5 On Friday: October 3, 2008

1) Warren & I are carrying a big dresser from the basement, up the stairs, through the hallway, to the spare room. The dresser is quite large and cumbersome to carry. I'm struggling, and all Warren can see of me is the top of my head bobbing up and down at the other end of the dresser and I fumble to get a better grip (we're holding it from the bottom). I stretch my neck up so I can see him over the top of the dresser. He starts laughing. 'You look like Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic in the end scene when he's drowning!' Then he proceeds to mimic me, causing me to laugh and almost drop the dresser on myself. The places his mind goes never cease to amaze me.

2) No one has noticed that I stopped wearing my nose ring.

3) Braces update: I'm 2 weeks away from getting my invisilign braces, and I just found out I get free bleaching when it's all done, and, the process will likely take less than a year. Hola!

4) We've been asked (told) to host Thanksgiving at our house. We still have no living room furniture and no window coverings. This will be fun!We're secretly hoping that it's such a disaster that we're never asked again :-) Are we bad people?

5) This spot brought to you by 'Awkward Moments on Calgary Transit'.

I have many pet peeves about taking the bus to work. This week there have been some gems.

Pet Peeve #1: Rude Bus Drivers

Most people who ride Calgary Transit know that bus drivers are only supposed to pick people up at designated stops. It's a safety issue more than anything. But, that doesn't stop tardy commuters from chasing down a bus and waving for the driver to stop and pick them up between stops. This morning the bus driver stopped for a young girl, probably a student, and then proceeded to lecture her in a very stern 'angry parent' voice and say things like 'don't let this happen again!'. My pet peeve here is that, if he's going to break his own rules to let her on, DON'T publicly scorn her for it. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BROKE THE RULE. All she did was ask you to.

Pet Peeve #2: Loud Talkers (who also happen to be morons)

I was sitting by a window, and a guy and a girl were standing in the isle a few steps behind me, talking very loudly so everyone on the bus could hear their conversation. There were 2 pregnant women sitting in close proximity to me. The conversation went something like this:

Girl: Did you know so-and-so is back from mat leave tomorrow? I hear she's already pregnant again! She's like, already showing, so she'll be back for like, 2 months or something!

Guy: That's so brutal! Why do they hire people like that? You know, people who, like, you know, get pregnant every 3 months or whatever? That's crap. Is she the old one?

Girl: Uhh...well, no. She's like, 35.

Guy: Ya, that's old! When I'm 30 you can call me old too.

Pet Peeve #3: Awful Parents Who Publicly Parent Awfully.

Behind me I hear a 'thud' as the person behind me drops something. I hear a little girl's voice say 'uh-oh'.

Woman: What? What did you do? What did you drop?

Little girl: My wallet...

Woman: Where? Where did it go?

Then she pops out from behind me and reaches under my seat to retrieve the dropped wallet.

Woman: Take this, stupid child! Put it in your bag!