The roach fiasco followed by great customer service

So, today begins another work week full of the unexpected. Well, let me begin with the roach fiasco. So, I am getting ready for bed last night and as I am washing my face, a huge, flying roach descends upon the sink. Well, I jump back in shock and then proceed to peer at this monstrous roach. Anyway, I get my tennis shoes in order to stomp this beast, but he is in a crevice behind the sink so my shoe does no good. Now, mind you this whole time, my face is still wet as taking time to dry it with a towel might have caused me to lose sight of the roach, whom I have endearingly named, Joe. Well, I nudge the roach with my shoe so he will move out of the crevice and he moves behind some of the bottles of stuff I have on my sink. So, one by one, I slowly move the bottles in order to see the roach and there he is, still taunting me. So, I attempt again to squash him, but the angle of the wall and the sink again causes him to be sitting in a crevice. He moves again and lunges towards me. This time he crawls under the cabinet under my sink and crawls into some dark hole up there. I try to poke under there with the end of my swiffer, but no luck, he is gone, but yet at the same time, he is still in my apartment. So, all that can be done now is to become friends or at least learn to live in the same apartment with my little flying friend, Joe. So, I contemplate going to sleep at Michael's place, even though he is at work. But, I decide this would be silly and I will not have a silly little roach shooing me from my own apartment. So, I calm myself down and head off to sleep curled up in a ball under my covers so Joe can not crawl in bed with me. :) This all leads me to believe, I do need other people in my life, especially other people who don't mind killing and fighting with roaches. :)

So, on to the customer service I experienced today. First off, my day started with a visit to the women's doctor. Lately, these visits have NOT been great or welcoming, but today it was different. In recent previous visits, I have received bad news or have been reprimanded for not following through with prescribed actions. Today, I was actually complimented on taking such good care of myself and following through with recommended appointments. I responded with, "but I am a few months behind when I should have been in here." the nurse said compared to other patients, I am doing pretty great with following through. The visit was short and sweet, just the way I like them. I think I received such kind service because I went to the health center at UTA instead of a private doctor. So, this has already made my day better and then I took my car in to get one of my tires replaced during lunch today. In the past, I have had some complaints with the customer service at Discount Tire Company, but today I was very satisfied. The service was amazing. The representative was very friendly, knowledgeable and patient with me. Also, it only took about 20 minutes to get my tire changed and only cost me $13 just to get a new warranty on the new tire. Anyway, all this to say that I was so satisfied with the service that I just finished sending a shining email to the Discount Tire Company Customer Service folks.

Well, I will say this is an excellent way to start off the week. :) So, the weekend went well. Friday night, Michael and I enjoyed some sushi at Piranha, the best sushi place in the world. Saturday, we made a visit to REI for some more backpacking stuff and then headed over to First Chinese BBQ with Miriam and her niece. God, that food is delicious. Then we spent the evening at Miriam's sister's house since Miriam is babysitting her niece for the weekend. It was so nice to catch up with Miriam and hear how she is doing. Miriam is in town from New Mexico and it was so nice to see her. It is amazing what kinds of things 4 social workers will discuss on a Saturday evening full of hookah smoking and a few beers. Good times. Sunday, I went to the grocery store to stock up on some food for the week, then headed up to Plano to take my family out to dinner and to say goodbye to my mom since she is heading to Lebanon for two weeks. I promised them I would take them out to dinner for being so supportive and helpful during my job hunting time. It was their pick and they all decided they wanted to go to Houston's. It was very delicious and a great time. Then, I headed back home to do some laundry before the week began. Well, all I can say is that for a Monday morning, things are going pretty great. I definitely do not have "a case of the Mondays." :) (please refer to the movie Office Space if you are unsure of that quote). Have a great Monday!!