Sailor Soldier of Love and Justice

House situation continues to get stupid as Bank of America tries to squeeze more money out. Now they want an extra $8,000 from the sellers. I am beginning to suspect that BoA doesn't actually want to sell a house to us. I have no other explanation for all the nonsense they are putting us through.

I reached stress critical mass at that point, and powered by pure panic, I finally was able to call the home owner insurance company and tell them the closing date never happened and to stop asking us for money. It ended up being a really easy call. The lady on the phone was super nice, which made the whole thing a lot easier to deal with. So when I was done, I was shaking but had no nausea.

The office was full of madness in the office because accounting asked us for cost allocation info for our C3 mailings. Due Wednesday. It's a lot of work on top of all the work we already have. But luckily for me, I'm really good at it. I do it all the time for our C4 mailings. So I finished all my mailings super fast. Then I offered to help the director with his, which cause him to profess his love for me. When I was just about done with those, I offered to help one of my other coworkers. She also professed her love for me.

You know who I'm not offering my help to? Incompetent coworker. She's on her own.

Going home was difficult due to the time change. No one thought to turn on the lights at the bus station. And then I had a hard time finding my stop in the dark. It's going to be a long long winter.

After work, ben and I went to costco. I go through giant boxes of cereal way too fast. I tried to find a coat there, but they only had large and extra large sizes. Everything costco sells is big, even the clothes....

But we stopped for burritos on the way home and there was a shoe store next door so at least I have winter boots now. Yay! The pair I bought was almost identical to the pair I bought a couple years ago. Only difference is that they fixed the tongue so it doesn't slide to the side and let cold air in. I feel a little silly buying nearly the same shoes as before, but they were really good shoes until the snowpocalypse. Last winter they started to crack and ice water would leak in. It was sad. Hopefully there won't be any more crazy storms and I can get a good couple years out of this pair too.

I got to leave at 3 today. :D

I came home to a sad sick ben, so I made him some rice porridge for dinner. It was the first thing he didn't throw up. I'm glad I could help him feel better.

Then I made a phone call. I was so proud of myself. It only took me two hours this time. And the call went exactly according to the script, so I wasn't shaking too badly by the end either. I actually did a little victory dance.

I think I might make a salad now. I want to finish off the tomatoes I harvested the other day before I go to ny.

Last night I had to make a phone call and it turned into doom. I was scared of making the call, so I asked ben to do it for me. He didn't want to. Instead he directed me to do it. I was still terrified of the phone, so I was refusing to cooperate. This upset ben, who started to raise his voice. Which made me even more scared and stubborn and eventually I started to cry.

It ended up being a big stupid fight with ben calling me names and me hitting him with a pillow. But once we calmed down and actually talked it out, things were better again. I hate fights. They make me so horribly sad. I'm glad this one didn't last too long.

After the fight, ben helped me make the call myself without raising his voice at all. So at least we learn from our mistakes, I guess.

I spent the rest of the night frantically trying to finish the pillow I'm embroidering. It needs to be done before I leave Friday night. Such doooooooom. Actually, by this point I'm almost done. I just need to finish the heart at the top. I'm doing a satin stitch, which I've always been terrible at. I think I need to rip out the threads and try again. My heart wasn't looking like a heart at all.

Oh, and yes, I did spill seed beads into my keyboard. *sigh*

I just got told I need to learn to talk louder on the phone. I try but the truth is I'm terrified of phones! :P

Oh, and rain? Go away. My wipers don't work and I can't see. *pouts*