MONDAY
How do I describe in writing what I did on Monday? I’ll put it this way: it was one of the most relaxing days I’ve ever had in a long, long, long time. I was able to finally shut off my brain and get into total relax-o mode. Ahhhhh.
TUESDAY
Like a day earlier I was having such a relaxing, peaceful stress free day until I received a frantic phone call from my housekeeper.{HK}
“Someone stole the groceries missy!”
After a slight pause, like a parrot I repeated what she had said but in the form of a question.
“Someone stole the groceries?”
HK was buying food at the grocery store. After she was done, she was pushing the steel grocery cart and heading to her car to unload the items into the trunk but not before making a stop. In the center of the parking lot there was a tent set up and inside they were selling an assortment of potted plants. HK wanted to take a look. She parked the cart outside the tent and claimed she wasn't inside for very long, only a few minutes. When she exited: NO CART!
As I previously wrote I was having such a relaxing day but I knew this required me to go to the grocery store. I know, YIKES! There goes my relaxing day out the window. Seriously, would it have killed her to shop in the evening when my sister would have been home and then she could have dealt with it. When I arrived there I asked HK if she was absolutely 100% positive she had left the cart where she said she had. She insisted yes.
“It just gone, missy!”
Hmm, had she left the cart on a slippery slope one could come to the conclusion the cart went spiraling downhill but that wasn’t the case.
Call it a mental block but I wasn't exactly sure what we were suppose to do. Call 911 and report a cart full of groceries was stolen? Well HK knew exactly what to do: With the receipt in her hand, in a huff she stormed back into the store and complained to the employee working at the Customer Service/Lotto/Western Union Counter. The employee called the store manager who was very apologetic that something of that nature had occurred at his store and then made a very kind offer: For HK to re-shop for everything again and at no cost to me. The customer service worker followed HK as she marked each item off from the receipt. {That same day the incident was reported to the authorties}
I seriously doubt whoever the perpetrator is reads my superior blog but if by some chance they are I have this to say:
Dear Food Bandit,
Why did you do it? Did you have nothing else better to do on a Tuesday? Were you bored? Did you do it because you thought it would be a funny thing to do? You do realize me going to the grocery store meant I missed the last half hour of The Jerry Springer Show. You have no idea how much I love listening to his “Final Thoughts.” However, if you were low on funds and needed to eat and were desperate.....well then.....I really do hope you enjoy the food, especially the following items that were bought just for me: 1% chocolate milk, 6pack of Diet Dr. Pepper bottles, Special K bars and my crate of seedless tangerines. Did you find them juicy and sweet?
Sincerely,
CP
Later that evening I went to the unwatched pile of DVDs and picked “Drag Me To Hell” to watch. I was cozy on the couch with a bowl of.....4 tangerines. What?! Did you think I was going to say a bowl of popcorn?
Directed by: Sam Raimi. With Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver
The plot: Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is a loan officer. One day an elderly Gypsy woman named Mrs Ganush (Lorna Raver) comes into the bank and asks for a third extension on her loan payments due to health problems, and Christine decides to deny the extension. Mrs Ganush subsequently places a curse on Christine, damning her soul to Hell and making her life a living nightmare. Pursued by spirits and a lamia, Christine tries to get the curse removed.”
Actress Lorna Raver does a real super job at playing a freaky-nasty-evil looking Gypsy throughout the film. A couple of scenes stand out: Nasty Gypsy lady tapping her extremely ugly nails on a desk, the fight scene between her and Christine in the parking garage and, the handkerchief. For those of you who haven’t seen the movie I won’t spoil the ending but it was an ending I didn’t expect or like.
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday night I attended a birthday party at a place called “EAST SIDE MARIO’S.” I’ve never dined in there so you can imagine my reaction when I was greeted by the hostess who greeted me with the following words while she gave me a copy of the NY Times:
“Yo, welcome to East Side Mario’s, badda-bing-badda-boom! Table for one hun?”
Oh Good Lord! I’ve landed in an episode of The Sopranos, I thought.
In case you haven’t already guessed it the restaurant has an Italian-American theme. The essence of Little Italy. In the middle of the restaurant is a statue of Lady Liberty and in her hand instead of a flaming torch, a big tomato.
Plastered all over the walls were black and white pictures of old time New York. Every dining section was named after NY streets. The section the party was being held in was on Canal Street and as luck would have it Canal Street was located right by the bar and the Stanley Cup Playoffs were on. Every male including the birthday boy who turned 16 that night was wearing a HABS jersey. All I can say it was one very loud and boisterous night.
My critique of the food: I was very pleasantly surprised at how delicious the food was and no I’m not being sarcastic. Two types of appetizers were brought out first: Mario’s Nachos and Budda Boomers {curly shaped pizza bread sticks} For the main course each of us selected from the menu. I ordered a dish called “Hell’s Kitchen.” A very spicy chicken dinner. The spicier the better I always say! Speaking of Hell’s Kitchen, if Chef Ramsay had been there to sample the food I honestly think he would not have uttered one curse word. For dessert as an alternative to a birthday cake a yummy funnel cake was brought out.
THURSDAY
Yesterday I did some shopping in the city. I decided to take a little break and have something to eat. Rather than sit in the food court I sat at one of the cafes. The mall I was shopping in I particularly like: it has a very tropical setting and feel to it with a very serene and calm vibe. I was halfway through my frozen chocolate yogurt when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned and who was standing there? A trekkie. Allow me to explain:
A petition has begun {no not by Poodle Lady} by a group of people whose main aim is to get actor William Shatner as the country’s next Gouverneur Général {Governor General} The last time I was at that mall all they had was a table with 4 people asking shoppers to sign the petition, but the dressing up as trekkies and walking around the mall with the petition in their hands was something entirely new. I’m not going to lie: I have little interest in politics....alright, alright you got me: I have next to zero interest and I don’t give a flying vulcan whether or not Captain Kirk actually becomes our next Governor General but there is a large group of fans who are very passionate about the idea. Hell, some even want him as our next Prime Minister. BACK THE SHAT!
No other mall in the area has this petition or people dressed as trekkies so I don’t understand why it’s only at the mall I was shopping in, unless, Willie has some type of personal stake in the mall?
FRIDAY
The end of the week has arrived. Are we cheerful that it is?
My loyal and dear readers it's finally Friday.
Whatever your plans are have a wonderful weekend. -x
XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
