Author: Christine

As I’ve been driving a little bit more lately, can we please get some basic “rules of the road” down? I think we can all agree on this, but you tell me what you think.

:: Turn Signals: Next time you slide in behind the steering wheel, please note the stick on the left. This stick operates your turn signals. When you are going to turn or need to change lanes, move the stick so the appropriate blinker is working. This is not hard to do. When it’s 7:30 in the morning and I’m tired, my psychic powers are week. I can not just magically figure out that you want to move in to my lane…

:: Tailgating: If you are driving a Suburban that could hold a family of 10 and you have one of those “I can smash anything” grill covers on the front of it, you don’t need to use it to intimidate me. When we are both going down the highway at 75 mph (posted speed is 65) and there are cars in front of me, if I have to call the Oceanside auto repair shop from http://www.atloceanside.com/ it will be their fault, you can’t just shove me out of your way. Get off my ass, because there is no way you’re going to be able to cram that giant tank in to my Honda Civic. No way, no how, so give it up.

What are your biggest rush hour pet peeves?

Awwww… Faith loves me. I won her nice shiny button for “Best Blog by Someone Named Christine” Considering all the Christines out there, it’s quite an honor! Thanks Faith! *mwah!*

I find the subtle differences between the people I am working with at my temp job and the people I worked with for a year and a half at the web company amusing. Maybe it’s because the male to female ratio is different, but it’s the little things that get my attention. I wore a skirt today that I hadn’t worn last week. It’s one I got last year and when I first wore it to the old job Kymberlie was the only person who noticed. Today? I had at least 4 people comment on how they really liked my skirt. It’s amazing how a small compliment like that can really brighten your day.

It was a crazy chaotic day just like yesterday – there are trials coming up along with depositions. I’m doing really well though and getting back in to the groove of things, but I am so tired when the day is over. Tonight I sat down while waiting for my dinner to finish cooking and I was falling asleep within minutes. Don’t you just hate it when you do the head bob thing where the jerk of your head falling forward wakes you back up? I started my day off though with a really great e-mail from one of the partners telling me that he had noticed my hard work and how great it has been to have me around – I can’t tell you how thrilled that made me! (And how it makes me hope they will make the job permanent!)

Adding to my thrills of the day, I got to have lunch with Kathy, her husband Tom & Mike. Kathy isn’t normally in downtown, but had a dentist appointment so she was off of work and headed that way! Mike didn’t think he was going to be able to join us at first, but he ended up needing to come downtown for a meeting so it worked out perfectly. We had a really nice time visiting.

After lunch, I headed across to the hair salon where I used to get my hair cut. Cruz, my former stylist, stopped what he was doing the second he saw me. It was nice to be remembered after being gone for 3 years. Then again, I brought him a ton of clients back then and he still cuts Chelsey’s hair. She said that he asks about me all the time – so he was surprised when I just showed up at the shop!

All in all, a busy but really good day.