Ya gotta wonder...

[telophase]

I went to the grocery store right after work to pick up desperately-needed laundry detergent and a few other things, and as I was checking out, I ended up in line behind this utterly clueless guy. He was buying his stuff on a debit card, and wanted $10 cash back. Fairly easy to do, right? No. This guy couldn't follow the simplest directions form teh cashier, and she eventually called a cashier who was on his way out to come over and stand next to the guy and step his way through the process. And then the guy COULD NOT grasp the concept that he bought $5.87 worth of groceries and got $10 cash back, and this his bank account was charged $15.87. He INSISTED that the coin-change machine should be giving him change. No, I have no clue why. The cashier couldn't get it across to him. I finally leapt in and said "It charged your account $15.87 even, no change necessary." He more-or-less accepted that, but was still suspicious. And before he walked away, he said to me "I guess they do it differently here than at Wal-Mart." I merely said "They're all run by different companies and they all do it differently." instead of what I was thinking, which was "HOW many DRUGS does it TAKE to fry your brain THAT MUCH?"

In other news, the wind is blowing extremely hard here, and we're in the middle of a dust storm. Or, rather, dust and pollen storm, to the extent that when I was driving along the highway I wasn't sure if it was dust or if there was a fire nearby. I feel like hell. SPRING CAN JUST STOP NOW.

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[riofriotex.livejournal.com]

God it is windy today! Driving back from University Town, the sky looked kinda yellow - it was nice and blue this morning. Pretty hazy too. Must be driving you folks with allergies (like Breathless) nuts. As it is, I am glad I no longer wear contact lenses as I'd be going crazy now too.

I like spring, but where are the bluebonnets? I KNOW we can get them up here, I saw them up here in 1999!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I feel seasick because of my allergies. Not horribly so - I don't feel like throwing up - but I'm kinda dizzy.

The bluebonnets should show up soon! :D

[selenite.livejournal.com]

It's scary seeing the sky change color. I hadn't seen that color before and was wondering "Is that the color for tornado weather? No, this is more brown than green . . ."

Still a lousy color for a sky.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I was wondering about tornados, too, when I was going into the grocery store, leaning into the wind to keep from falling over. It seemed either a fire or a tornado, but no, just a dust storm.