I got up at 7:30, because I passed out on the floor last night watching the "Untouchables". I am the queen of passing out watching movies, even when I like them. As you all know, it has been a crazy week. I topped off the craziness by undergoing a state audit yesterday morning. I see kids in a particular program governed by the dept. of health, so I was one of the providers that was randomly audited. As you may imagine, it was a tad stressful. They wanted all of my documentation for the kids I have seen, and I had to undergo an interview. I am not too eloquent in a stressful situation, but it went well. I knew that they would find errors, and they were not as hard on me as I expected. Part of the interview problem was just semantics and the dept likes to use a ton of acronyms. I am glad that I went through the process now, and I learned a lot. It would have sucked in another three years.
I got home last night, and it smelled like I was entering a turpentine factory. Carol fixed a floor upstairs, and you could taste it down here. I was bummed since I picked up some fish last night I wanted to make for dinner. So Mike and I decided to go out for Sushi at a little place we like in White Plains. I was looking forward to catching up with Mike since I have not really seen him all week. When I flew back from MI, he was in Chicago. He went to the Waldorf-Astoria thursday night for an Economic Club meeting, and it was a fancy event. It was black tie, and Condi Rice and Alan Greenspan were going to be speaking. Mike dusted his tux off to discover the boutonniere from the wedding was still pinned to it, and his shirt was never washed. He had to make a run to Syms to fix that up! When Mike got home from the event, I was in the throes of the last minute audit panic, so I could not appreciate the debriefing. The hostess asked us which table we would like, and I picked the WRONG one.
The cornholios at the other table were 2 dudes. One was a tanned, pumped up lookin' character. The other was a similarly tanned, but kinda bloated guy. I can assure you that they did not get laid tonight. The not good lookin' guy was talking so loud with expletive-laced sentences, and much of the conversation revolved around "f'ing women, people who are fat, types of fish, hot women, and how much he could bench". Holy shit, what a meathead! I had to look at him since he was talking so much about looks that I had to see if he was hot-but he was not. I swear his friend did not say anything the whole time. He was telling the waitress she was beautiful, and then commenting after she left about her, etc. I am sure they were on the way to the bars down the street. I tried my best to drown him out, but his booming voice kept appearing in my ear.
When we were going back to the car, a guy approached us to beg. What was funny about it was that he gave us a dollar amount of the begging. He told us he needed 8 dollars to get to Poughkeepsie. I just realized that even the cost of begging is higher in NY (who knew?). Of course, we did not give him a 20, but we did fall short of his 8 dollars. He shook our hands, and then was saying something about how I should not be afraid of him since I had Mike to protect me. Mike then told him that he keeps me around for protection, and the dude thought that was pretty funny. This is the second time I was approached this week. Some young dude asked me for money at the gas station by the airport in Detroit on Tues. He needed money to get to East Lansing supposedly. I always tend to throw a person a bone, and maybe they sense it about me. I can see the comment section now filling up with requests for money!
I suppose I am already sick of the campaigning for president. Is it me or are they starting this earlier than usual?
