Take My Money!

I have cash money and nobody wants it. I take that back, I have cash money and I had to beg the lady working at the Shell station this morning to take it from me. Let me set the scene for you. I pull in to pump #7 at the Shell station this morning. I get out of my car, with $20 and walk inside. (There is a sign on the door that says, "Apply inside. Must be available to work." Interesting, just available to work and not a particular shift?) I stand at the counter and wait to get the cashier's attention. She was looking at her phone and possibly eating breakfast. I couldn't really tell for sure, but there was food and a phone. She got up, and I assumed she was going to ask what I needed. She grabbed a trashbag and started walking away, so I finally spoke up.

M: "Excuse me....excuse me.....excuse me..."
C: "Oh, you want to buy something?"
M: "I'd like $20 worth of gas at pump 7, please."
C: "Don't you have a card?"
M: "I have this $20 bill."
C: "You must be the only person without a card."
M: (Maybe this is why they just need someone who is available to work?)

So my first foray into spending only cash this Lenten season did not go as planned. Hopefully this is the exception and not the rule for people who spend cash money all the time.



Anywho...enough stalling...it's time for my 5 things that I'm grateful for: 

1. The Kindle ap on my smartphone. I resisted the Kindle, and all digital book items, for a very long time. There's just something to be said for holding a real book in your hands. My parents got me a Kindle for Christmas a few years ago and I've been hooked! The only problem is that my Kindle will no longer open any books. It won't let me delete anything, but it tells me I need to delete things to give it more space. (Weird.) Thanks to the Kindle ap on my smartphone, I'm able to still read all of these books that I've downloaded! It's also an amazing tool to have when I'm waiting in line at Starbucks, or at the doctor's office. 

2. Kiddo's Captain pillow pet. Since my childhood Teddy bear is slowly being retired from the bed, kiddo has let me borrow her Captain pillow pet. (Kiddo can be generous when she wants to be.) He's part pillow, part stuffed animal, and fills the needs for having both! 

3. Papa John's pizza point system. Thanks to them, I had a free pizza last night. That's actually a pretty brilliant plan on their part. The more money you spend, you get something for free! I know this is the thing among most retail and some food establishments, but since I'm a pizza junkie, I feel more pizza places should capitalize on this. (Or maybe not, because it keeps me Papa John's loyal unless I'm just craving a stuffed crust pizza.) 

4. My car. It's falling apart, and (knock on wood) hopefully holds on for just a little longer for me. It may be missing a few letters in the car name, have a massive dent in the back, a gas gauge that likes to mess with my head, and a blinker that likes to pick and choose when it works, but it's paid off, it's mine, and gets me from point A to point B. (Wow, that was a massive run-on sentence.) 

5. The insane amount of One Direction stuff around my computers at my office. I'm 30, not 12, but all of my 1D stuff makes me smile. It's all functional, so it's not the personal stuff that my boss doesn't want visible to the public. For those keeping track, there's a 1D notepad, 1D notebooks, 1D cup that holds my pens, 1D tape....yea, it's a bit of a problem...but I'm ok with it.  I can take the jokes.