Sold! American!

"Damn!", is all I gotta say. I was procrastinating on sending out our Xmas cards b/c I've just got too much other stuff on my mind. I had a pic of me, DH, and the baby that I wanted to use but it was on digital. I figured I'd have to schlep myself down to Walgreens or CVS and plug into that machine they have there and size it and print it, blah blah blah! And who has time for that?!? Anyway, I was looking at Walgreens.com for coupons, as I do, and it said you can upload your digital pics on the website and pick up the prints later at the store!!! Holy balls! I did exactly that and I am not kidding, within the HOUR I had an email from Walgreens saying the pics were ALREADY ready for pickup at the store by our house. At .19 freakin' cents a print. What a country!!!!!!!! I coulda done this days and days ago!

It's feeling a little lonely out here in blog-land. Some of my favorite bloggers have the nerve to have taken off for the holidays. Bums. Meanwhile, some of us are stuck here and don't get to go anywhere! And I'm PO'd at the state again. I was going to use this slow holiday time to knock out another class online for my Intermediate Peace Officer certificate and the website has been down since November 27. What a crock! 2 classes down, 7 to go. This is going to take me at least another year.

So I spent some more time thinking about my career options. I even called my li'l bro to ask him if I could practice dragging him 35 feet since he's the closest person I know to weighing $1.50. I called some of the federal law enforcement agencies' recruiting offices. But honestly, I don't think it's mean to be for right now. I don't hate Job #1. It's rewarding in its own way. I got 2 free meals yesterday. I can blog on company time. And I don't want to have to go work a 2p-10p shift, where I will never see DH and the baby. Additionally, when I was taking that class at the academy last week, it really struck me as to how ignorant a lot of street cops are. I mean, the majority of them simply don't read at all, ever. Even the instructor, as much respect as I have for him and he actually does read books, I had to gently correct him when he got homicidal mothers Susan Smith and Darlie Router mixed up. Also I gently corrected him when he called the book A Child Called It incorrectly as A Boy Called It. Lord knows I've seen that book enough in the public library, plus I've read it! He also advised us to read the book on JonBenet Ramsey, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town. Uh, I read that book years ago. Anyway, see what I mean? I genuinely don't want to be thrust into an anti-intellectual environment which, unfortunately, it seems that most street cops inhabit.

So, for right now, I'll continue being a librarian/cop instead of a cop/librarian. And have too much fun doing so, on my own schedule on my own terms.