you can't spell "christmas" without "dysfunction"

in all seriousness though, mine was a lovely christmas. i got to see my former 4 ft 7 in (139.7 cm) little girl niece as a 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm) pre-woman (i'm 5'5" or 165.1 cm). craziness!! my mom was completely civil!! my great-niece loves me even though she doesn't know me (but you just wait till she does! then it'll be a different story!).
today we went to the mall of georgia, which i swore up and down i'd never been to. but then i remembered once the church choir sang there. but i never really went inside, so it didn't count. we went there to get a couch, since our third roommate ginger is packing up and heading east (east athens) and she's the actual grown up and with furniture. (we need a new roommate!!) so leanne saw this couch she wanted when she was in savannah yesterday, and called to see if it was in athens, and asked for it to be put on hold for her to pick up the next day, and left her name and number with some unnamed associate at the store, and was told "no problem" by said unnamed associate, and today rented a uhaul at 130 pm for 100 bucks, and drove 45 minutes to the mall of georgia, and applied and was approved for the store credit card so that she could get an extra 10% off her purchase for today only, and was told (after the credit card approval, mind you) that someone had called today and asked to come and see the couch, and she pleaded that she was the better deal as the person who called today said he was coming to see the couch and she was willing to buy the couch now, and was told to wait until 7 pm, and waited until 7 pm, and called back to check the status of the couch, and was told that at that very moment the guy was buying the couch. it was a frustrating day indeed.

on a good note, i had an interview at a temp agency today. it went very well. i may have a job in 2 to 4 days!! i sure hope so...i can't buy all this junk at now after-christmas discounted prices without money!! the government and their stupid rules!!


the moral of the story: when dealing with people in retail, make sure you get all their vitals (first name, last name, middle name, nickname, home address, telephone number, social security number, credit card number, PIN number, blood type) before you do any business with them lest they forget they ever spoke with you.