the most irritating thing happened this morning, as i was so psyched to be up and out of the house and totally efficient after taking janie on a good walk. i drove over to the post office (no, i don't usually drive there) because i had all of the packages of promotional materials in my little car, and i was psyched to be dropping them off because i want to use my car for groceries, but it's so full right now of etsy boxes that i actually wouldn't be able to fit any grocery packages in. i pull up to the post office as close as i can park (those boxes are heavy!) and oh no! all the gates are down, and it's totally closed.
veteran's day.
i love vets as much as the next guy (well, except for the guy that tried to hit me while i was on my bike with his car on morris street couple months ago. that guy's a jerk, even if his bumper stickers did say he's a vet) but i was so disappointed not to be able to cross this major item off my to-do list. grrrr. so that was a bit of my morning. the rest of my day was actually pretty decent, and so i guess i'll just mentally gear up for another trip to the post office tomorrow morning.
is it really wimpy that i don't know how to pump my own bike tires full of air? i have to admit that recently i went through the "oh no there's something terribly wrong with my bike", "oh wait, i just need to refill my tires a bit" cycle (it happens not super often, but i always get worried sick, then realize the fix is super cheap and easy) and at the bike shop, the owner who usually is happy to do it for me wasn't there, and the girl at the counter just looked up and pointed at the air pump. and so i stood there for a minute, with a feeling of helplessness i don't often feel (well, except when encountering the post office on national holidays, i suppose). and it dawned on me that i'm pretty handy and like to do things myself (ie, totally gut and rebuild the kitchen, etc in my house) but when it comes to mechanical things, like my bike or my little car, i just want someone to do it for me. for real. i'll pay you for you time and tip you what's it's worth to me, but i just do not want to unscrew, fix and rescrew anything that's supposed to move or get me from point a to point b. is that so wrong?
