jane_and.the_dragon

Technology sucks! I am not going to go into GREAT detail, but I have had a day from hell and most of the issues came from computers running the things. I spent all afternoon sorting out a prob with the bank and one of my credit cards. Only to walk into another issue with the other credit card tonight just before bed.
I was trying to do a little Christmas shopping with my fav on ling store. I had just placed an order with them a couple days ago no problem and then I thought the one thing I bought for some of the people on my list would be just as good for a few more. By the time I was ready to check out I was spending over a hundred dollars. I was nearly done and off to bed , but the dang technology had other ideas. It blocked the sell. I have more then enough credit line to buy what I was wanting to tonight. I called the store I was buying from and they said the credit card company had blocked it. So i contacted the credit card company, and after they cleared anything going on my account 2 times it still was not working. I asked them if they had this stupid program that tries to plot how you use your card and it you use it in a way that is not in that pattern it will block the purchase. They did.I had this prob one time before and I told them do not block purchases on my card it is never out of my control and when I try to buy something I want to be able to buy it. I want to be in charge of where I spend my money not some computer program some where.
Thing is I buy from this company EVERY YEAR, between July and Christmas so I got no clue why it would think this purchase odd,and block it unless it had something to do with the fact I just made a purchase from the same store a couple days ago.
Took me 2 hrs to sort the mess out, and now I am sitting here writing a blog, because I can not sleep I am so annoyed.

Did you ever notice some people are so easily taken care of they should have a welcome sign painted on their shirt, because they get walked on more then a welcome mat. I got a friend way too good willed for his own good. He likes to help people, which makes him an easy target for users. Some people will slither in and make you think they are great by doing things for them only to still lots from you later.

Have you ever had a friend that got mad if you were friends with someone you did not like. Your friend may take and I do not want to be friends with you if you are friends with them.
In my mind that is very childish. Little kids say things like that. I have Never allowed anyone to choose my friends for me, and never will. Yes sometimes I have gotten hurt trusting or liking the same person, but other times I have seen something good and trustworthy in people I have been told not to trust.
I have a friend who lied to me for years. I have recently found out the truth, and it is not good. But I still will not turn my back on him, even though NEARLY everything he has ever said about himself was a lie. The reasons I will not walk away are: First he never walked away from me even when his friends wanted him to. Second he was there with a light and lead me out of the deepest emotional hole I have ever been in. He showed me there are people that do care. I changed my whole outlook on life, because of one simple thing he did. If I had listened to others who told me he was no good and a liar ( which he was big time) I may never have gotten out of the hole I found myself in. All that would have been left would have been to close the grave, but my friend reached down into that dark hole and lifted me out with one small act that changed everything.
This is why if someone says do not be friends with that person you should tell them you will decide for yourself if the other person is worth being friends with or not, and they do not get to tell you who to have as friends, so they should GROW UP and stop acting like a 4 year old.

I just came to the realization I am a bit self centered. I was invited to a child's birthday party today. It is at an arcade, and I have spent the past 2 hrs wondering if the outfit I picked out is ok for the event. THEN IT HIT ME! It does not matter a bit what I have on long as it is clean and not ripped up ( although if it did have holes in it they may think I am in style, because a lot of kids still are into that ripped jeans thing lol). What I have on is of no concern as it is not my birthday or my party. All the attention should be on the birthday girl and probably the games as it is at an arcade lol. It is weird it took me so long to realize , it is not about me, so what I put on has no importance. I have realized what some of my friends have said about me in the past is true. Some have told me I tend to make things about me. It should not have taken me so long to realize it was true. I should have gotten the message when more then one of my friends said it. You know what they say about not being able to teach an old dog new tricks? Well apparently it is hard to teach an old woman new ideas too. :) , but the fact I am seeing it shows I am not totally lost .

Summer is both a blessing and a curse depending on your point of view. A couple weeks ago I was helping out at an event that was being ran by a church group. They had food and clothing to give away to those who needed it. The event lasted 8 hours, and most of the day was very overcast. I did not think I would need any sunscreen, because the sky was overcast. Boy was i wrong! I got my face really bad sunburned. It was a blessing we had a nice day for the event, but it was not so nice I got burned.
I have a procedure I have been putting off for nearly a year, because of the covid. I had planned to get it taken care of this summer, but it is not looking like that will happen any time soon. One of my realities that had volunteered to take me to get it done, now has a problem closer to her home. Her only daughter had a baby, and it was not good for either of them, So my niece who said she would take me has instead needed to focuse on her daughter and the baby. That leaves her out as far as taking me for these appointments.
My brother and his wife that I was looking forward to spending some time with this summer, have a month long trip planned for July, so that takes a month out of time i could have spent with them. I would not try to stop them from taking this trip even if I could. My sister-in-law has had a really bad year and this time away should help her recharge her mental state, but I will miss them.
School will be out soon. I love the sounds of children playing. The problem is about half way through the summer they will get bored and starting making mischief to entertain themselves. I love watching children playing when they are behaving themselves. When they start acting up I start wishing for cooler weather and for them to go back to school. In cold weather very few go outside to play. So it is all in how you look at it if you see summer as a blessing or a curse.