as of right now, that would be me and Southwest. I just booked a flight with them. I couldn't find my rewards card, so I called in, and the guy seriously annoyed the c.r.a.p. out of me. I try to be patient with folks on the phone. I know they have to deal with all kinds of stuff, but this guy started off on me from the get-go and it quickly spiraled downhill. Let's just say that it ended with me saying to him four times, "It's a yes or no question. Just tell me is that possible, yes or no." He was slightly less than helpful. I think Herb may have rolled over in his grave (oops...just noticed on Wikipedia that he's alive and kicking. I thought he died last year! So, maybe he would have croaked!...and yes, I was a little less gracious than normal. But still....I'm just sayin's all). Oh, and thanks to Bob for the Southwest Gift Card. That was the BEST EVAH!
Just as I start griping to Chris, I go to actually pay for my flight (my third one I've purchased in the last 2 weeks...all on different carriers, of course) and notice that you can pay with PayPal. I love that. Love, love, love companies that offer PayPal as an option. There are a couple of scrapping sites I won't use b/c they don't accept PayPal. We don't use credit cards, and it makes me feel a lot safer.
Speaking of the credit card usage, tonight we attended the orientation for Dave Ramsey's program, Financial Peace University. (wow! his website is REALLY busy. He obviously hasn't been through my web design theory class) It's something I've wanted to do for a while, but haven't wanted to actually be adult enough to do it. It's about spending wisely and saving and budgeting, and honestly it's just been easier to not tackle everything I know we should. So, here we go on a 14 week journey (with a couple of bye weeks thrown in) toward financial freedom. Before we start, though, I'm buying an iPhone, an Apple bluetooth earpiece, a laptop, and I really want one of these Coach bags. And, if we're honest about it, I really want this one too (in another color, that one's fairly hideous)....but I'm gonna be good. We won't even mention my impending trip to NYC (next week) or Chris' purchase of a new computer today. Yikes! I think we need Dave worse than we thought!
And lest anyone wonder about the title of my last post, yes, I did end up with a whole pile of sand in my pants..and so did my mom! We went boogie boarding my last day in SD and had the absolute best time. Boogie boarding does have some inherent flaws such as the aforementioned sand in the pants and great big mouthfuls of super salty Pacific Ocean water. I can't imagine what the water in the Dead Sea or Salt Lake is like. Yikes! No matter, we had the most fun! And, we got fab pictures of each other. I'm still working on those. I'll share soon.
Did I mention that we went to not one, but two Padres games? It was outstandingly fabulous (or as my 100% awesome Apple co-worker would say, "it was Flawless." I mean just perfect. The first night, we sat up high behind home plate. Perfect view of everything. The second night, we sat on the third base line just a few rows off the field. So stinking close to the action! We took cabs to the park and rode the city bus fun. Seriously felt like locals. I REALLY want to be a local again. REALLY. If we were, we would 100% have season tickets to both the Padres and the Chargers. Seriously.
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