Good Stuff, Bad Stuff, Baboon Stuff…and the DMV

This past week I had some ups and downs in customer service and some exciting baboon adventures in my town.

It all started when I got my dreaded renewal reminder for my license plates. No one likes this process. Not even the people who work at the DMV. The vibe there is similar to that of a funeral for a dead puppy. No one wants to be there. Everyone is pissed off. It sucks in general.

This is why I was thrilled to discover that I could renew my license plates online! Avoid a trip to the DMV alltogether? Yes, please!

Dying with Dignity

Today I went to the best funeral I’ve ever attended. I know that sounds sarcastic, but today I am setting aside my usual caustic sarcasm for some honest insight. I learned a lot today. I learned about the admiration colleagues can have for each other, the love of a father for his daughter…and most importantly, how to die with dignity.

I never thought you could die with dignity. As morbid as it sounds, I think about death a lot – perhaps even more than the average person. I’m not afraid of death, just interested by it.

When my husband’s Uncle George started walking with a limp and requiring a cane months ago, he told us that one of his doctors had told him the pain was “all in his head” because they couldn’t find anything wrong with him. At the time, my husband and I chuckled at the idea that he had this imaginary limp. It would be months later that he was finally diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and learned that there wasn’t anything to do but wait to die.