taco bell happiness

I go to Taco Bell a lot. By a lot, I mean at least once a week.

Considering we only eat out about twice a week (pizza or taco bell), that's significant.

Anyhow, last Saturday, we decided to get TB for supper. I ordered my usual (two crunchy taco supremes with beans instead of meat, a side of guacamole, and a small drink). I always speak slowly and clearly when ordering. When the order came, my tacos weren't supremes. I'm accustomed to this at other TBs, but the one I go to most of the time is usually better. So I carried them up there, the manager took one look at me, and said, "oh, did they forget to make those supreme?" and, without looking at my receipt, she calls out to the line my exact order.

Then I looked at my receipt. The original cashier (a new guy) hadn't entered my order correctly. The manager walked over to say hi and I told her that the receipt hadn't reflected the supreme, so I didn't actually pay for supreme tacos. She smiled and said, "maybe not, but *I* know what you ordered."

That was nice of her. She's the same one who reminded the middle people that corporate has said *no natural rubber latex gloves* so they'd stop sending them to her. She made sure her restaurant only uses vinyl, plastic, or nitrile.

I like her. She's one of the reasons I only go to that TB. The one on 29North always has stale shells. I haven't ventured into the one near Pantops. And the one on 5th Street Extended is a Taco Hut/Pizza Bell and I don't trust them (pizza hut is FULL of soy).

free to a good home

Available to local folks, particularly ones who will come and fetch them within the week:

Imajica, Clive Barker. hardback, first edition, fair condition (some scuffs and watermarking on cover, no dustjacket

From Fatigued to Fantastic, Jacob Teitelbaum, MD. softcover, excellent to good condition, stupid book that lots of people like

Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison. softcover, good condition.

(the first and last are doubles in our collection. we wouldn't get rid of them otherwise.)

we also have some other books, mostly stupid vampire fiction and a PD James hardcover. they're going to the recycling center to be dumped in the book trailer tomorrow afternoon unless i hear otherwise.

i've also got some stuff going to goodwill. there's a black velvet dress shirt (button up) and a brown velvet embossed blouse. if someone wants them, lemme know. they fit my boobage of doom, so that should help you gauge the size. they might need buttons added or minor hem stitching.

the dining room is now clean--YAY! it needs to be swept. the bedroom needs a bit more work. the front room just needs slight tidying, nothing we can't do in 15 minutes. i'll save that for tomorrow.

starbucks?

so... coffee at starbucks at the corner Friday night?

who is coming?

i'd like to arrive around 6:30 or so, because we eat around 5:30 and it takes awhile to get cleaned up. 7pm would be even better, as that would give us time to *walk* and trolley. we prefer that over driving. eating time isn't negotiable for boy, since he's like a three year old when he doesn't eat. anton is better behaved.

(when he reads this, he'll throw something--like the checkbook--at me.)