just said “I agree DG”. There no fun in someone saying “I agree”.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: May I borrow your self-help tapes? I have a tenuous grip on my temper as of late. Though I believe a split personality individual, instigator of fights, and a possible anger management candidate may be the most sane in the bunch.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Are you talking about me? I don’t have a split personality or anger problem dammit!!!
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: You are obviously the instigator, as you admitted in a previous email. We have been communicating with both Su and Fiona during this discussion. AND, I just requested to borrow self-help tapes from Suona, citing my tenuous grip on my psycho temper. Your use of foul language and multiple exclamation points suggests you may also have an anger issue, however.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: I’m going to need my wife to rub my shoulders tonight after this strenuous day. $50 she declines…
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: CK is trying to get me to peel a few of you off at to carpool from 7:30 to 4:30.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Just CK? [Implies that CK and KC currently carpool and I don’t want to ride with her ever again. CK once carpooled with us, but defected to return to a carpool with the succubus KC who left me, DG and CK hanging when she abandoned us with gas at $4/gallon for indeterminate reasons. She later stated that she didn’t appreciate how I replaced her right after receiving her email stating that she would no longer be riding with us. She’s evil. I saw a window and promptly acted to fill in our vacant spot. Go figure. She also would enquire over how our cf of a carpool was working out, hoping that we would suffer and invite her back. Never happened. CK couldn’t hang with the 7 to 4 schedule, due to his exciting night life, so he left us to carpool with her 8 to 5. It seems to be working out for him so well that he’s trying to ditch her to return to DG, AE and I.]
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Just CK.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: Lol, Suona. It’s very tempting. I need to be convinced!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: This is like a bad breakup.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: Seems I’m due for a bad breakup. Haven’t had one in awhile!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: I married mine.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: It’s been a few years since my last one. I’m a solitary being.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: You won’t be for long if the current carpool has anything to do with it.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: Who are you talking about? That’s frightening.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Just saying…people have been trying to set you up ever since we learned that you were single! You’ll have an arranged marriage before you know it. We should tell CK that if we were to reinvent our carpool, he has to sign a contract, specifying the conditions of defection: permanent relocation outside of our jurisdiction, debilitating illness, dismemberment (multiple limbs), and death.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: I love those contract conditions. I needed that laugh.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: I’m converting to Mormonism so I’ll have room for a few more wives if you two are interested. [pimp emoticon smiley in a green pimp hat tips the ashes from his cigar]
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: Well, whoever I end up with better know how to cook!
No contract, no carpool reinvention!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: I’m gonna act like I didn’t just read that. My husband would leave work and drive down here to explain a few things to you at the mere implication of such a thing.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: That was a joke Fiona. Save your husband the trip.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: U scared? U scared.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: No, just doing him a favor so you don’t looking down on him. [busted up emoticon smiley, flails his feet while rolling on the ground in pain] DG wouldn’t be much for hearing anyone’s lecture. Don’t let this Adonis exterior fool ya. I’m losing my mind; I thought my 8 hr update was today but its May 4th and not March 4th.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Yeah, you must be losing your mind! Oh, look! There it went. It’s gone.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Be kind! Be kind! I feel like I’m in an abusive relationship. I don’t know you care unless you insult me.
JG to carpool: Sorry if I ruffled anyone’s feathers with my email yesterday, but sometimes that is what needs to be done to get people’s attention. I was just attempting to make the carpool as friendly and conducive to everyone’s needs. Nathan had a very good suggestion that would rectify the tardiness issues and the “4 and Go Policy”. That was to make the leave time 6:05 with no exceptions. If you are later than 6:05 you will be left. That being said everyone would not need to show up at 6:05, but be ready to pull out at 6:05. I also have placed the Carpool counter excel file on the server. It is under Auburn Carpool file.
If there are any other suggestions to better improve the carpool, let me know. Also please send comments on the idea of 6:05, it would be a compromise point for all involved. The suggestions made were just some that would make the drive more comfortable, safer and overall more enjoyable. Thanks, JG.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Omg, I’m so exhausted with this!
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: It’s never-ending. 6:05 is still a stretch for me!
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Me too! I’ll try to make an effort to recalibrate myself, but it’s usually short-lived. I guess I really just don’t care, and it shows…don’t care that it shows…so over this drama.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: The real carpool will meet after 6:05. Those the get left should just ride together.
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: I would volunteer to get left every time, but summa y’all might arrive on time and leave me hanging!
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: AE arriving on time? That’s freakin’ impossible.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: This morning I was on time. Clearly, it was a fluke and probably won’t happen for another couple of months.
[Sidebar DG to Me and AE]: Fluke (noun) [flook] 1. accidental success (see AE punctuality)
[Sidebar Me to AE and DG]: Cute! AE, are you a repeat offender? “Do we need an intervention?” says the pot.
[Sidebar AE to Me and DG]: The kettle says, “YES.”