FYI: It ain't that bad.

FYI, if you read "Just Perfect," and are wondering what exactly inspired my most recent rant... I just spent $225 on a razor phone because it is supposed to be thin and easy to use. Only it is actually a pretty large phone, and you have to buy a thicker battery anyway if you want it to last more than 30 hours, and it has a lot more buttons than my last phone (and if you push the up arrow from the main phone screen, you connect to the internet- oops, I'm not paying for that feature!), and cost me a huge hole in my budget, and about 3 hours of my evening.
Dammit.

And I realized that all of my jeans (except one pair that gape a LOT at the waist, so I don't wear them much) have holes now, and it is just PAINFUL to go jeans shopping because nobody ever finds a pair that actually fit them, and women's jeans usually are pretty cheaply made for the steep price they charge you, and I just don't want to go through all that again, especially after what I just spent on my cell phone.

And I'm not looking forward to my tasteless breakfast tomorrow, and I ran out of vanilla soy milk, too, so it's going to be even gruckyer, and you can only add raisins to cereal for so many months before you get sick of raisins.

And my toes are cold, but I have this big heavy blanket on the bed, and I'm feeling smothered.

And I still can't believe I just spent $225 on a cell phone I don't really like... because it was the best option available.

And I canceled my cable because I'm on a budget and I'm staying away from TV while going to grad school and working and trying to get out and see my friends at least 2x/month. But I miss my shows.

And I didn't even bring up all the fuss-worthy issues I'm having with bras...

And it's past my bedtime.
And I'm just kinda grumpy right now.
And tomorrow is another big day... with no mistakes in it yet.
And I guess if I really don't like the phone, I have another 13 days to return it.
Sigh.

...You know, life ain't all that bad, really...

-I have a cat who adores me, and sometimes lets me sleep past 4:30am.
-I have a whole lot of supportive and intelligent friends that I like to spend time with.
-I have dinner, every night I stop running around long enough to make it.
-I have breakfast, such as it is, every day. (And I really could have gone to the store for soy milk today, too.)
-I have a cell phone, and a good calling plan, so I can call my friends and complain to them about cell phones and jeans and cereal and blankets and bears, oh my.
-I have a roof over my head, a bed to sleep in, more than one pair of jeans, lots of books to read, yeast on my popcorn, and sole ownership of the remote control (I still watch DVD's).
Hey-- life is GOOD!
...And I really do want world peace. (quote from Miss Congeniality. Sorry. Couldn't help it.)