  I went to the Social Security Office yesterday expecting the worst. How wrong I was! And how happy I am to be wrong! I'll have my new card in about 2 weeks. Awesome! There were no arguments on changing my name, no diagrams drawn, no accusations thrown in my direction.
Fabulous! Two down, one to go. Next comes passports. Last night was the season finale for The OC. I began watching The OC from the very first episode because there was absolutely nothing on TV on Tuesday nights since Buffy went off the air. Yes, that's right, I was/am a Buffy fan. I'm not a fanatic like some people I know, but a fan nonetheless. I'm a little sad that The OC will now be reruns until Fall, but that's how the system works. Tonight is the 2-hour season/series finale for Friends. I'm sure I'll bawl my eyes out tonight. I've already warned Chris and he's prepared to hand me tissues at will. He's loves me so! I am, of course, a little sad Friends is ending but it's been like 9 or 10 years and I think it's time.
I guess you can't keep the same gig forever. So Monday evening, my (not-so-little) sister, Becca, went to my parents house looking for one of her rings. No one was home at the time, so she looked around, used the bathroom & left. Well, somehow, the toilet kept running and kept running and overflowed and ruined the carpet in my parent's bedroom, Becca's old bedroom and the hallway carpet. Mom discovered this about 3 hours after Becca left the house. They had to remove all of the furniture in both bedrooms, call the carpet people to come clean up as much water as possible, and then the insurance adjuster. Once, they get everything squared away, they'll be laying down hardwood flooring throughout the house.
Unfortunately, it looks like they'll be spending Mother's Day weekend prepping the house by painting, etc. Oh! And it would seem when they pulled up the carpet, they found the ugliest brown tile flooring. They had to remove that as well. I feel so bad for them because they hadn't planned on doing all of this work just yet, but they were planning on redoing the flooring at some point. Perhaps this will jump start the remodeling of their house. I wish I were there helping them out.
I love that sort of thing. Well, I need to go blow dry my hair & get ready for work. I don't wake up looking stunning, you know. My tiara is usually crooked in the mornings when I wake up. Time to go fix that. 
