I fought the Law

Tomorrow is my first day back at the Howell store in over a year. Should be interesting considering I only know three people who work there now.  Everyone else quit or relocated due to an asshole manager.  But, since it was a beneficial situation for all parties concerned, I got my way.  It's good to pick battles based on knowledge of the probable outcome. I'm all for it.  I get to keep my hours up around 40 per week and NOT use well-earned vacation hours to pay my bills.  The Spurminator (my store manager) gets to cut 10 hours per week from his payroll.  And Birdman (the asshole manager) gets an already well trained and seasoned veteran to help run his store since all his people walked out.

I've been singing this little ditty all week..."I fought the Nazis and I won! I fought the Nazis and I won!" To the tune of  "I Fought the Law"

The family of the man that died next door rented a huge dumpster to clean out anything that didn't sell at the estate sale or that no one could possibly want.  This is cool by me. Under the cover of darkness I got rid of a broken chair, a pallet, and a falling apart table that have all been sitting outside from varying periods of one to three years.  Yes, yes, illegal dumping and all that rot.

If  Redford doesn't want people illegally dumping couches and mattresses in alleys and along freeways, maybe the cost of bulk pickup should be less than $100 for one item and $50 after that. Ridiculous. So we usually leave things in our backyard until one of us breaks out the sawzall and chops them up into pieces to go with the normal trash pickup.  We did that to a sleeper sofa. That was a bitch. 

Tonight was the fourth of July. Did you know? Me either.  Apparently Redford does fireworks the first week of June instead because they think people won't attend on July 4 due to larger fireworks shows in the area.  And people think to attend fireworks in June?  I certainly had no idea until Emma started going bonkers from hearing all the explosions.  Why waste all that money if that's the case? Save it for fixing the roads or plowing in the winter.

Last weekend was also Memorial Day. Bet you didn't know that, either.  Beech Daly from Six Mile to Five Mile was cordoned off by police so Redford could have a Memorial Day parade a week after the actual Memorial Day. Why? Same reason. They are afraid no one would attend being out of town or attending other parades.  Ridiculous. Also, makes driving from my house to anywhere pretty much out of the question. They were even blocking off side streets in some areas.

I am going refrigerator shopping on Monday!!!! (Yes, exclamation points. I have no idea how long its even been since I bought something brand new.)  I was planning on finding a decent used fridge but, my Auntie Max stepped in and sent us a check. It's enough to cover a basic fridge.  And she stipulated that we buy a new one, so we shall! Then we shall scrap old gigantaur that freezes the veggies but won't make ice. Damn thing.