Motorcycles and Bicycles

If there is one thing that makes me nervous, even worst, that scares me is motorcycles and bicycles on the road.

I am so afraid I will hit one of them no matter how hard I work at being careful around them.

They seem to appear out of nowhere, behind me, beside me.

And I look, I do.

They are so small and hide in my blind spot so very well.

Days where there is rain or winter when it's snowing, they are not there and with good tires and a well running car, I much rather drive that beautiful summer days where they are out in full force.

If I have an accident for some reason during a thunderstorm or during a snow storm, all those involved are encase in steel and somewhat safe.

A person on a bike, whether it be bicycle or motorbike has no such protection.  They can die so easily, or like a former friend of mine get very very hurt.

Anyway just thought I would share.

Thanks for reading.

Driving and Cars

Recently we have had snow just as spring was starting.  A lot of snow for just the start of spring and it brought to mind some peeves I have.

The main peeve is people not clearing the snow off their cars!

How hard is it to clear the snow off your car people?

Do you not realize that not clearing the snow off your car is not only a hazard for yourself, it's also a hazard for the people around you as the blowing snowing coming off your car can cause some visibility problems for the people driving behind you.

It takes just a few minutes to brush off the snow at most.  Why take the chance?

Another peeve is tailgating.

If you always have to brake while the person in front of you does not, it's a sign you are either following too close or going too fast.  Yes I get it that the person in front of you may be going too slow, but tailgating is not the solution.  If the person in front of you has to brake suddely for something you did not see because you were just following too close, are you sure you have the time to brake as well?  I admit having someone right in my rear end makes me nervous, but will not make me speed just to satisfy their need for speed.  For the record, I am not a "slow" driver.

Also is it just me or have today's drivers gotten more reckless and impatient?

I don't think I have ever heard so many horns blasting (and no not just at me).  I know I drive more carefully, I take more time merging and such, I want to be safe but seriously?  Pressing on the gas angrily because I chose to drive safely is doing no one any favours.

I see more slaloming as well.  Do you really get to where you are going that much faster?  Doesn't being stopped by a cop for a ticket slow you down much more than taking your time?  Doesn't being involved in an accident delay you?

I am not a horrible driver nor an overly cautious one.  I am a regular run of the mill driver.  There are a lot worst than me out there, I just don't drive "stupid".  I use to love going out for a drive but now, at times it scares me because of those that drive so aggressively and with so little disregard for other drivers.

I took courses to allow me to drive in the worst of weathers as well as for high speed.  But none of those courses can save me from a driver that takes their own safety for granted.  A car is a killing machine.  It kills more people every day than guns.  It seems like people forget that.

Well that is my two cents worst.  Be safe out there.

Thanks for reading.

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Luck Not A-Changing

Today, when I woke up I checked my bank account to see if my Insurance had come in.  Not only did my insurance not come in but neither did my paycheck.

I had desperately been waiting for this pay and my insurance payout.  If you have read my last posts, you know that finances have been tight over the last month, more than tight.

Well it seems that another person made a mistake.  This mistake was a doozy too.  This one mistake affected my insurance and my pay.

At work, every two weeks I have to fill out these three time sheets (not one, not two but THREE!)  These time sheets are given to my manager for his signature.  Once signed they are given to HR who then scans them and emails them to compensation who then inputs them in two systems and sends them to my insurance for their processing.

Well I have been doing the three time sheets every two weeks and giving them to my manager.  My manager has been signing them and sending them to HR.  From there things have gone wrong.  Three weeks later they made it to compensation so they never did my pay and they never advised my insurance.

To fix this will take 10 to 14 business days.

Yeah, two weeks!  I am owed so much money right now it's not funny in the slightest.  Two months of insurance and one pay.  I also did my taxes and I have an amount owed.  When all this comes in, it will be nice but that is when, in two weeks for the start of it coming in.  I need money NOW!

I know I shouldn't write about this here.  I should just stay quiet about all this on the internet, but as you also know I have very little to say otherwise.

Besides, I have been checking my stats...  very few are reading this anyway (thanks to those of you that do), it's actually quite and intimate forum.

Well thanks for reading.

Posts Getting Sporadic

Hello everyone!
Life seems to get away from me.

Even though I do very little, since I have been back at work part-time, it feels like I don't have time for anything anymore, including coming here to write about what is going on.

Work has been busy and making me pretty tired, I have a hard time doing my four hour shift, I can't imagine when soon I will start being full-time.  When I get home, I don't want to do anything.  I am getting behind in my housework...

I have been continuing my therapies.  So far I don't know that they are working.

My foster cats are not getting adopted, in fact one of my cats is still fighting with one of the fosters so I have to keep him isolated.  The fosters that I have currently are Pepsi, Sylver and Valentine.  I have had some visitors but no takers.

As for finances - UGH!
Why do things have to be do  complicated, so difficult?

My pays have had some clawbacks for vacation time I took that I was not entitled to get, making my part-time pay much lower than it would have been.  Also there was some mistake done with my insurance so I was not covered for January so I am much poorer than when I was on EI, especially considering the extra expenses involved with working like gas and parking...  The house is almost out of food.

I have been working with getting the mistakes with my insurance corrected and hopefully it will work.  The mistake is that someone from my compensation department does not know the difference between last day paid and last day actually worked.  That made a difference of 3 weeks!  Delaying my coverage from 3 weeks.   Considering the clawbacks on my pay meaning I could have qualified for extra EI had we known but now I just have to somehow cope with less money.

Why do things need to be so complicated? So difficult? So confusing?  Why can't things just be simple, easy?

I keep thinking of how things could be so much worst.  Some people have it much worst so I have to keep reminding myself of that.


Thanks for reading and sorry for unloading.