Not much going on. I'm going to get to the fitness center in a little bit. Trying a little later, to see if maybe it's not quite so busy.
Not doing much else tonight. Take down Christmas decorations and patch the bedroom ceiling tomorrow night. I have the doctor's appointment tomorrow, so hoping I have more energy than usual after. I know I'll have more energy as days get longer. I hate winter.
Made another batch of fudge a little while ago.
Snowed this morning. Not much. Supposed to snow more tonight. Wonder if daughter will get a snow day? Luckily if she does, so does her mother.
For some time, I've been going to a mostly Mexican chain market, especially for produce. Prices are really good. However, they sold out a few months ago. Since then it has become really ghetto. Not to mention the prices aren't as good as they used to be. Last few times I've gone there the music has been obnoxiously loud. (All Mexican music but I expect that since it's a Mexican market.) I thought the volume may have been something that only annoyed me. Then one day I took daughter there. She used to like going there and usually wanted to eat lunch there. This time, she wanted to leave as fast as possible. By the time we got to the register, we both had headaches. I gave it the benefit of the doubt that maybe that was all a holiday season thing. Last night I went again by myself. Music as loud as ever. Then the cashier was a diva. She checked her fingernail polish at least 8 times in the time it too to ring up myself and one customer ahead of me.
Aside from that, when they make announcements overhead every time they speak a word in Spanish it's at least 3 times louder than anything in English. I know it's marketing and I know the culture. However, can you imagine having a face to face conversation like that? What would you think of the person you were speaking with? What would you think of the motivation for that behavior? Some people think I am racist in some way but the opposite is true. I am against racism. Wherever it comes from. I don't treat other people like second class citizens or make any attempts to make them uncomfortable, like they are less than welcome based on their race (or gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc). So I do not appreciate it when other people feel free to engage in such behavior in the name of "maintaining their cultural identity". At the price of.. what? Oppressing the cultural identity of others? As far as I am concerned, once you are part of the American culture, that is your primary culture and you share it with every single other American. You want to isolate yourself, that is your choice. Not my business. But when your choices start affecting others, you have made it the business of others.
Not doing much else tonight. Take down Christmas decorations and patch the bedroom ceiling tomorrow night. I have the doctor's appointment tomorrow, so hoping I have more energy than usual after. I know I'll have more energy as days get longer. I hate winter.
Made another batch of fudge a little while ago.
Snowed this morning. Not much. Supposed to snow more tonight. Wonder if daughter will get a snow day? Luckily if she does, so does her mother.
For some time, I've been going to a mostly Mexican chain market, especially for produce. Prices are really good. However, they sold out a few months ago. Since then it has become really ghetto. Not to mention the prices aren't as good as they used to be. Last few times I've gone there the music has been obnoxiously loud. (All Mexican music but I expect that since it's a Mexican market.) I thought the volume may have been something that only annoyed me. Then one day I took daughter there. She used to like going there and usually wanted to eat lunch there. This time, she wanted to leave as fast as possible. By the time we got to the register, we both had headaches. I gave it the benefit of the doubt that maybe that was all a holiday season thing. Last night I went again by myself. Music as loud as ever. Then the cashier was a diva. She checked her fingernail polish at least 8 times in the time it too to ring up myself and one customer ahead of me.
Aside from that, when they make announcements overhead every time they speak a word in Spanish it's at least 3 times louder than anything in English. I know it's marketing and I know the culture. However, can you imagine having a face to face conversation like that? What would you think of the person you were speaking with? What would you think of the motivation for that behavior? Some people think I am racist in some way but the opposite is true. I am against racism. Wherever it comes from. I don't treat other people like second class citizens or make any attempts to make them uncomfortable, like they are less than welcome based on their race (or gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc). So I do not appreciate it when other people feel free to engage in such behavior in the name of "maintaining their cultural identity". At the price of.. what? Oppressing the cultural identity of others? As far as I am concerned, once you are part of the American culture, that is your primary culture and you share it with every single other American. You want to isolate yourself, that is your choice. Not my business. But when your choices start affecting others, you have made it the business of others.
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