Cheese With My Whine: Lunch Break, Cable, Weather, and Driving

Welcome to Cheese with My Whine! It's hump day, and in the middle of the week, what else could I want to do more than vent a bit of the weeks frustrations. Let's go down the (granted small) list.

• Guess what? When I'm on my lunch break, just because I stay at my desk, doesn't mean I want to talk about work with you. Or talk at all. If we must converse, anything but work would just be wonderful. Okay?!
• Hey, cable company! What is the point for having HD options on my on demand shows, when half the time the cable box freaks out, turns my screen blue, and I have to exit the On Demand menu. You don't seem to have a real answer for this when I call you...
• Chicago weather. Can we take a minute to collectively curse at Chicago weather for not making up it's freaking mind? I'm going to be blisteringly hot. Oh, just kidding, I'm going to be overcast and cold. By the way, I'm raining. Wait, not anymore. Wait...now I'm raining again. Don't worry, in three minutes I'll be hot again, AND humid.
• Do you drive? Do you claim to be a responsible driver? Well, how about actually following the rules on a regular basis. "This is faster." "There aren't any cops or camera's." "I do this all the time." are not even close to comforting. If I have to be in a car with you, you will abide by road laws. Kill yourself on your time.
• Oh, and by the way, if you're going to be a liar at work, inform the group. Not that I'm going to stick up for your lies, I just want to know at what moment I say something that completely busts you.

Tom Hiddleston, you know my pain.

Tell me that I am not the only one with these issues. Do you relate to any of these complaints? Have anything you want to get off your chest today? Comments are always welcome!

When Did I Start Missing Florida?

You may not know this, but I despise heat and humidity. I get miserably cranky in that weather. I also lived in it for 8 years. So you can imagine I spent a little of that time whining and complaining anytime I was pulled away from Central Cooling Systems.

Right now I'm living in Illinois, and it's snowing like a MO FO. We're expecting 7-10 inches today.

I think after 4 years of living in Chicago, I've built an appreciation for Florida, and here's why:

1. No Snow Storms of any kind. A freak flurry, maybe, but anything but inches of snow.
2. No frozen pipes. Just this morning I was without any kind of water for more than an hour.
3. Never without A/C. Here in Chicago, where every building is about 50 years or over, we don't have Central Cooling Systems. We have these dinky little window A/C units that aren't worth a damn. In the magical land of Florida, most buildings are new and have Central Cooling, most importantly, apartments.
4. No crazy city traffic. I have a slight phobia of being in a car, so traffic drives me nuts. I used to think Florida was bad. NEVER. AGAIN.
5. Real beaches. Chicago says they have a "beach". It's a rocky sand strip in front of a devastatingly polluted lake. PEOPLE REALLY SWIM THERE! It's so gross...
6. Close to family and friends. I didn't appreciate that it took me less than an hour drive to visit any friend I wanted. Took me 15 minutes to go see my sister and her kids. Now I'm lucky if I see them once a year.

I could probably go on, but I digress. I simply was NOT built for these temperatures. I was also not build to accept being miles away from loved ones. So, hopefully, once this Navy business is sorted out with my husband, I can move to Pensacola, FL soon after my husband does for his A school.