The only thing I can say is 2010 is not shaping up much better. And I had such high hopes. For starters Sylvia (my 89 year old aunt who lives with us) went back into the hospital for the 3 rd time on Thursday, and I'm afraid this time she's not going to be getting out all too soon. And the day before, as Edie was turning into the gas station, she cut the corner a little too tight, and drove right into the curb blowing out the sidewall of the left front tire. $185 [the cost of the new tire] later she was back on her way again. Edie commented that the price of gas at that station was pretty good [which it was], but it ended up being the most expensive tank of gas she ever purchased. And then today, I discovered American Express (AMEX) sided with The Golden Truffle (a restaurant in Costa Mesa where Edie and I had dinner on 11/14/2009), for which I was billed twice. Simple logic should tell you the charge was a duplication. The charges are identical, and they have consecutive tra...
The ramblings of a mantle cell lymphoma and bypass surgery survivor, and then some