Schedule Bids

Its been awhile. I guess I've not had much to say...or perhaps too much. Maybe its that I worry I might say the wrong thing. Whatever the case may be. We had schedule bids a few days ago. I thought this time I might give the 4x10 a try. Basically that means I work from 7:00 am until 5:30 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. I get every Wednesday off. It will give me time to do stuff and things or nothing at all. Plus, with gas getting so expensive it will save about 45 miles on my car every week. That's about $3.50 in gas right there! Okay, so my car doesn't take that much gas. Its a Scion xA but still. Every little bit counts!

I was told by a girl at work the other day that I make people feel stupid. Now I know I make snarky and sarcastic comments all the time...cause that's just who I am... but she said that she was sarcastic and I was just mean. I don't think I am a mean person. Sure, I tend to be kinda blunt, and if you have to ask me what color the white horse is because you honestly don't know you begging for a dumb joke. I never intend to be mean. I could have said, "I'm sorry if you feel stupid, but did it ever occur to you it was because you are stupid?" No. I wanted to, oh did I want to. But I didn't. Because that would have been mean. I just apologized and told her I didn't intend to make her feel that way and since then I haven't really said anything to her at all. My HLM (hetero-life-mate) told me that, as English grads, we tend to use larger words and give our opinions more. It never really occurred to me until she said that. She is right. I do use bigger words without even thinking about it. However, it comes naturally to me. My grandma (Hi! Grandma!!!) went to college and took some grad school classes, my mom, dad, and big brother went to U of I. Both of my grandmothers and my dad do crossword puzzles. Everyone in my family reads constantly. At any given time, we all have a book in progress. Sometimes I have two...or three. All of those things leads to larger a vocabulary. Of course I am not denying I am a dork about it. I do differentiate between dictionaries. I have an American Heritage dictionary that I use for everyday things, but when I want a real definition - I pull out my OED. I *love* my OED. I look at it for fun. My HLM and I have had conversations about dictionaries and even about specific words, i.e. Plethora. So yeah. If I make you feel stupid I am sorry, but maybe you just are stupid. That isn't my fault, so don't blame me.