Yesterday
Had a pretty good birthday yesterday, for the most part. The majority of the day was in Chicago at a company meeting. However, they brought us gifts from their Greece trip, and I got myself a mother-of-pearl bracelet. It's so pretty!
And, to thank us for holding down the fort while they were in paradise, we're each getting a paid day off and a massage & facial at the spa of our choice.
The day was going splendidly until I arrived back in Palatine and discovered a parking ticket on my windshield. Now, this is utter bullshit. I PAID the $2.00 for the parking, I know for a fact I did. Why - because I gave them my very last $2.00 and went without coffee that morning. And, yes, I am sure I put the money in the right slot. I try to park in spaces that have repeating numbers, so I'll remember them better. Example: 5220, which was yesterday's number.
So today, I have to go to the Village Hall to contest it & see if anything can be done. Pisses me off greatly. I'm prepared to pay $2.00 but not $20.00 to park there. Don't know if I"ll have a choice, though. That REALLY put me in a foul mood yesterday.
However, I shook it off best I could so that Matt & I could go out for sushi and plum wine, with some coconut ice cream for dessert. Yum!
Matt made me a birthday cake, and he even made the icing from scratch! With frosting roses & the whole works. Will post pix later.
So, older. Woot.
And, to thank us for holding down the fort while they were in paradise, we're each getting a paid day off and a massage & facial at the spa of our choice.
The day was going splendidly until I arrived back in Palatine and discovered a parking ticket on my windshield. Now, this is utter bullshit. I PAID the $2.00 for the parking, I know for a fact I did. Why - because I gave them my very last $2.00 and went without coffee that morning. And, yes, I am sure I put the money in the right slot. I try to park in spaces that have repeating numbers, so I'll remember them better. Example: 5220, which was yesterday's number.
So today, I have to go to the Village Hall to contest it & see if anything can be done. Pisses me off greatly. I'm prepared to pay $2.00 but not $20.00 to park there. Don't know if I"ll have a choice, though. That REALLY put me in a foul mood yesterday.
However, I shook it off best I could so that Matt & I could go out for sushi and plum wine, with some coconut ice cream for dessert. Yum!
Matt made me a birthday cake, and he even made the icing from scratch! With frosting roses & the whole works. Will post pix later.
So, older. Woot.