This group project has been exceptionally bothersome. I was in the midst of printing it this evening when my printer got an attitude. Every other page didn’t have pictures! I tried everything I could think of to fix the problem but it was to no avail. I eventually just gave into chance and printed each page and hoped for the best. I used up over 30 pages just trying to get the pictures to print. Stupid printer.
I eventually shoved it all into a nice blue folder and sped off to Mailboxes, Etc to get it bound. I was sitting at the West End School intersection when a nice white truck just crashed right into a telephone poll. I’m not sure if he was having physical problems or if he was drunk but he just started swerving and rammed that baby right into the poll. Those cute little tiny traffic lights began flailing and then all of them came flying to the ground and crashed. They are huge up close. I mean…huge. Glass was everywhere and I’m about 2 miles from Mailboxes, Etc and I have 30 minutes before they close. I called 911 for the 2nd time in my life and then did a quick u-turn.
If you live in the area then you know my predicament. The Cherith Ridge Drive is a dead end street and traffic was blocked on Hwy 8. So, I went down Cherith Ridge and cut through someone’s drive way to Hwy 8. I finally pulled up to Mailboxes, Etc and rushed to the counter.
Ms. I’m-a-Redneck-and-Proud-of-it was chewing her gum and flipping her hair when I landed at the counter. She obviously had never done any binding before and I prayed 1, 935 prayers while watching her bind it. I had no other printed copy of my project and I wouldn’t be able to print another out and make it back through the horrid traffic if she messed up.
She proudly held it up to me and asked me if it was “alriiiight.” Yes. Fine. Whatever. Give it to me. I asked her if I should make the check out to Mailboxes and she informed me that I needed to write “Maaaalboxes comma eeee teeee ceeee.” She was quite helpful.