For a few days now Abigail was on a campaign trail for her Mom to let her go on a sleepover to girlfriend's house. This girl lives very close to us and the two of them are very good friends. They go to the same school for the past two years and this girl will go to the same school where Abigail will go.
So her campaigning paid off, her Mom let her go.
She called a few times and it seemed they were having a great time until...
Abigail likes to jostle her friends and she is convinced that it is funny. Well, maybe for fourteen year olds it is funny.
Earlier this afternoon she called me because she is convinced that talking to me is easy than talking to her Mom.
It seems that while they were playing the girl's mom she pushed her friend off the be and in the process of fallen her friend fell on her laptop and damaged the screen. I have to add that the computer is still working.
But Abigail feels very bad about it and she already texted all kinds of apologies. She called me and was trying to work out some deals to get me on her side. I assured her that even though she did wrong we still love her but she should try to behave a little more civilized.
As a final note, the girlfriend's mother said she didn't care if the computer is fixed or not. Obviously it is not such a big deal for the parents.
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Tuesday
Today and lately almost every day our world revolves around Abigail. For her school being over is almost like a tragedy. Every day she needs a program and no matter what we suggest it is never the right thing. But whatever her friends propose it is always the right thing.
Today was a first of its kind. We took Abigail to the doctor for her first in recent years checkup. She got a new health insurance coverage and we took advantage of it by taking Abigail there.
The good news was that she did receive clean bill of health. Thursday we are taking her to a dentist and then to an eye doctor also for a routine look see. We are keeping our fingers crossed that nothing wrong will be found.
She is small and thin but strong as an ox and has a tremendous endurance. Doesn't eat much but still the doctor was very satisfied and naturally so were we.
The difference between her and I is that my doctors want to see me every six months while her doctor said once a year is plenty.
Today was a first of its kind. We took Abigail to the doctor for her first in recent years checkup. She got a new health insurance coverage and we took advantage of it by taking Abigail there.
The good news was that she did receive clean bill of health. Thursday we are taking her to a dentist and then to an eye doctor also for a routine look see. We are keeping our fingers crossed that nothing wrong will be found.
She is small and thin but strong as an ox and has a tremendous endurance. Doesn't eat much but still the doctor was very satisfied and naturally so were we.
The difference between her and I is that my doctors want to see me every six months while her doctor said once a year is plenty.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Monday
In March of this year I bought a brand new, 2016 Hyundai santa Fe. I had a leased 2014 same model car that was turned in early about seven months ahead of its time.
The dealer assured me that there was no problem because they would pay Hyundai the remaining amount and I will be in the clear with that car. Naturally this was not done out of the goodness of their hearts but it was calculated into the sales price.
Difference between myth and reality is that the money which was over $6000 was never ever paid to Hyundai.
I found it out when I was checking my credit score and was dismayed at the low rating I received.
Reason was that I had an outstanding non payment of over $6000 to Hyundai. You can imagine how upset I was. I immediately called the dealer and talked to the sales person I dealt with. Long story, longer explanation, none of them very believable. But at the end I was assured (again) that all would be taken care of and my credit rating would not suffer.
That was several days ago and the unpaid amount is still there lighting up debtors' sky.
I'm really ticked about this. I wrote a (I think) pretty strong letter to general manager of the dealership about this and demanded that they would rectify the problem including my credit rating.
Being a holiday today the letter is still here but just writing it made me feel already better.
The dealer assured me that there was no problem because they would pay Hyundai the remaining amount and I will be in the clear with that car. Naturally this was not done out of the goodness of their hearts but it was calculated into the sales price.
Difference between myth and reality is that the money which was over $6000 was never ever paid to Hyundai.
I found it out when I was checking my credit score and was dismayed at the low rating I received.
Reason was that I had an outstanding non payment of over $6000 to Hyundai. You can imagine how upset I was. I immediately called the dealer and talked to the sales person I dealt with. Long story, longer explanation, none of them very believable. But at the end I was assured (again) that all would be taken care of and my credit rating would not suffer.
That was several days ago and the unpaid amount is still there lighting up debtors' sky.
I'm really ticked about this. I wrote a (I think) pretty strong letter to general manager of the dealership about this and demanded that they would rectify the problem including my credit rating.
Being a holiday today the letter is still here but just writing it made me feel already better.
Monday, July 4, 2016
Sunday
Fireworks are not allowed in New York City. Yet, it seems everybody in the suburban communities have them.
It is now the evening of July 3rd and the place sounds like a revolution is going on. There are non stop popping sound in the air. Even though we have clear visibility I can not see any of these fireworks but the sounds are very distinct.
They remind me of Budapest after the 1956 October events when we slept with our windows open and sporadic gunshots were heard throughout the nights. Didn't bother me then and they don't bother me now.
Tomorrow being July 4 will be probably worst. They don't do any harm except when some innocent idiot gets hurt.
Something else.
Tonight we went out with some friends to a Romanian restaurant. I think this was my second excursion to Romanian eating but this time it was by far the best.
I think we were lucky because one of our friend is Romanian, speaks the language and knew everything there was to know about the food. And, she did't let us down.
We started with a mixed plate as appetizer. Whatever this plate had on was great and tasted good. Short of a few small items we polished off everything. This was followed a Romanian soup with meat dumplings in it. We actually split one soup between my wife and I.
The main course for my wife was very well prepared pork cutlet while I finished off a whole fish that was perfectly ad thoroughly fried. We washed all this down with some good Romanian beer.
The dessert was some kind of cake with sour cream and jam on top.
It was a good evening.
And now, good evening!
It is now the evening of July 3rd and the place sounds like a revolution is going on. There are non stop popping sound in the air. Even though we have clear visibility I can not see any of these fireworks but the sounds are very distinct.
They remind me of Budapest after the 1956 October events when we slept with our windows open and sporadic gunshots were heard throughout the nights. Didn't bother me then and they don't bother me now.
Tomorrow being July 4 will be probably worst. They don't do any harm except when some innocent idiot gets hurt.
Something else.
Tonight we went out with some friends to a Romanian restaurant. I think this was my second excursion to Romanian eating but this time it was by far the best.
I think we were lucky because one of our friend is Romanian, speaks the language and knew everything there was to know about the food. And, she did't let us down.
We started with a mixed plate as appetizer. Whatever this plate had on was great and tasted good. Short of a few small items we polished off everything. This was followed a Romanian soup with meat dumplings in it. We actually split one soup between my wife and I.
The main course for my wife was very well prepared pork cutlet while I finished off a whole fish that was perfectly ad thoroughly fried. We washed all this down with some good Romanian beer.
The dessert was some kind of cake with sour cream and jam on top.
It was a good evening.
And now, good evening!
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Saturday
Today is the first day of the Fourth of July long weekend. Since this year it falls on a Monday thus the long weekend.
For people like me it doesn't mean a thing. Except that places are not usually crowded will be extremely crowded this time.
Why it doesn't mean a thing? Because when one does not work every day is like part of a long weekend. We are not planning to do anything special that we could not do during regular weekdays. People are generally lucky because the weather is forecasted to be nice.
Yesterday afternoon there was a tornado watch in my area but thankfully nothing serious happened except torrential rain. We were out driving and I have to admit I didn't see such heavy rain in a very long time. If it were snow we would be still digging out.
The beauty of this rain was that on the way home we had the chance to see a beautiful rainbow.
For people like me it doesn't mean a thing. Except that places are not usually crowded will be extremely crowded this time.
Why it doesn't mean a thing? Because when one does not work every day is like part of a long weekend. We are not planning to do anything special that we could not do during regular weekdays. People are generally lucky because the weather is forecasted to be nice.
Yesterday afternoon there was a tornado watch in my area but thankfully nothing serious happened except torrential rain. We were out driving and I have to admit I didn't see such heavy rain in a very long time. If it were snow we would be still digging out.
The beauty of this rain was that on the way home we had the chance to see a beautiful rainbow.
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Friday
One of the biggest and sanctioned scammers are the airlines. They say that they are providing a service but the way I see it we the traveling public is providing the service by keeping them alive.
We are planning to go West sometimes in August and were trying to get the proper airfare. Every time we logged on on any airline to check out the available flights there were different fares listed.
Returning flights leaving back to New York leave around 6 am are the least expensive and as the day goes on so do the price of tickets. It seems they are really using the supply and demand rule.
You want to sleep a little later and not getting up at 2 am than pay for the "privilege" of flying later. I can not believe that it costs more or less for the airlines at what hours they are flying.
This is government sanctioned scam and there is nothing anybody can do about it. Washington is talking but nothing ever happens.
They are saying how expensive it is to travel yet, the airports are crowded and the planes are full. You sure it out!
We are planning to go West sometimes in August and were trying to get the proper airfare. Every time we logged on on any airline to check out the available flights there were different fares listed.
Returning flights leaving back to New York leave around 6 am are the least expensive and as the day goes on so do the price of tickets. It seems they are really using the supply and demand rule.
You want to sleep a little later and not getting up at 2 am than pay for the "privilege" of flying later. I can not believe that it costs more or less for the airlines at what hours they are flying.
This is government sanctioned scam and there is nothing anybody can do about it. Washington is talking but nothing ever happens.
They are saying how expensive it is to travel yet, the airports are crowded and the planes are full. You sure it out!
Friday, July 1, 2016
Thursday
Like everybody else we are also getting our daily dose of scam telephone calls. Some introduce themselves and ask for me by my first name like were old buddies while some try to pronounce my last name with extremely limited success.
Some speak good English while some have limited language ability.
I came to the conclusion that anybody who calls me by my first name and says Mister so and so is not calling from this country but very likely from India. Indians have the tendency to call a person Mr,. Joe or Mr. Joseph. Americans don't do that.
Anyway, I am so sick of these class that more than once when I had a chance to talk to a live person I told them where to go and what to do. Most of the time they hang up half way through my tirade.
Very funnily one day a number kept calling. I finally picked up the phone and answered in a strong and angry voice. The person on the other side hung up. Next time they called again and I answered sounding like a little old lady. Well would you believe, they stayed on the line and started talking until I sent them on their way.
It is terrible that there is nothing we can do about these scam calls. I reported one or two frequent numbers but nothing really happened.
I will think very hard and next time they call I'll ry to scam them.
Some speak good English while some have limited language ability.
I came to the conclusion that anybody who calls me by my first name and says Mister so and so is not calling from this country but very likely from India. Indians have the tendency to call a person Mr,. Joe or Mr. Joseph. Americans don't do that.
Anyway, I am so sick of these class that more than once when I had a chance to talk to a live person I told them where to go and what to do. Most of the time they hang up half way through my tirade.
Very funnily one day a number kept calling. I finally picked up the phone and answered in a strong and angry voice. The person on the other side hung up. Next time they called again and I answered sounding like a little old lady. Well would you believe, they stayed on the line and started talking until I sent them on their way.
It is terrible that there is nothing we can do about these scam calls. I reported one or two frequent numbers but nothing really happened.
I will think very hard and next time they call I'll ry to scam them.
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