I got my credit card bill the other day and, on top of all of the other unexpected costs associated with my trip to Europe, a hotel reservation that I had canceled\u00a0still\u00a0appeared on my\u00a0statement for\u00a0$170. I contacted the reservations agent and forwarded a copy of my credit card bill, my hotel reservation confirmation, and most importantly, my reservation cancellation confirmation emails. Hopefully that will be sufficient information to get that expense corrected.<\/p>\n
Despite (fortunately) having free lodging the entire time I was in Paris, this trip ended up costing me quite a bit of money when taking into account the lodging in Amsterdam (an unexpected expense that came about after we realized Mike wasn’t going to Oxford), the car rental\/tolls\/fuel for going to Amsterdam, and the train from Paris to London (because we weren’t sure about the Oxford thing we weren’t able to purchase the tickets in advance and we got screwed price-wise). UGH.<\/p>\n
On the plus side, I may be able to save some money going forward. I promised my parents i would pay to put hardwood flooring in their townhouse as their 40th anniversary gift. Well, I spoke with the flooring company and realized that I can take advantage of this weekend’s State Tax Holiday and not pay taxes on it. WOO HOO! It’s only a few hundred bucks…but I’ll take it.<\/p>\n
And on a political note….there was a tiny 3-paragraph article in the Metro newspaper this morning about a group of American soldiers in Iraq who gang-raped a 14 yearold girl, then shot her in the head, and also murdered her parents and 5 year-old sister…all following some golf practice. After the rape and murders, they grilled chicken wings and had dinner.<\/p>\n
UMM – why does this get 3 paragraphs in the middle of the paper when Lance Bass’s sexuality warrants a front page? The article says this happened in March. I watch the news every day and I don’t recall hearing about this (maybe I missed it…it’s possible). But still – where is the outrage? Aren’t we over there to supposedly protect? Who is supervising these people? We’ve got abuse in Guantanomo, abuse in Abu Ghraib. And now this?<\/p>\n
This is the democracy we’re trying to spread to the middle east? Give me a break. I want these guys in prison for life. I want their bunkmates to rape them violentely for the next 50 years. I want them to be miserable for the rest of their lives. I want world peace, fluffy\u00a0puppies and ice cream cones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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