Name that movie...

"On this very night, ten years ago, along this very stretch of road, in a dense fog just like this, I saw the worst accident I ever seen. There was this sound, like a garbage truck dumped off the Empire State Building...and when they pulled the driver's body from the twisted, burning wreck, it looked like this..."

Stopped at the mall

I was walking in the mall recently and started to pass by an older woman standing in front of the 'Things Remembered' store and staring at the display window.

Suddenly she grabbed my arm and said, "Look at that. That is good. Remember that." I smiled, took a picture of it and thanked her for stopping me, after all, she was right. It is good.

Da-nah-nah-nah-nah.....

INSPECTOR KATHERINE

Okay, We've Got Some Catching Up to Do...

Or, I suppose I have some catching up to do. So, in February I decided to go back to school for many reasons. I am not going to expound on those reasons here, you'll just have to trust me. I took two Political Science classes and one vocal class. In short - the classes were great and provided me with  few experiences I shan't soon forget.

Having 3 rather long night classes per week on top of my busy job and all the events I attended meant I hardly had any down time. PLEASE TELL ME WHY I volunteered to run a voting site for the California Primary? Now, I did end up getting a small check for my services, but let me be clear - it was volunteer work.

The polling inspector had to have surgery, so I filled in at the last minute. Here's the quick version:

It doesn't look like much here, but believe me, it was a lot of items!

• Arrived to pick up the materials expecting to grab some paperwork. 3 strong men load voting boots, a big black case full of supplies, an audio booth, 6 boxes, and a the ballot reader into my 2 door Honda Civic. 
• I get my exercise for the week and tweak my back carrying it all into my apartment. 
• Instead of having 4 people on my team I have 2. 
• My good natured friend and I show up the day before the primary to set up the room. There are two precincts in the same location, but I was the "host" meaning, I got to set up all the signs.
• I get a call from one of the team members. He is sick, so I'm down to 1.
• I arrive at 6 or 7 the next morning to finish setting up and open the polls.
• After the initial craziness of rushing to get everything set on time, the day goes remarkably well and we are quite efficient with only 2 people. We were able to pack everything up and dropped it off by 9:45pm.
• It was hard work, but I LOVED seeing the democratic voting process up close.
• There are some crazy stories from the experience I can't post, but I will gladly divulge for a cup of tea.